Paging Mr. Osborne, paging Mr. Alan Osborne

[Listener]

Alan Osborne

Alan Osborne has answered all the questiions posed in this thread. For more information, I suggest readers visit Mr. Osborne's website at http://www.osborneforcommissioner.com/.
I think Alan Osborne will be one of the most outspoken, earth-shaking commissioners Walton County has known. If he's elected, his term will be interesting.

 

[Roadrunner]

Sorry it's been a while since I came on and got a chance to thank Mr. Osborne for his first group of answers. I see that he hasn't had a chance to answer all of them yet.

I have been sent a couple more questions from other readers and would be glad to add to them if any other readers have questions to be answered. I hope Mr. Osborne has some time this weekend to answer the last of my first group. If not, I will still post the new ones to him, while I also ask them of Mr. Hudson and Braunstein.

 

[Bob Wells]

I have seen most of the parks in the county, some were run and maintained privately as was Helen McCall. There was a time it was a begging process and improvement and maintenance was performed by the volunteers. The County assisted with some big ticket items, sprinklers, fencing grading. I realize Commissioner Meadows did a lot for parks, Vaness Butler assisted in improving through the County the upgrades while my children were playing and that was before we had High School in SoWal.

 

[Walton Voter]

Walton Voter

I just went to Mr. Osborne's Web side and clicked on donations. His first statement is that donations are tax-deductible! Has anyone told him that political donations are not tax-deductible, at least they have not been in the past?

Tax-deductible donations are generally for charities or nonprofit organizations 501 C3, maybe someone needs to notify him this is incorrect.

Is it just me the more I look at Mr. Osborne I question his ability to follow directions?

 

[Andy A]

I just went to Mr. Osborne's Web side and clicked on donations. His first statement is that donations are tax-deductible! Has anyone told him that political donations are not tax-deductible, at least they have not been in the past?

Tax-deductible donations are generally for charities or nonprofit organizations 501 C3, maybe someone needs to notify him this is incorrect.

Is it just me the more I look at Mr. Osborne I question his ability to follow directions?

You just notified him. What directions are you talking about? If you are talking about the tax deductible thing, it is not an error in judgement just the possiblility that he is unaware of a page in our over 2000 page tax code.

 

[Smiling JOe]

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[Walton Voter]

You just notified him. What directions are you talking about? If you are talking about the tax deductible thing, it is not an error in judgement just the possiblility that he is unaware of a page in our over 2000 page tax code.

By directions I simply mean that as an elected official he should have the ability to lead us and guide us properly and follow the rules. Mr. Osborne states he's going to follow the rules, except it's quite obvious if you drive down the highway that he is violating with the DOT rules on placing signs this is a fact not a statement.

As a candidate he was given a set of rules to follow on donations and publications it is his responsibility to read those directions and follow them to the tee.

If he wants to gain the respect of his constituents he has to show leadership and the ability to follow directions as all the other candidates have too.

 

[Smiling JOe]

now you are just picking on Mr Osborne when you are talking about the sign placement. I hate it too, but even the current Sheriff has illegally placed signs, so what is your point? Are any of the Sheriff's candidates supposed to also abide by the laws as written?

I'm sure that Mr Osborne will correct the message on his donation link, since you have pointed it out.

 

[Alan Osborne]

Correction to web site.

I will correct this and call the person who built it for me. If you look at my web site it plainly says that all funds at the end of the election will be donated to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. This is a tax deductible foundation that puts the kids of fallen heros thru college. I will try to have the web site corrected tonight.
Alan

 

[idlewind]

By directions I simply mean that as an elected official he should have the ability to lead us and guide us properly and follow the rules. Mr. Osborne states he's going to follow the rules, except it's quite obvious if you drive down the highway that he is violating with the DOT rules on placing signs this is a fact not a statement.

As a candidate he was given a set of rules to follow on donations and publications it is his responsibility to read those directions and follow them to the tee.

If he wants to gain the respect of his constituents he has to show leadership and the ability to follow directions as all the other candidates have too.

Please, give us a break here. If you are disqualifying all the candidates who have broke the rules regarding signs, please forward your blank ballot to the elections bureau.:funn:And if you are going to fault the man for not understanding the tax law, then you could find fault with a roomful of nuns in a convent.:rofl: All the men/women in politics break the sign laws and nobody understand the tax code. Move on to the issues that they can understand and possibly help us with.
Signed:
Undecided realist in SoWal.