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Runoff Election 11/4/2008
Candidates
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Efren Carrillo
5,881 votes
27.4%
Official Ballot Statement
- Occupation: Consumer Financial Educator
Rue Furch
5,106 votes
23.8%
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- Occupation: Environmental Advocate, Mom
- Western Sonoma County Resident for 38 years
- Sixteen years on the Sonoma County Planning Commission
- Former Executive Director, Business Education Roundtable
- Santa Rosa and Sebastopol Urban Growth Boundary Committees
- Environmentalist of the Year, Sonoma County Conservation Council;
- Founding Member, Concerned Citizens for Santa Rosa, Russian River Watershed Council ...
Priorities:
- A Master Plan for water to reliably assess our water supply, the quality of that water and to resolve the sewer and septic problems for our villages.
- A comprehensive health care plan that will include ensuring high-quality hospital & mental health services, while maintaining local access at clinics
- An implemented plan of action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet our stated goals; acting locally and responsibly in a global effort
Maddy Hirshfield
3,584 votes
16.7%
Official Ballot Statement
- Occupation: Legislative Aide, Sonoma County
- Top Field Aide, Assemblywoman Patty Berg
- Board of Directors, West County Health Care Centers
- Former Chair, Sonoma County Democratic Party
- Member, Sonoma County Transportation Authority, Citizens Advisory Committee
- 2002 Sonoma County Democrat of the Year
- Registered Occupational Therapist
Priorities:
- Improve local access to healthcare throughout the county
- Make significant progress on meeting our environmental challenges
- Take an integrated approach to addressing and solving our problems
Tom "Manure Man" Lynch
1,986 votes
9.3%
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- Occupation: Builder/Community Activist
- Supervisor Mike Reilly's appointee to the Sonoma County Economic Development Board
- Twice elected chair of the Russian River Redevelopment Oversight Committee
- American Director of the Ocean Rowing Society (http://www.oceanrowing.com)
- Long time member of the Concord Coalition (http://www.concordcoalition.com)
- Licensed contractor since 1984
- Extensive project management experience overseeing multimillion dollar projects
Priorities:
- Temporary freeze of County salaries and benefits in order to avoid laying off less senior workers
- Enlist the efforts of all in our community to solve problems...leverage our resources restoring funds to non-profits and volunteer organisations.
- Reallocate our resources to meet the greatest needs...more toward prevention less toward reaction.
Jim Maresca
1,903 votes
8.9%
Official Ballot Statement
- Occupation: Environmentalist/Retired Businessman
Guy F. Smith
1,454 votes
6.8%
Official Ballot Statement
- Occupation: Agricultural Property Management
Dan Kahane
1,017 votes
4.7%
Official Ballot Statement
- Occupation: Water Programs Specialist
- Masters Degree in Geography, UCLA
- Distinguished Informal Science Educator, National Science Teachers Association/California Science Teachers Association
- Environmental Planner
- Past Vice-president, Madrone Audubon Society
- Bilingual Urban Environmental Education Specialist, National Audubon Society
Priorities:
- Protect and Enhance our Environment
- Develop revenue sources to support social services
- Address the root causes and symptons of gang violence
Eddie Alvarez
449 votes
2.1%
Official Ballot Statement
- Occupation: Volunteer/Businessman
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