A new direction for Miami-Dade

Balancing budgets isn’t rocket science: It’s simple: Step 1: Don’t spend more money than you have. Step 2: Attract new businesses and new tax revenue. Step 3: Repeat steps 1 and 2. I’m Darrin McGillis and at 45 years old I filed to run for Miami Dade County Commission District 9. No politician should ever hold an elected office longer than two terms. The U.S. president, Florida’s governor and the Miami-Dade County mayor all have a two-term limit. Why is it that county commissioners get unlimited terms in office? It’s simple “corruption”, he who holds the gold makes the rules and in this case 13 commissioners for decades refused to do the right thing and set term limits. The incumbent for the seat I seek wants another term. Why after 20 years would an ethical politician want to hold office that the voters want term limits for? We only need to view his campaign finance reports of money raised (over $130,000), almost 95 percent from special interests, and almost none of the money raised came from actual residents of District 9. As the saying goes, “It’s all about the Benjamins.”

We need change, new blood, a new direction. I look forward to serving you the taxpayer, “my new boss” as the next county commissioner for District 9. I’ve made this pledge: "The corrupt can either go quietly or they can go loudly, but either way, they will go." Join me to end the image that “who you know is more important than what you know” when doing business with Miami-Dade County government. I will advocate for the removal of all slush funds that are presently granted to each commissioner. These funds are a multimillion dollar waste of your tax dollars and should be revoked immediately. They are nothing short of "legal" over the table payoffs. I want the best for Miami-Dade County — the lowest taxes and the best representation. Please vote on Aug. 14.

Darrin McGillis, Miami.

Darrin McGillis for Miami Dade County Commissioner District 9

Music Executive and Concert Tour Promoter Darrin McGillis has filed papers for the Miami Dade County Commission seat in District 9.

The election will be Tuesday, August 14, 2012.

The campaign web site is www.NoTaxDarrin.com

Darrin's Campaign can be reached at (305) 506-4411

Send Contributions To:

Darrin McGillis Campaign Account

P.O. Box 56-6091

Miami, Florida 33256-6091

Miami Dade County Employees Making 100K to 450K - Time for Immediate Layoffs or Pink Slips!

Miami Dade County Employees Making 100K to 450K - Time for Immediate Layoffs or Pink Slips!
Miami Dade County has over 28,000 employees with a little over 3000 employees making over $100,000.00 each year, and over 75 making over $200,000.00 each year. I assure you the County will be able to get by with the remaining 25,000 employees if we lay-off these fat cats, I am certain of this.

We can save a few billion dollars immediately by laying-off these 3000 County Employees, and we take the funds saved and reduce property taxes by 20%, and help the people of Miami Dade get through these financial tough times.

This 2010 list is of the Miami Dade County Employees Making Over 100K up to 450K.

Time for immediate lay-offs or pink slips for these 3000 employees.

Alex Sink for Governor of Florida

President Obama will need our help in 2012, so lets be sure to have a Democrat sitting in the Governor mansion. Please LINK with Alex SINK at www.alexsink2010.com - we can turn Florida blue again.



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Child hunger, called the 'silent epidemic,' is a problem in Florida and across America.

Child hunger, called the 'silent epidemic,' is a problem in Florida and across America.

The number of American youngsters living in homes without enough food soared in 2008 from 13 million to nearly 17 million, the Agriculture Department reported in October 2009.

Last year, Congress increased food stamp benefits by $20 billion and, also set aside money to test ways to feed children when school is out for the summer.

As Governor, Darrin will not wait for the federal government to act while a child goes to bed hungry.

The welfare of those in poor, disenfranchised, and impoverished neighborhoods will never be forgotten under a McGillis administration.

In America, at no time should a child ever go hungry simply because they are poor.

The sad fact is that millions of American children do go hungry, and most children go hungry during the last week of each month. The reason is that government issued food stamps have depleted and the family has no money available to purchase food.

