Chairman of County Commission WRITE IN CANDIDATE DON HENDERSON

Chairman of County Commission WRITE IN CANDIDATE
DON HENDERSON·MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2016
This morning I filled out the paperwork that is necessary to become a WRITE IN CANDIDATE for the Henry County Georgia County Commission.
Why a WRITE IN CANDIDATE? Because of two reasons.....Reason number one is that I am not a Democrat nor Republican and if I wanted to run as an Independent I would have to gather over 55oo signatures to gain ballot access,something the Democrats and Republicans have been very successful in controlling, and I WILL NOT PAY TO PLAY as the saying goes..
In order to have your name on the ballot you have to PAY almost 1700 dollars and that is not going to happen with me.....

As time goes on I will post some of the many reasons I moved to Henry County but I want to tell you WHY I want to stay in Henry County and what I believe will better the county with your help.

If elected I will be beholding to NO ONE other than the citizens who WRITE IN my name on their ballot and I will make no promises that I can not keep.

My first motion will be to reduce the compensation of the county commission members by 50% and if that is not supported I will challenge each member to contribute 20,000 dollars to a police/fireman fund that will be used off set unforeseen expenses that they , the officers and fireman incur due their duties in public safety AND I will do said same whether other members do or not....This fund will fall under the authority of the Quartermaster and 1 member of the police department, 1 member of the sheriffs department and 1 member of the fire department. It will be they who determine who receives benefits and how much....not some appointee of the BoC.

Secondly I will appoint or cause an audit of EVERY DEPARTMENT in Henry County Government as well as an inventory of all county owned equipment.

I will cause to be initiated an inventory of ALL county owned property ,its use, its value, and the reason the county MUST maintain ownership of any property not in current use. If a use is not deemed immediate then I will initiate thru proper channels that the property be disposed of on the open market....this will be done by a lottery system among qualified Realtors whose business is located in Henry County and have a proven ability to market said properties.

I will DEMAND that all government contracts be offered to Henry County businesses and if after review by qualified purchasing agents the contracts are deemed excessive only THEN will they be submitted to outside the county contractors...

I will under no circumstance vote for,support or initiate a tax rate increase,a millage rate increase,or any act to create a new tax including SPLOST....I have always had to live within my budget I do not believe that governments should not be held to the same constraints.

I will hold ALL department heads and staffers who have access to a government credit cards,government check books, government cars or any government owned asset to be accountable and random audits will be conducted on a regular basis.

Folks I believe government has but three purposes , PUBLIC SAFETY being number one.If we are to be a great county then we need the best equipped police and fire departments.
We need the best trained police and fire departments and we need the best PAID police and fireman...as it stands now a sitting commissioner in Henry County Ga makes more than an entry level policeman who puts his life and the future of his family on the line EVERY SINGLE DAY 24/7......THAT IS WRONG.

Secondly infrastructure/roads/intersections/traffic flow......and on Jonesboro Rd, Mcdonough Rd and Jodeco Rd...it is shameful that the railroad controls traffic flow, funny how Mr. Bowman when he was district IV commissioner got a bridge on Rock Quarry Rd ...and least folks from Stockbridge can get to the hospital in an emergency.

Thirdly government should create an environment and tax structure that attracts businesses not attacks businesses...and I do not ascribe to the principle of government and private business  partnering to do business because the TAXPAYER always winds up losing.
I use to think that government should be run like a business but a very wise gentleman who WAS a commissioner when I said that told me “you can’t run government like a business” and I am seeing that he was correct....business is easy to run government is like trying to herd a pack of squirrels because each department wants to be first to the pecan tree...

Now what I believe ...
I am PRO LIFE period
I am PRO 2nd AMENDMENT 
I believe that marriage is between ONE WOMAN and ONE MAN
I am PRO MILITARY and PRO AMERICAN
I don’t believe in spending more than I make
I believe that EVERYONE must play by the same rules ( or we won’t have rules)
I believe in free enterprise
I am a Capitalist
I oppose both NAFTA and TPTA
I am neither a Democrat nor Republican
I am equal opportunity
I am 100% for term limits in all levels of government
I do not support government unions
I do not believe that welfare should be a career
I believe the down trodden deserve a hand up not a hand out
I believe that as long at there is a jobs wanted ad in the paper there should be no unemployment payments made....no one is over qualified for low level jobs.
I believe parents should be held responsible for the actions of their minor children.PERIOD
I believe in prayer and I know I am nothing more than a sinner saved by Gods grace.
I have said things I wish I could unsay and I haven’t said some things I should have said.
My wife, my sons and their families are the reason for my getting up in the morning.
I have been retired from Delta Airlines for almost 17 years 
Prior to working for Delta Airlines I was a full time musician for 15 years my claim to fame was as the touring bassist for Ronny & The Daytonas  of “Little GTO” fame
My hobbies are , music,writing,shooting,fishing,hunting,my Harleys,our boat and motorhome,cooking jambalaya,yard work,recording in my studio,a little bit of golf but mostly trying to spoil my wife because you can see from above that she has spoiled me for over 46 years.

Folks I currently have two of my three sons serving in the United States Army ...Major Ronald Henderson and C O 2 Thomas Henderson a Blackhawk instructor pilot so please know the Henderson family love America and Henry County and I will never ever do something to discredit their service or our name...

If you will write in DON HENDERSON for Henry County Commission Chairman I will do the job that you hire me to do or will resign....

I do ask one other thing that I know isn’t politically correct but neither am I 
PRAY FOR ME.