Compare Doug's Ballot Statement from Year 2010 and Year 2000...

By Douglas Deitch

Please read and compare Doug's current 2010 Ballot Statement with his Year 2000 Ballot Statement....same issues...same story...same nonaction and decay with no solutions...

Occupation: Nonprofit Executive Director Age: 61

Be gentle with the Earth .......... Santa Cruz County, the richest place in the world, but decades of poor management and reactive vision have a huge toll. The County is $12 million in deficit currently, up from $6 million last year. We must now, more than ever, make the highest and best use of our resources and depend on ourselves, living here within our local means and local economy.

A rational basis must support our actions and expenditures. Our Community must be safe first. There is no rational basis for a Santa Cruz "Sanctuary City" policy, like in Watsonville. Likewise, there is no rationality supporting a $100 million global warming desalination plant in Santa Cruz. There are better alternatives.

We need change. This change must start in this Third District, for too many decades the obstruction. I have the vision and ideas for us here, and on more than just water. That, and my children and grandchildren, is why I keep running.

Please review my 35 year history of regional community vision, participation, and projects from Pogonip, through Pajaro High School to Elkhorn Slough Wetlands preservation at http://www.dougforsupervisor.com, http://www.MontereyBayConservancy.org & http://www.pogonip.org

Please feel free to call me at 476-7662 or drop by 501 Mission Street.

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Archive: 2000 Candidate Ballot Statement

Statement of DOUG DEITCH Candidate for County Supervisor, 2nd District County of Santa Cruz

Occupation: Nonprofit Executive Director/Property Manager Age: 51

Graduate Stanford University and Law School, Aptos resident 26 years. County resident, married 30 years. 2 Children. ED-Monterey Bay Conservancy (an environmental nonprofit), Co-chair, Curriculum Development Committee-New Watsonville High, Member Environmental Council, Coast Dairies Advisory Group, Sierra Club, Aptos/Capitola Chambers, Pajaro-Seacliff Visioning

In 1995-6, I first ran for this office. Our issues then were our water, growth, community safety, traffic, environment, housing, schools, and our economy. They're the same today, only more pressing.

We must start now to address these concerns meaningfully on a proactive, regional basis if we hope to maintain our quality of life here. To accomplish this, we must successfully balance the interests of our people, our environment, and our economy.

Most critically, since we do not import water, we must eliminate our current approximate 100% regional groundwater overdraft. This can only be accomplished through sensible and equitable agricultural use of our water, which consumes 75% of our supply.

Please call me at 688-2825, (en ingles o espanol) (see "http://www.dougforsupervisor.com "), for more clarification, information, and your critiques.

Supports:

• New Watsonville High School
• Water Use Balance
• Highway 1 Widening
• Slowed Sustainable Growth
• Regional Proactive Solutions
• Local Diverse Economy
• Safe Community
• Keeley Park Bond