As Governor, Darrin will ask the major supermarkets to help create an easy solution for poor families to access emergency electronic food vouchers. The emergency vouchers will be available the last week of each month for specific food items including rice, cereal, milk, beans, eggs, cheese, bread and many others.

Under a McGillis administration, no child will ever go hungry simply because the family of the child has no money for food.

Latin Power - Americans come from all over the world

together united - the power of millions in America

A fifth of Florida's residents are Hispanic, and as Governor I will always respect your vote, I will always fight for equal rights for all persons in this great country.

If you are concerned, as I am, about the racist direction the Florida Republican party is taking our State, please, join my campaign.

If the bigotry of the National Republican Party is affecting a Mexican American, make no mistake it will affect a Cuban American.

The people picketing in groups of six or maybe ten on the American boarder with Mexico may be small, but when you have a racist cable news network giving you free access, that same group of six angry racist white folks gets bigger. These are the same groups of people who hate Blacks, Jews, Gays and anyone who are different.

If you are Cuban, Mexican, Peruvian, Colombian, Venezuelan, Puerto Rican, Chilean, Argentinean, Brazilian, Bolivian, Panamanian, Costa Rican, Nicaraguan, El Salvadorian, Ecuadorian, Dominican or Spanish - now is the moment to unite.

United you have the strongest voice to change America, but divided you only help the racist angry white folks in the Republican party.

The time is now to come together as one, the time is now to form a union that can never be broken.

Join the Campaign that supports an end to Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, the end to the racist Republican party, and the end to us versus them.

Please Donate to Darrin's Campaign today

Join the fight in Florida

Your contribution doesn't have to be much - symbolically, anything you give today means an incredible amount. $20, $50, $100, $500 or whatever you can give.

Together, we can do amazing things

If you believe in change - If you think that it is about time that the State of Florida breathes some fresh air, stops bullying the poor and middle class, and takes better care of its internal affairs, then you are for Darrin E. McGillis for Governor of Florida in 2010.

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The McGillis Plan for Florida - It's time to put the people of Florida first

The McGillis Plan for Florida Rev May 12 - 2010

War Against Child Sexual Predators

We must protect Florida’s children from sexual predators

As Governor I will seek to make all child sexual assaults committed by any one over the age of 21-years-old against any child under 18-years-old, a capital offense.

Prosecutors need the death penalty on the table to get plea deals for life in prison without the possibility of parole.

In child sex crimes prosecutors are faced with vulnerable victims who either can’t or won’t testify against a sexual predator (a child rapist). In almost all cases a child victim will be traumatized further by having to recount the horrific crime. Sometimes the evidence is not as strong as the prosecutor would like.

As Governor I will give prosecutors in Florida the tools they need to keep a child rapist behind bars for life and when warranted the tools to seek a death sentence.

As Governor, all sexual assault (rape) of any adult person in Florida, the offender will face a min-mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

As Governor, no bail (no bond) will be permitted on all cases of sexual assault (rape) were the suspects DNA is found on or near the victim.

As Governor, no plea deals for sexual predators which does not include voluntary castration. If the offender is indigent the state will pay for the castration of those convicted sexual predators who voluntarily seek help.

As Governor, Darrin will prohibit probation or parole transfers into Florida, in which the person was convicted in the sending State of a sex crime.

As Governor, Darrin will advocate legislation that will make it a felony to enter the State of Florida while having a unresolved criminal charge for a sex crime outside the State of Florida.

Geraldo Rivera says it best, If you are innocent of wrong doing, you will submit to a Police polygraph examination, innocent people fully cooperate with law enforcement. The fact is innocent people do not refuse a polygraph examination.

It’s time to get serious about ridding our streets of sexual predators.

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Florida Gun Control - Equals Crime Control

I believe in the right to keep and bear arms

The question is, how does the government protect the right of every Floridian to keep and bear arms, while protecting every Floridian from certain individuals that have no business obtaining, or having a firearm.

As Governor, I will advocate legislation that will allow any citizen of Florida, at anytime, the right to seek in civil court an injunction (a court order) prohibiting a person from possession of a firearm because the person is currently a danger to himself or others.

