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Orange County, CA November 3, 1998 General

Director; Santa Margarita Water District

Candidates (Vote for 2)
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Jim Mizell 13,671 votes 35.9%

  • Occupation: Director, Santa Margarita Water District
Saundra F. Jacobs 10,304 votes 27.0%
  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Environmental Planner
  • Principal of SFC Consultants, an environmental consulting firm which Saundra founded in 1997.
  • Certified in California as a Registered Environmental Assessor.
  • OSHA certified in hazardous materials management.
  • Educated as an environmental planner at the University of California at Santa Barbara and graduated with a BA in Geography in 1986.
  • Currently serves as Director and Vice President of the Santa Margarita Water District.
  • Married five years to Jeff Jacobs and she has four step-daughters, Sarah, Annie, Emily and Laura.
Priorities:
  • Reduce water rates further.
  • Reduce property taxes associated with District infrastructure further.
  • Seek alternative sources of water to achieve our water resource goals.
Emmy R. Day 5,859 votes 15.4%
  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Fire Safety Educator
  • Vice Chair, Mission Viejo Planning Commission
  • Santa Margarita Water Advisory Board
  • Vice Chair, Mission Viejo Fire Safe Council
  • Board, Conservative Women's Leadership Assoc.
  • Orange County Fire, Retired Public Info Officer
  • Rancho Santa Margarita Library Friends Volunteer
Priorities:
  • Draft and implement policy to guarantee a clean, safe, reliable water supply
  • Ensure cost efficient management of District.
  • Examine benefits/drawbacks of multiple special districts.
Jim Holmes 4,488 votes 11.8%
  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Business Executive
  • Com.Traffiic & Trans. Com.,City of MV. current
  • Chairman, Board of Dir, SMWD 1993-1996
  • Pres, CDS Homeowners Assoc, 1992-1996
  • Treas, CDS Homeowners Assoc, 1990-1992
  • AMF Voit, Senior level executive, 30 years
Priorities:
  • Protect the highest level of safe, clean water quality
  • Work for a reliable back up delivery system & storage capacity
  • Adopt recycling and reclamation project to preserve natural resources
Fred De Avila 3,679 votes 9.6%
  • Occupation: Business Performance Consultant

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