"We need to get away from all the promises and return to honest leadership."
Jeff Taylor is now a candidate for the District 2 Board of Commissioners seat in Craven County, North Carolina.
Jeff will be competing against Dover Alderman John Percy Wetherington, Jr. and Jeff French. The winner of the May 4 Republican primary will face Democrat Malcom Johnson, the present mayor of Dover, in November.
Towards a Leaner Form of Government
In today's political and economic environment, it is important to begin moving away from the old norms and developing new methods by which our government will operate. We need to start thinking “lean.”
The term "lean" comes from the manufacturing concept of streamlining the delivery of services to the customer. The purpose is to give customers what they want, when they want it, and to produce only what is needed, with the best possible quality and at the lowest cost.
Nothing in this concept implies that government will shortchange or take advantage of its customers -- the citizens. On the contrary, citizens must be the primary focus as the government does everything it can to bring them needed services at the lowest cost. In the process, government becomes smaller, more efficient, and more responsive.
There are those who oppose this concept. “Lean is mean,” they say. We hear such complaints every time an attempt is made to trim down a bureaucracy or change the status quo. But we are long past the days when we can afford endless tax hikes, fee increases, and an eternally bloating government. It is time to apply to government the same principles that work effectively to guide modern businesses.
I ask for your help and support as I work to end the days of special interests and the “good-old-boy” network in Craven County, and begin a new era of Lean Government.
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Jeff Taylor is currently the lean manufacturing coordinator for the Bosch and Siemens (BSH) Laundry Facility in New Bern. BSH operates 42 factories in 13 countries, among which the New Bern facility is the 2nd highest-ranking factory for lean concepts.
Important dates:
- May 4: Republican primary
- November 2: Election Day