Under a McGillis administration new gun control regulations shall be enacted as follows.

A license to carry a firearm shall issue if the applicant:

(1) Has reached the age of twenty-one (21) years.
(2) Has a negative criminal record certified by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued not later than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the application and has not been accused of, nor is pending or in the process of trial for any Felony in Florida or in the United States or abroad
(3) Is not habitually inebriated or addicted to controlled substances
(4) Has not been declared mentally incompetent by a court
(5) Has not incurred or belonged to organizations involved in acts of violence, or directed to the overthrow of the government
(6) Has not been dishonorably discharged from the armed forces, or removed from any of the law enforcement agencies of the Government of Florida or its municipalities
(7) Is not under a court order which prohibits harassing, stalking, threatening, or proximity to an intimate partner, the children of the latter or to any person, and who does not have a record of violence
(8) Is a citizen of the United States
(9) Is not a person who, having been a citizen of the United States at a given time, has renounced said citizenship
(10) Has submitted a sworn statement attesting to compliance with fiscal laws; it being established that it shall be grounds to deny the issue of the license applied for or to revoke the same if the applicant has failed to comply with the fiscal laws of the State of Florida
(11) Has payed the required application fee; provided, that in those cases whereby the license is denied, the amount paid shall not be reimbursed
(12) Has submitted, together with the application, one (1) sworn statement from five (5) persons that are not related by consanguinity or affinity to the applicant and that under penalty of perjury, attest to the fact that the applicant enjoys a good reputation in the community, that he/she does not have a tendency to commit acts of violence, and that therefore they have no objection to the applicant owning firearms. This statement shall be made in the form provided by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement along with the application for a weapons license
(13) Has submitted the completed application, under oath, before a notary, accompanied by an impression of his/her fingerprints, taken by a technician of any local Law Enforcement Agency in Florida or a competent federal or state government agency, and that includes two (2) color photographs, two (2) inches by two (2) inches in size, sufficiently recent as to depict the applicant in his/her true aspect at the time of the application
(14) Has submitted a negative certification of debt from the Child Support Administration, issued not later than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the application

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NBC TV South Florida - Darrin McGillis with Rick Scott, Alex Sink, Bill McCollum on the race for Governor

Candidate for Governor Darrin McGillis on NBC TV South Florida with Rick Scott, Alex Sink and Bill McCollum.

http://www.mcgillis4governor.com/

In the NBC News clip Darrin is quoted for being in support of legalizing marijuana (personal use amounts). This is true, except that Darrin replaces the current law with a fine of five ($5,000) thousand dollars versus being arrested, charged and convicted of a criminal offense.

This will only apply to personal use amounts, and any person caught with amounts that are not personal use amounts will face Felony arrest and conviction.

The goal is to take the resources of professional Law Enforcement away from what is a minor criminal offense and fine those caught with personal use amounts $5,000 - we can use the money collected to put more Law Enforcement officers on the streets to combat the very serious illegal drug distribution problem we have in Florida.

Make no mistake Darrin is for stiff prison terms for any person selling drugs to minors and persons less than 21 years of age, including the sale of marijuana. If you sell drugs to kids in Florida, you will go to jail for a very long time under a McGillis administration.

It's time for commonsense laws and to help our Law Enforcement professionals get properly funded.

We must declare a War on illegal drug distribution in the State of Florida.

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MAKE FLORIDA’S HEALTH INSURANCE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

Health insurance costs are a major expense for Florida businesses and consumers. The rising cost of health insurance for Florida residents and businesses is outpacing inflation, making our state less attractive to employers who provide this benefit.

As Governor, Darrin McGillis will reduce the cost of health insurance for businesses, while making sure Florida’s workers can remain insured:

Allow the Purchase of Out-of-State Insurance Policies. The McGillis Administration will allow Florida small businesses to purchase health insurance policies from out-of state insurance companies that offer better rates, or better coverage. More competition and more consumer choice will lower costs.

