Candidate for
Mayor; City of Garden Grove

MARK LEYES for MAYOR -- PHILOSOPHY OF SERVICE

As your City Councilman, I am honored to represent the shared values of our families and community. As Mayor, I will continue the progress we have made over the last ten years in making Garden Grove a healthy, prosperous, safe community.

I am a lifelong Garden Grove resident. My wife Wanda and I are homeowners and active in our church and neighborhood.

Since you first elected me, I am proud of these and other accomplishments:

• The Crime Rate has dropped more than 50% over the last decade. Under my leadership, we implemented "Community Policing," a Gang Suppression Unit, and a Strategic Plan to add Police Officers in our neighborhoods and schools.

• I oppose Gambling Casinos in Garden Grove and the crime and corruption they bring. I refused to sign onto a secret agreement with a Las Vegas Casino developer and exposed the scheme to the public.

• I have balanced the budget every year, kept us out of the County bankruptcy, and ensured that public money is invested in safe and insured accounts.

• I stood up against a plan to subject hundreds of homes to Eminent Domain. We must protect our neighborhoods and quality of life.

• I stopped the Utility Tax. I opposed property tax hikes, sales tax hikes, fee increases, and water and sewer rate increases.

• Worked to provide jobs and tax revenue with new restaurants, businesses, and hotels.

• New soundwalls, synchronized traffic signals, and a plan to widen the 22 Freeway to reduce traffic, noise and congestion.

• I led a crackdown on Cyber Cafes when two youths were brutally murdered. Our ordinance is now a model for other cities.

• Protect Proposition 13 by fighting against new and higher taxes and keeping City Hall accountable to taxpayers.

• Work to keep neighborhoods and schools safe from Gangs, graffiti and violent criminals.

• Fight to preserve residential neighborhoods and maintain property values.

For additional information, please visit or e-mail my website at http://www.MarkLeyes.com, or phone me at home at(714) 534-3449.

Thank you for your vote for Mark Leyes for Mayor of Garden Grove.