\nSpecial to\u00a0The Lehigh Acres Gazette <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
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Is Mike Welch trying to raise your ECWCD taxes? Welch ran on platform of no new taxes but the elected water control district officials who he is a commissioner with will try to hammer out a budget agreement for 2014 at a public hearing Monday, Aug. 5.<\/p>\n
The budget will be finalized at the Aug. 19 meeting. Both budget hearings begin at 6:30 p.m. in the district\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>\n
But will Welch listen to the people \u201cno new taxes\u201d<\/strong> or does Welch have is head up his ass as usual!<\/p>\n Remember these: Mike Welch: Promises Made, Promises Kept. Right in A Pig\u2019s Eye<\/strong><\/p>\n According to Welch\u2019s election website, he \u201cFought against EVERY Tax Increase Effort Since Elected to Office\u201d\u00a0BUT WELCH chooses to take health insurance paid for by the taxpayers<\/strong>. *<\/p>\n According to Welch\u2019s election website,\u00a0 he \u201cNixed plans for the purchase of an expensive \u201cTaj Mahal\u201d Complex for the District on the Taxpayer\u2019s Dime,\u201d\u00a0BUT documents show that Welch voted to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars more for the new building<\/strong>. **<\/p>\n Welch also has\u00a0stated in his mailers that he personally is against special interest,\u00a0BUT Welsh took more than $5000 of special interest money for his campaign<\/strong>. ***<\/p>\n So is Welch a politician or just a lair? \u00a0Can he be trusted with your tax dollars? \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n