The President's Historical Health Care legislation is steps away from making law. Watch this video were the President says: "I will not walk away from health reform":

No matter what "Republican Senators" think of the bill, the fact that no American (including Republicans) will ever be denied Health Care insurance for preexisting conditions is historical.

Be sure to thank the Senators for working hard on Health Reform Click here

It's Time for a better tomorrow, and to put the people of Florida first:

In 2007, the unemployment rate in Florida was 3.3 percent - less than a third of what it is today as more than 1 million Floridians can't find work. One in every 705 Florida homes was in foreclosure when Republican Charlie Crist took office. Now the foreclosure rate is 1 of 165, according to Realty Trac data service.

If you believe in change... If you think that it is about time that the State of Florida breathes some fresh air, stops bullying the poor and middle class, and takes better care of its internal affairs, then you are for Darrin E. McGillis for Governor of Florida in 2010.

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CUT EXCESSIVE RED TAPE - PROVIDE RELIEF FROM OVERBEARING REGULATION

Create a permanent “Red Tape Committee”

The McGillis Administration will overhaul Florida’s regulations – restoring balance and fairness – by creating a permanent “Red Tape Committee.” The “Red Tape Committee” will bring both elected branches of government together in a bi-partisan fashion to perform a top to- bottom overhaul and review.

The Red Tape Committee will ensure rules meet a series of requirements.

Sound science or other technical basis

Consistent with other state policy goals

Consistent with legislative intent

Protect and promote the public interest, including the urgent need for economic development and private-sector job creation.

The Review Committee will recommend rescinding rules that do not meet these requirements.

Implement an immediate freeze on proposed new rules and regulations

The McGillis Administration will put an immediate freeze on proposed new rules and regulations, except those deemed necessary for public emergency, until the Red Tape Committee completes its review.

Promote transparency in the process of creating new rules and policy

Proposed rules will not be adopted until all implementing policy procedures and documents (such as technical manuals and forms) are in place and are available for inspection and public comment and input. McGillis will strictly limit agency policy and rule development that often occurs outside the public input.

Eliminate agency funding from fees and fine's

McGillis will remove the incentive for regulatory agencies to charge excessive or unnecessary fees and fines by restoring their funding “on-budget” from the general fund. Agencies will no longer rely on fees and fines for their own funding, removing their built-in incentives to over-regulate and over-charge.

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Florida Partnership for Jobs - Elect Darrin McGillis Governor

Darrin McGillis will create the “Florida Partnership for Jobs” that will serve as a one-stop shop for new businesses to make opening in or relocating to Florida easier. This agency will walk new companies through the regulatory process and assist with tax incentives to make the process more efficient.

By creating these public-private partnerships to implement economic growth strategies, Florida will more successfully foster private sector job growth.

CEO’s and business leaders will work hand-in-hand with the McGillis Administration to help attract their fellow CEO’s and “sell” Florida to their business colleagues.

The Partnership will act as an effective system to help potential investors or prospective business owners obtain their lawful regulatory or other governmental approvals in a timely fashion. The Partnership will ensure regulatory decisions in a reasonable time frame.

The Chair of the Partnership will be the Lieutenant Governor, restoring a voice for economic development in the Governor’s cabinet. One of the Lieutenant Governor’s principal responsibilities will be to lead this agency and create an effective infrastructure for economic growth.

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Energy As Industry - New Job's for the Sunshine State

Darrin McGillis promise to Floridian's:

I will be Florida's Chief Energy Advocate, working tirelessly to convince foreign and domestic companies that Florida is the place to manufacture energy – I will seek out these businesses and bring them home.

I will launch the "Florida is the Energy State" Campaign to market Florida's skilled workforce, technology base, manufacturing base, port facilities to energy producers, innovators and developers.

I will make Florida an attractive place to manufacture energy by offering a tax credit up to 100% of the corporate business taxes for any wind turbine and manufacturing facility that locates in Florida.

