Politics & Government

City Elections: Candidates on Financial Health

We asked each candidate for New Port Richey City Council whether they thought the city was financially healthy.

Patch recently asked the seven candidates running for New Port Richey City Council their thoughts on city issues.

We got answers. 

Some of our questions were about the city's financial health.

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We asked: "How do you define whether the city is “financially healthy?” What are your ideas for making sure the city meet that definition, if it hasn’t already?

We also asked; "What’s your position on the ideas of cutting services, raising taxes or increasing fees as options for helping the city be financially healthy? What other strategies would you use?"

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Click on the candidate names below to read each of their responses to this question.

The elections are April 9. There are two city council seats up for grabs.

  • Michael Malterer
  • Jeff Starkey
  • Chopper Davis
  • Bob Langford
  • Ginny Miller
  • Rose Mohr
  • Jonathan Tietz


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