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Los Angeles County, CA November 8, 2011 Election
Smart Voter David L. Margrave

Candidate for
Member, City Council; City of South Pasadena

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Biographical Highlights
  • Occupation: Commissioner/Businessman
  • elected twice prior to the office of city council
  • served twice as mayor pro tem
  • served on parks commission, transportation commission, natural resources commission
  • voted businessman of the year
  • voted distinguistehed citizen of the year
  • advanced ayso ref
Top Priorities if Elected
  • stands opposed to the downtown redevelopment project
  • opposes the extension of the utility tax for ten years
  • will work to improve traffic flow on all major roadways in south pasadena and will fight to stop the freeway tunnel or otherwise.
Key Endorsements
  • will not accept union police nor fire or any public employee endorsements
Position Papers
utility tax extension
More Utlilty Tax Revenue. To much money for far too long, no specified use, no restrictions on use and limited ability for citizens to pay during this economic downturn.
Downtown Redevelopment Revisited
As a young businessman I believed the City fathers were the wisest and brightest of all city dwellers, I question this now some 40 years later having experienced several past failures in this downtown business district. The Orangerey was our first downtown redevelopment project to fail, there have been others. This newest downtown redevelopment project is yet another unneeded, undesired, unacceptable taxpayer funded project destined to fail. Look what the Council did to Fair Oaks.
Public employee wages and benefits far exceed residents annual income.
The last time I asked a public employee where they lived they told me out of town because they could not afford to live here. I've discovered the real reason they do not choose to live in South Pasadena, it's because they make so much money they don't want us to know how well they are doing. Every City employee makes more than do private workers and most police and firemen make 2 or 3 times the medium income of South Pasaadena residents.
 
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E-mail: plumbbusy@aol.com

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