I will make Florida a center for clean energy production jobs, committing to a 5/1 ratio of production jobs in the next four years.

I will jumpstart our state’s solar energy production by requiring the installation of solar farms on the countless landfills in our state.

Environment

As Governor, Darrin McGillis will aggressively promote “green energy” initiatives and effective conservation measures to reduce energy consumption

Advance renewable wind, solar and bio-fuel energy research and development

Require new state buildings to incorporate LEED energy standards

Require state agencies to reduce energy consumption by entering into Energy Savings Performance Contracts

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Public Safety - Fighting Violent Crime - Elect Darrin E. McGillis Governor

One of the core responsibilities of state government is keeping the people of Florida safe from the threat of crime. We can do that by putting more law enforcement officers on our streets and combating important public safety issues like gang violence, Internet sexual predators, illegal drug distribution and domestic violence.

Darrin McGillis Commitment

I will keep the most dangerous criminals off of the streets by proposing an amendment to the Florida Constitution that will mirror federal bail laws and permit pre-trial preventive detention based on public safety concerns.

I will make our streets safer and reduce recidivism by more aggressively enforcing stricter prison terms for violent offenders and requiring drug rehabilitation and vocational training for non-violent drug offenders.

I will create new programs that provide alternatives to gang membership, facilitated by community groups, faith-based groups, and other local institutions.

I will change parole law to ensure violent offenders serve their entire period of imprisonment.

Making Our Communities Safer

Darrin McGillis has always been a strong supporter of Florida's law enforcement community.

A McGillis administration will pursue an aggressive legislative agenda that will put more police officers on our streets, combat gang violence, illegal drug distribution and Internet sexual predators.

Darrin's Safe Neighborhoods and Communities program focuses on efforts to combat these critical concerns of the public.

Safe Neighborhoods and Communities Program

More Police Officers on Our Streets

Putting more law enforcement officers on our streets by increasing state funding for local law enforcement positions

Increasing the salary and benefits of Florida's law enforcement professionals

Combating Gang Violence

Providing additional funding for Florida's Regional Gang Task Forces

Increasing penalties for people involved in gang violence

Implementing programs to divert young people from gangs and get them involved in positive alternatives

Enhancing penalties for gang related crimes

Combating Internet Sexual Predators and Child Pornography

Providing additional funding for Florida's Internet Crimes Against Children task forces and expanding these task forces to other regions of the state

Ending the Cycle of Illegal Drug Abuse

Implement effective programs to rehabilitate habitual abusers from drug dependence and help integrate them back into society

Crackdown on prescription drug abuse and close loopholes that allow illegal online drug purchases

Protecting Women and Children at Home

Increasing penalties for acts of domestic abuse that are committed in the presence of a minor

Mandatory counseling for persons convicted of domestic abuse

Mandatory incarceration for persons convicted of stalking or the violation of a restraining order

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Get Florida Working Again

The biggest challenge in Florida and the nation today is the failing economy. We need to create jobs and recruit new industry, but we also need to reward existing businesses. Getting our economy moving, creating new jobs and opportunity for all Floridians, making Florida a leader in America’s energy independence and new green technology. It's Time for a better tomorrow.

Darrin McGillis will be a jobs Governor. He understands that each and every Floridian has been impacted by this economic downturn and that people are anxious about what the future holds.

He will make his top priority bringing new jobs and greater opportunity to every corner of Florida. Darrin McGillis has bold ideas and specific proposals to help overcome the challenges Florida is facing and get our economy moving again.

Darrin is focused on growing the state's economy, creating new jobs, re-training our workforce for 21st century jobs, and allowing all citizens of Florida to achieve their ultimate dreams.

Every Floridian will benefit from the vision of a robust private sector, more incentives for businesses that locate in Florida, and a government that lives within its means, thereby allowing citizens to keep more of what they earn to invest and to spend as they see fit.

