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Contra Costa County, CA November 7, 2000 Election
Member, City Council; City of Hercules Voter Information

Results as of Dec 5 3:19pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (14/14)
Candidates (Vote for 3)
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Kris Valstad 3,334 votes 20.2%

  • Occupation: Retired Procurement Officer
  • Hercules Planning Commissioner/Past Chair
  • Past President Hercules Chamber of Commerce
  • Past President Hercules Rotary Club
  • Highway 4 Safety Committee Member
  • Member NAACP
  • Supporter Hercules Lions Fund Raising Programs
Priorities:
  • POLICE AND FIRE SAFETY: Ensure public safety by investing dollars for Police and Fire Service.
  • SCHOOLS: Ensure higher education standards and improve infrastructure for our students and teaching instructors.
  • FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: Ensure that our City Government allocate public dollars through careful scrutiny of expenses.
Ed Balico 3,321 votes 20.1%
  • Occupation: Senior Project Manager
  • Planning Commissioner (6 years)
  • Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
  • Certificate in Project Management
  • Total Quality Management Trained
  • Leadership and Management Trained
  • Problem Solving Process Trained
Priorities:
  • Support the highest standard of education for our children by having local control over our local schools and increased community identity.
  • Develop our economic base to generate sales tax revenues to support the highest quality of life for all our residence.
  • Improve traffic circulation for the city through smart growth development, widening major streets, install traffic lights or signs
Joanne Ward 2,949 votes 17.9%
  • Occupation: Retired Systems Analyst
  • MBA, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, CA
  • BA/Mathematics, Miami University, Oxford, OH
  • Commercial Pilot's License
  • Hercules Library Commission, 2000-Present
  • Hercules Community Services Commission, 1994-2000; Chair, 1997-2000
  • Hercules Chamber of Commerce, Citizen of the Year, 1998
Priorities:
  • Education/Schools
  • Development
  • Library
Herman Blackmon 2,547 votes 15.4%
  • Occupation: Incumbent
  • Current Mayor, Year 2000, City of Hercules
  • Director, WESTCAT Board of Directors
  • Management Consultant
  • MBA, Finance, UC Berkeley; BA, Economics
  • Married 35 years
  • Father, 2 adult sons
Priorities:
  • Stabilize City of Hercules fiscal position through economic development
  • Strengthen City's educational environment; improve student achievement
  • Expand community services to improve quality of life.
Alexander QUINTOS "Andy" Paras 2,374 votes 14.4%
  • Occupation: Incumbent
  • MAYOR, CITY OF HERCULES 1999
  • VICE MAYOR, CITY OF HERCULES 1998
  • ELECTED COUNCILMEMBER WITH HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES, 1996
  • PRESIDENT, HERCULES LIONS CLUB
  • DIRECTOR, WEST COUNTY YMCA
  • HERCULES COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSIONER, TWO TERMS 1990-1994
Priorities:
  • WORK TO PROVIDE HERCULES WITH HONEST AND COMMUNITY ORIENTED CITY LEADERSHIP
  • WORK TO STOP REALLOCATION OF PUBLIC TAX MONIES TO SUBSIDIZE PRIVATE DEVELOPEMENT PROJECTS
  • WORK TO PROVIDE BALANCED GROWTH POLICIES FOR THE CITY OF HERCULES.
Dewey T. "D. T." Watson 1,974 votes 12.0%
  • Occupation: Incumbent

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