Waiz continued to advance politically in 2003 as he filed to run for mayor against Tom Galligan, a two-term incumbent.
Following the election, Mayor Waiz filed a complaint with the Clark County Prosecutor Steve Stewart that several laws regarding the absentee ballots had been violated.
Clark Circuit Court Judge Daniel Donahue appointed Ronald Simpson as special prosecutor from Corydon, Indiana.
[5] Waiz worked with the businesses, the city council, and talked with then governor Joe Kernan during the following months regarding the incident to help restore the area.
[6] On November 21, 2005, the city council passed a smoking ordinance and Waiz signed it into effect shortly after.
[7][8] This made Jeffersonville the first community in the Southern Indiana Louisville Metro area to pass such an ordinance.
This was brought up because City Judge Vicki Carmichael was elected to the Clark County Superior Court bench and was set to take office on January 1, 2007.
During Waiz's 2007 campaign he asked for the removal of the Ethics Commission's attorney Larry Wilder on April 10, 2007.
[12] Waiz claimed that Wilder secretly supported the Galligan campaign because his wife, Peggy, had a mass postage address that she lets anyone use.
The project included walking and bike paths along the Ohio River, which will eventually connect to New Albany, Indiana.
The Waiz administration purchased the dilapidated River Falls Motel and Lounge in downtown Jeffersonville, which was converted into condominiums by a private developer.