Tax relief and tax credits for businesses who create jobs

Cut red tape and regulation on Florida businesses

Creation of a Regulatory Reform Task Force to eliminate out dated, redundant and overly burdensome regulations

Streamline regulations to make Florida the easiest and best place in America to open and operate a small business

Direct more resources to programs that help create jobs

Make Florida the nation's leader in energy development

Build a transportation system for the 21st century

Restore fiscal integrity to state government

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As Governor Darrin McGillis will help Florida’s small businesses lower health insurance costs by allowing the purchase of health insurance policies from out-of-state insurance companies that offer better rates or better coverage. More competition and more consumer choice will lower costs.

McGillis will reduce the corporate business tax rate to give Florida a competitive advantage

It will be a top priority for the McGillis Administration to reduce corporate business tax rates. Reducing the corporate business tax rate, as part of an overall economic recovery effort, will create a better business climate to attract private sector investment.

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Veterans support McGillis for Governor

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." - American President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

In 1789, George Washington said: “The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of early wars were treated and appreciated by our nation.”

These sentiments apply just as strongly today as they did at the founding of our nation. For Darrin McGillis there is no greater obligation of a nation than support for the military, veterans, their families, and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

Darrin McGillis is committed to supporting Florida’s heroes and giving them the care and support they richly deserve. Veterans are Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. Darrin McGillis understands that results are the only things that matter and he will work in a bipartisan manner to get results for Florida’s veterans.

Homeless Veterans Unacceptable:

Darrin McGillis will not allow a single vet to be homeless. Under a McGillis administration, Florida will carefully examine the current level of services provided to homeless vets in Florida, identify gaps in service, and evaluate the need for and costs of additional services. Florida will engage in a proactive Homeless Vet program and explore how Florida can pursue federal grant money and work with the private sector to see that these veterans are provided for. No more excuses!

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Stop Gridlock, Create New Jobs: Get Florida Moving

With Florida's population increasing at a rate never before seen, we must take actions today to plan for unprecedented demands on our resources. We will do this through a focus on improving our transportation infrastructure (roads, bridges, and mass transit).

McGillis understands that to attract business and jobs to Florida, we need to make it easier for citizens to get to work, and for goods to get to the market. This is also a quality of life issue – Floridians should not be spending hours every day away from their family and life because they are stuck in traffic coming home from work.

The McGillis Transportation Plan

"Stop Gridlock, Create New Jobs: Get Florida Moving"

Florida's transportation system is at a crossroads. We need a serious reexamination of the State's underlying transportation policies and strategies. During this time of scarce resources, severe economic hardships for many Florida citizens, and mounting transportation infrastructure needs, it is essential that we align our overall transportation policies and strategies so that they deliver the type of performance and support for economic growth that our citizens and businesses require, and do so in the most cost-effective and sustainable manner possible.

Floridians have shown they will support new investments in government services when they know the service is a proper governmental responsibility, that funds will be spent competently for the purposes promised, and that investing now will produce positive economic and social returns on investment. However, Floridians are frustrated and have lost confidence in the ability of state government to keep its commitments and produce timely and sustainable results. Recent administrations have moved too slowly and made too many excuses for not finding ways to get projects done.

As Governor McGillis will take essential steps toward building the public trust necessary for transportation investment, including support for a constitutional amendment to protect the funds from raids for other purposes.

Together we must candidly acknowledge that we do need greater public and private investment in our transportation systems, and then come together in a spirit of innovation and cooperation to achieve it. Darrin McGillis has some specific ideas about how to do that, and he will be listening to others as well. But, to be effective, any increase in investment must be accompanied by a fundamentally different strategy in how we invest, operate, maintain and measure the performance of our transportation systems. It is not enough to acknowledge the nature of our current policy shortcomings. We must also have the leadership to test different approaches.

As Governor, Darrin McGillis will speak to Floridians with the candor the taxpayers demand. And, having earned their trust, he will bring Floridians together across party lines to adopt a new transportation program that combines tangible investments with real reform. It's Time for a better tomorrow.

Darrin McGillis will make transportation infrastructure a four-year priority.

