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Ramon "Ray" Montemayor
963 votes
60.80%
- Occupation: Public Works Employee for the City of Salinas
- Incumbent representative for Area 5, Hartnell College Board of Trustees
- President of the Blue Collar Chapter of SEIU Local 521 for the last 15 years
- Received an award for dedicated volunteer service in securing the passage of Measure H, the $131 million bond initiative for Hartnell College
- Served for two terms as the President of Parents' Club for Sacred Heart Elementary School (K-8)
- Served two years as the Treasurer for Fundraising at Notre Dame High School
- Ray has lived in Salinas with his wife Graciela for over thirty years. They have three adult children, two of whom have attended Hartnell College
Priorities:
- To ensure that Hartnell retain all essential transfer and vocational programs in the face of state budget cuts
- To ensure that Hartnell is and remains open, transparent, and responsive to community concerns
- To scrutinize all extra bonuses and allowances at all levels before reducing wages or eliminating positions for faculty and staff
Celia Perez Martinez
621 votes
39.20%
- Occupation: Public Works Superintendent
- Graduate Georgetown University, Washington, DC
- Employed by the City of Pacific Grove
- President of the Employee Management Association
- Fundraiser for local charities including Relay for Life, Monterey County Sypmphony, The York School, and Madonna Del Sasso
- She has served on local boards, including as a Trustees for The York School and President of TRUCHA
- Lifelong Salinas Resident who has been married 20 years to Raul Martinez, who is a 25 year educator. They have three adult children
Priorities:
- To ensure that Hartnell College remains a fiscally viable institution so it may continue to improve and grow its services to the community
- To ensure successful development of campuses and programs that serve the educational needs of the students and the economic needs of our community
- To ensure that all the college's constituencies are heard and that their interests are represented
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Campaign Finance Data
- Form 460
- Montemayor-9/19/09
- Perez Martinez-9/19/09
Events
Candidate Forums
- Thursday, October 8, 2008 6:30-8 p.m. The forum will be located at the Main Stage at Hartnell College's performing arts building, in Room 104 at 411 Central Avenue-Salinas. League of Women Voters of the Salinas Valley will be moderating and sorting written questions from the audience. The forum is sponsored with the Hartnell College FAculty Association and hosted by the Political Science Club of Hartnell College. The public is invited.
News and Analysis
The Californian
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