Candidate for
Member, City Council; City of Fort Bragg

Dave was born at the old Coast Hospital in 1951. His father, Fort Bragg attorney Dewey Turner, was active in Fort Bragg politics. He served on the School Board starting in 1953 and as Fort Bragg School Board president in 1958 until the family moved to the Bay Area in 1960 .

Dave attended Stanford University where he majored in "Social Thought and Institutions," a political science honors program. While attending Stanford, he opened a specialty sleep shop to help pay the bills. The sleep shop business took off and Dave left before completing his degree.

Dave and his wife Anne celebrated their 27th Anniversary in September. They moved back to Fort Bragg in 1992 to raise their four children in a town where the community watches out for kids.

"We came home to a place where our children would have the freedom to develop into individuals in the security of a community that cares. I like that I see my dentist and doctor across the soccer field or in the market. This is a town built on a human scale."

Dave and Anne have four children. Katie graduated from UC Santa Cruz and came back to Fort Bragg to open Pippi's Longstockings on Redwood Avenue selling Socks, Hats and Handbags. Dewey attended Sonoma State and came back to help run FloBeds. Packie is a senior and Bryna is a junior at Fort Bragg High School.

Dave's business on East Redwood Ave, FloBeds, has grown from a one person business to a nine member company. They build their unique beds here in Fort Bragg and ship 80% of their sales across the United States.