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Educating Our Children

Every Florida student should have access to a first class, world class education. We must make certain that our children have the skills they need to compete in the global marketplace of the 21st century. No more excuses!

Improving Our Public Schools

Darrin McGillis has put forth a comprehensive plan to help improve the quality of our public schools.

Darrin's First Class Schools, First Class Teachers, First Class Education program focuses on spending our educational resources more efficiently, providing more educational options for students and parents and demanding more accountability from everyone involved in the education of our children.

By improving the quality of our public schools, we can provide our children with the skills they need to compete for quality jobs in the global marketplace of the 21st century and develop the highly skilled workforce that we need to recruit new businesses and jobs to Florida.

First Class Schools, First Class Teachers, First Class Education program

Spending Our Educational Resources More Efficiently

Fully funding the Standards of Quality for our public schools

Reduction in the education bureaucracy and removal of waste and corruption in the educational system

Requiring that at least 75% of our educational dollars be spent in the classroom

Recruit and Reward The Best Teachers

Increase teacher pay to above the national average

Provide incentive pay for teachers teaching in high demand specialties and in high risk school districts

Merit pay to reward our best teachers and make certain that teacher compensation is tied to performance

Eliminate teacher tenure

More Educational Options for Students and Parents

More meaningful alternatives for students who want to pursue a vocational/technical education

More Charter Schools in core disciplines like Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Tax credits for parents who choose to send their children to private schools

Tax credits for businesses that provide scholarships to low-income students to enable them to attend private schools if they choose to do so

More Accountability

Higher academic expectations under the Standards of Learning

No pass, no play requirements for students

No drivers license for students who drop out of school before the age of 18 or fail to achieve satisfactory academic performance

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Reforming Our Government

The corrupt can either go quietly or they can go loudly, but either way, they will go.

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McGillis Ethics Reform: Waging a War on Corruption

Immediately upon taking office, McGillis will declare a war on the long history of corruption in the state by calling a special session of the legislature to end the image that “who you know is more important than what you know” when doing business in Florida. Darrin McGillis will push a comprehensive ethics reform package through the session requiring a more detailed financial disclosure for elected and appointed officials, prohibiting all conflicts of interests, closing the loophole on free tickets, ending lobbyist-funded lavish meals, and giving the Office of the Attorney General the ability to independently root out corruption in government at all levels. Providing the Florida Supreme Court the authority to appoint a independent special prosecutor to root out corruption at the highest levels of the Florida Government.

Darrin McGillis Commitment:

I will eliminate the Legislature’s conflicts of interest by strengthening ethics laws to require State Legislators to either recuse themselves from legislative actions that affect their private sector interests, or publicly disclose these conflicts when they occur.

I will increase honesty and openness in government by requiring fully searchable and transparent websites for all state and local governments and school districts, providing links to property records and taxes, government payrolls, expenditures, school performance report cards, and other information.

I will increase the transparency required of candidates seeking office by making the State’s currently inadequate Personal Financial Disclosure Statements match the same heightened level of transparency as their federal counterpart, which will provide voters with a more detailed, comprehensive look at those on the ballot.

I will restore fairness and common-sense to our state’s legal liability policies by making it more difficult for out-of-state plaintiffs to sue in Florida courts.

I will end the abuse and manipulation of Florida’s civil justice system by preventing the admission of flimsy and dubious testimony offered by expert witnesses.

I will make our state more affordable for consumers and businesses by making it more difficult to file class action lawsuits for frivolous reasons.

Demand transparency in state spending and strengthen and enforce our competitive bid laws.

Special interest lobbyists should not be allowed to give money or gifts of any value to legislators.

I will seek a mandatory Statewide annual salary cap of ($95,000) on all publically elected office positions. No more will running for public office mean ($185,000) job, meanwhile the career public servant makes under ($45,000) annually. Seeking to serve the public by running for public office is a privilege and honor, not a way to get an instant salary boost.

Darrin McGillis, fighting for you.

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