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Submitted by john wertz on 2018-03-01 18:49:17

Pros

Has (only) recently been echoing some of same problems we've had with the commissioners court (there's not a revenue problem but a spending problem) - and about changing the culture of the court. But this didn't appear to come until just before he announced for office.
Advocate for spending caps
Very passionate & assertive about his positions.
Claims to be an advocate of zero-budgeting
Favors bloated salary freeze(though not a reduction) until salary parity with comparable counties is achieved.
Wants more emphasis placed on ethics - says court(including Judge Doyal and Commissioner Riley) is sorely lacking
Concerned about the lack of implementation in mobility projects; concerned that Nov. 2015 Road Bond has not been acted on by Commissioner Riley; that $250 million in gas taxes to state are'nt being utilized.
Long-time political operative and active member of Young Republicans
Proposes tax rate adjustments to provide property tax relief
Opposed to toll roads.
Opposes situation of county department heads reporting/accountable to County Judge only.
Called for Commissioner Charlie Riley's resignation after MISD-gate.
Endorsed by: Unitied Firefighters of The Woodlands

Cons

Former president of the Fake Tea Party and Campaign Manager for Craig Doyal, responsible for putting both Doyal and Charlie Riley into office in 2014. Also said in Eagle Forum Debate(Feb. 1, 2018) that he joined the Fake Tea Party to help Brandon Creighton defeat Tea Party favorite Steve Toth.
Apparently oversaw a disarray of finances and campaign reports on behalf of Fake Tea Party
Alledged to be a part of Doyals team that developed a hit-list on county employees.
Said he has never opposed spending and appraisal camps,........
....but he did, in a 12/11/2014 article.
Supported an extremely controversial May 9, 2015 Road Bond which contained many questionable projects, including the Woodlands Parkway Extension(WPX) Bond though he claimed he never supported it.

He/his campaign developed a political attack-site on opponent Gregory Parker.
Wrote a scathing piece about the Texas Patritos PAC's selection of Kelly Case as Judge of 9th Judicial Court.
Articles about him imply that he's a businessman (a term typically reserved for business owners), when in fact his LinkedIn account says he's a Sales/Business Development Rep for a company.
On Dec. 11, 2014, Mr. Dawson said restrictions on appraisal caps should be removed. In other words, he didn't want appraisal caps.