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Jerry Smith
12,915 votes
50.20%
- Occupation: Mayor / Peace Officer
- Vietnam Veteran
- Peace Officer for Over 20 Years
- Chairman, Fort Ord Reuse Authority - FORA
- Chairman, Local Agency Formation Commission - LAFCO
- Honored as Public Official of the Year
- Boardmember: Hospice Foundation, Restorative Justice Comm., Rancho Cielo, (Partial List)
Priorities:
- Implement Effective Solutions for the Gang Related Crime Terrorizing the Salinas area, as we did successfully in Seaside
- Continue to Provide REAL Solutions to the Affordable Housing Shortage
- Implement Effective Solutions for the County Budget Crisis, Sustainable Water Supply, and General Plan Update Conflicts
Jane Parker
12,711 votes
49.40%
- Occupation: Healthcare Executive/Educator
- Current Vice-President, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
- Former Trustee Monterey Peninsula College
- Former member Social Services Commission
- Past President of the Charitable Council of Monterey
Priorities:
- Fiscal Accountability - will reduce Supervisorial salary and operating expenses
- Affordable housing - so our children can afford to buy a home.
- Protect access to community healthcare
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Events
Candidate's Forum
- On October 6, 2004, Chinese American Citizens Alliance and the Temple Beth El will be co-sponsoring a candidate's forum. The forum is at 7 p.m. and will be 1 1/2 hours, at Temple Beth El--1212 Riker Street in Salinas. Mark Carbonero from KION Radio and Scott Faust from the Salinas Californian will be moderating under the direction of the League of Women Voters of the Salinas Valley. The forum will be broadcast live at 1460 AM Radio.
- On October 11 CSUMB will hold a candidate"s forum to discuss the future of Fort Ord. This is a student government organized forum from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. in the ballroom at the University Center, Sixth Street.
- On October 14th, there will be a candidate's forum, co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Monterey Peninsula, The Hispanic, Seaside & Marina Chambers of Commerce and the Southwest Voter Registration Project. The forum starts at 7 p.m. and is at the Oldemeyer Center located at 986 Hilby Avenue in Seaside.
- On October 20th a forum sponsored by the Citizens League for Progress, will be held in the multipurpose room of Villa Del Monte Senior Citizens Complex at 1670 Broadway Avenue in Seaside. It will atart at 7 p.m. Questions, call Ewalker James at 394-9047.
News and Analysis
Monterey County Weekly
Monterey County Herald
The Salinas Californian
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