The Orange County Republican Party held an ice cream social at the Bridge City Community Center Monday. Congressman Dr. Brian Babin (right) attended, as did State Representative Dade Phelan. Both have Orange County in their districts.
Also attending were eight elected county officials, including County Judge Brint Carlton (left) who took the opportunity to announce he would seek a second term as county judge. Carlton said since being elected, the Commissioners Court had saved the Orange County tax payers millions of dollars while still providing services for the citizens including the first pay raise in over four years for Courthouse employees.
Commissioner Jody Crump who has the most years of service on the current Commissioners Court also announced he will seek another term. Crump represents Precinct 4 which is the Vidor Area.
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Carlton released the statement below:
“People of Orange County, we have made incredible strides together to improve our community. In fact, the level of success we have seen was claimed to be impossible without raising the tax rate or cutting services, neither of which we did. These accomplishments include increasing the County fund balance by millions of dollars, modernizing the energy usage of our buildings, beginning new forms of insurance to protect us from costly litigation, providing the first raise to our employees in four years, placing the County benefits on a sustainable and fiscally sound trajectory, restructuring and refocusing the Orange County Economic Development Corporation, and purchasing over a million dollars in new equipment, vehicles, and systems. We did all of this WITHOUT RAISING THE TAX RATE and by PLACING THE TAXPAYERS FIRST! This is how a truly fiscally conservative and limited government is supposed to run. We are on the verge of something very special and Orange County cannot afford to return to the tax-and-spend practices of the past where the taxpayers were treated as an unlimited piggy bank. That is why I humbly request your support and vote as I SEEK REELECTION IN 2018 TO CONTINUE SERVING YOU AS ORANGE COUNTY JUDGE!”
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