Candidates
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Cathy Palla
12,635 votes
45.5%
- Occupation: Businesswoman
- Successful business partner with husband Don in retailing & farming
- Married 26 years; 3 daughters:Kastle,21,BC student;Seri,20 U of Mich.Student; Haley, BHS sophomore
- Attended Calif.schools & CSU San Diego
- Pres. Concerned Citizens to Stop Outside Dumping; fought expansion of Laidlaw/Safety-Kleen toxic dump & illegal dumping radioactive materials there
- Member Downtown Business & Prop.Owners Assn. and chair Redevelopment Subcommittee: led effort for fair safe regulation of unreinforced masonry bldgs.
- Boardmember of Bakersfield High School Parent Club
Priorities:
- Improve planning process by increasiing public participation and following smart growth policies to avoid sprawl and encourage infill development
- Protect our health and safety by stopping the outside dumping of toxic, hazardous materials and human wastes
- Promote soud transportation plans and begin solving our traffic problems by exploriing workable alternatives NOW
Ken Peterson
11,015 votes
39.6%
Michael W. "Mike" White
2,180 votes
7.8%
- Occupation: Owner of my Insurance Agency since 1977; Real Estate License
- I have lived in Wasco since 1955
- AA in Business Administration from Bakersfield College
- Active in Wasco community; youth Baseball League 30 years; ordained deacon in my church; past President of Rotary Club
- Elected to Wasco City Council in 1992, Mayor in '97 and currently
- On Board of Directors of KernCog; active member Kern Co. Assoc. of Cities
- Pres.from '97-'99 of Assoc. of Calif Cities Allied with Prisons
Priorities:
- I will be a "Voice for the People" by being in direct contact with the people of the 4th District and the County as a whole
- I will lobby for more federal funds for training for the unemployed and the underemployed because Kern County has such a high rate of both
- I want to prevent Kern County from being a dumping ground for the rest of the state
Delfino Estevan Neira
1,915 votes
6.9%
- Occupation: Assistant Program Manager Department of Human Services
- B.A. Political Science U.C. Santa Barbara
- On Site Supervisor A. Miriam Jamison Children's Shelter
Priorities:
- Smart consistent land use and planning policies
- To develop the best community for our children, by protecting our land, our jobs, and our children
- To ensure that the voice of the everyday person and citizen is represented
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