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Donna "Frye" Frye
114,573 votes
43.2%
- Occupation: Councilmember/Business Owner
- Small Business Owner
- Chair, Government Efficiency and Openness Committee
- Chair, San Diego River Conservancy
- Beacon Award, California First Amendment Coalition, for efforts to limit the use of closed meetings by the council
- Clean Water Hero, Outside Magazine
- Bachelor of Business
Priorities:
- Fix the Pension Mess
- Make Government Open, Honest and Effective
- Improve the Quality of Life for All San Diegans
Jerry Sanders
71,767 votes
27.0%
- Occupation: Businessman/Retired Police Chief
- CEO of the United Way of San Diego County
- Board Member, American Red Cross San Diego and Imperial Counties
- National Red Cross Board of Governors
Priorities:
- City Management Reform and Efficiency
- Saving the City Pension Fund
- Increasing City Revenues
Steve Francis
62,500 votes
23.6%
Pat Shea
6,299 votes
2.4%
- Occupation: Businessman/Attorney
Richard Rider
4,173 votes
1.6%
- Occupation: Small Businessman
- Taxpayer Activist
- B.A. Economics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1968
- U.S. Naval Reserve, Commander, Supply Corps.
- Retired stockbroker and financial planner
- Lifetime member of International Association of Financial Planners
- National Taxpayers Union
Priorities:
- NO NEW TAXES!
- Force labor union concessions by letting private companies provide city services
- Run the city as a business, not as a sugar daddy serving special interests
Myke Shelby
3,881 votes
1.5%
- Occupation: Motorcycle Dealership Owner
- Business Owner
- Former Co-Chair, Committee to Save the Mt. Soledad Cross
- Retired Foward Air Controller, 101st Airborne
- Recipient, Operation Homefront Hero Award
- Executive Director, American Bikers Aimed Toward Education
- Founding President, JFK International Rotary Club
Priorities:
- Safe Streets and Secure Borders
- Sustainable Pay and Benefits for City Workers
- A Healthy Business Environment
Shawn A. McMillan
619 votes
0.2%
- Occupation: Businessman/Attorney
- 38 year old San Diego Native
- UCSD Graduate, also holds a Juris Doctorate from Western Sierra Law School
- Board Memeber of the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce
- Board Member of the Asian Business Association
- Operated multi-national computer and electronics business
- Speaks some Spanish and Mandarin Chinese
Priorities:
- My priority for my time in office will be to guide San Diego through Chapter 9 Bankruptcy with a steady and unyielding hand.
- My first act will be to get the pension problem under control, and to chop back the power and influence of the union leadership.
- I will fight, like a pit bull on a pork-chop to roll back city employees' wages and benefits so that they are in line with the private sector.
Jim Bell
529 votes
0.2%
- Occupation: Ecological Designer/Author/Lecturer
- Jim Bell is recognized internationally as an expert on sustainable development. To read/print my free new book . http://www.jimbell.com, Jim's New Book
- His projects include the San Diego Center for Appropriate Technology, Ecoparque, and Ocean Beach People's Food Coops. green store.
- Consultant: Otay Ranch Joint Planning Project, East Lake Development Company, Terra Vista Management, 40 years experience in design and construction.
- Major lectures: AIA Cal. Con., Society for International Development - World Conference, U. of Oregon's 1st "Visions for a Sustainable Future Con.
- Often interview, TV, radio, written press, guest on NPRs "Talk of the Nation.
- Honors: Society - Energy Engineers Env. Professional of Year - SW States, Beyond War & S. D. Water Conservation Award, Mayor's Env. Taskforce.
Priorities:
- Make our city/region renewable energy, water and food self-sufficient as the best way to increase local prosparity and security.
- Develop a city and regionwide landuse plan consistant with the above like protecting our best ag. soils from development.
- Redesign pension plan so it is completely funded by its investment portfolio not tax payer dollars.
Ed Kolker
452 votes
0.2%
- Occupation: Mediator/Arbitrator
- B.A. and Juris Doctorate (With Distinction) Degrees, University of Iowa
- Assistant United States Attorney, San Diego
- Chairman, Iowa Public Employment Relations Board
- District Associate Judge (Iowa)
- Fellow, International Academy of Mediators
- Harvard Law School Negotiations Workshop
Priorities:
- Restore citizen trust in city government.
- Resolve the city's financial crisis.
- End secret meetings with special interest groups and open policy input to all citizens.
Jeremy Ledford
425 votes
0.2%
Thomas Knapp
109 votes
0.0%
- Occupation: Restaurant Area Supervisor
- Customer Service Expert
- POS Technical Expert
Priorities:
- Budget (pension solution, NO bankruptcy)
- Infrastructure
- Fire/Police Support
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