John Gadd

- I have a background in business and software and technology law - I am a strong conservative dedicated to fiscal responsibility - I want to bring some common sense from the business world to Alpine School Board - My priority number one is to stop Alpine School Board from raising our taxes - I also want the board to cut wasteful spending and prioritize teaching - I am a long-time Pleasant Grove resident where my wife and I have raised our six kids

• - My top priority is to stop Alpine School Board from raising our taxes - We recently voted No on the $595 Million bond that the board requested, and they raised our taxes anyway - twice! - Alpine School District has plenty of money (over a Billion of our tax dollars) to do a great job without any tax increases - But just as he has repeatedly in the past, Mark Clement will likely vote to raise our taxes in the future - If elected, I will never vote to raise our taxes - no more tax increases, period!
• - We can avoid our taxes being raised if the board would cut wasteful spending from its billion-dollar annual budget - The board wastes millions of our tax dollars every year on extravagant school buildings - If elected, I will never vote for an extravagant school building - Over the last 7 years, Mark Clement's compensation for his school board seat went up drastically by 457%! - If elected, I will refuse any compensation for serving on the board - If elected, I will also vote to repeal the board compensation increases that the board members have voted for themselves
• - The board should free up money in the budget to prioritize what matters most - great teaching! - The budget should prioritize teaching by compensating teachers fairly and providing them with the resources they need - The school district has become bloated with unnecessary programs and layers of bureaucracy, such as their DEI program - If elected, I will vote to eliminate the DEI program at Alpine School District - If elected, I will vote to gradually scale down any other unnecessary programs and bureaucracy in the budget and shift those dollars over to support teachers and teaching resources

- My top priority is to stop Alpine School Board from raising our taxes
- We can avoid our taxes being raised if the board would cut wasteful spending from its billion-dollar annual budget
- The board should free up money in the budget to prioritize what matters most - great teaching!

I've spent my career in the business world. During the majority of this time, I was a part owner of a business. As such, I was involved in setting and managing the budget, hiring and managing and training employees, and making decisions on buildings that would best meet the needs of our growing business. And twice each month I was also responsible, along with the other owners, for making payroll. I know what it means to make tough decisions and sacrifices to balance a budget. I am a strong conservative dedicated to fiscal responsibility, and I want to bring some common sense from the business world to Alpine School Board. I feel like money is being wasted by the board on things like extravagant school buildings and woke programs like DEI. If elected, I hope to apply my experience in the business world to the school district, which has become bloated with unnecessary programs and layers of bureaucracy. By cutting these things, the board can free up money in the budget to prioritize what matters most - great teaching!

I want to represent the taxpayers in Alpine School District. I want to make sure that every one or our tax dollars is spent efficiently. I believe the base allocation of over a Billion of our tax dollars per year is plenty of money to do a good job educating all students in the district. I want the Alpine School Board to stop raising property taxes on taxpayers who live in the school district. We are taxed too much already, between federal income taxes, state income taxes, property taxes, and sales taxes. Alpine School Board needs to stop continually raising our property taxes when they already have plenty of money to do a great job.