League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Sonoma County, CA November 2, 2010 Election
	Ronald Basso Answers Questions Candidate for Council Member; City of Sebastopol

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Questions & Answers

1. Should WiFi and Smart Meters be restricted in Sebastopol? Should they be allowed at all and if so, where?

WIFI should be allowed

Smart meters should be a choice for each homeowner to decide on an individual basis unfortunately this may come down to a legal battle with no winners if we really want to change how energy is delivered we need to look at alternative energy solution's

2. Do you favor limiting growth or do you favor more growth? Please explain your answer.

I believe that the Urban Growth Boundary should remain the same some of the greenest buildings we have are the ones already built we have tremendous opportunity working within our existing footprint

3. Do you want to build more housing for medium income people?

I would encourage upper floor residential development above our downtown retail,again a return to traditional,proven modes of living. In this way, we take advantage of the original footprint, preserving our precious open space AND increase density where it's most desirable

4. Would you like to see two way traffic returned to downtown Sebastopol?

I would advocate for wider sidewalks, increased crossing times at intersections, and above all, a return to 2 way traffic--this would remove the 'highway' atmosphere of Main St.and de-emphasize the supremacy of the car over pedestrians. Why should our town's charm, rhythm, and viability be sacrificed to commuters?

5. What measures would you suggest to help boost our local economy?

We are in as service area that has 40000 possible customers we need to work with existing business to provide services not currently offered. business incubators to educate our existing merchants and support new business.

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