1.0Citizens Journalhttps://www.citizensjournal.usAlex Burumhttps://www.citizensjournal.us/author/alex-burum/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.citizensjournal.us/politics-q-and-a-with-jeffrey-burum-veteran-chief-financial-officer-and-candidate-for-ventura-county-supervisor-district-5/">POLITICS | Q and A with Jeffrey Burum- Veteran, Chief Financial Officer and Candidate for Ventura County Supervisor-District 5</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.citizensjournal.us/politics-q-and-a-with-jeffrey-burum-veteran-chief-financial-officer-and-candidate-for-ventura-county-supervisor-district-5/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“POLITICS | Q and A with Jeffrey Burum- Veteran, Chief Financial Officer and Candidate for Ventura County Supervisor-District 5” — Citizens Journal" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://www.citizensjournal.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/JeffreyBurum-scaled.jpg400600Community leaders from government, non-profit organizations and business owners have faced a disconnect from City Council, School Boards and local planning/development issues including; the Channel Islands Harbor, Arts in the community, affordable housing, rising taxes, crime and homelessness.  They witness local legislation relying solely on political special interest agendas that consistently ignore their concerns, resulting in even more mismanagement of public tax dollars that come directly from their pocket.  They have asked me to use my experiences as a Chief Financial Officer and Certified Public Accountant-managing billions of dollars with the lives of our men and women on the line- to serve one more time, championing transparent project management that fits the needs of our residents with economic growth to sustain our future. Together, we will grow Ventura County into the Economic Hub it can be!