League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Santa Clara County, CA November 8, 2011 Election
	Fred Fowler Answers Questions Candidate for Council Member; City of Sunnyvale; Seat 7

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Questions & Answers

1. What experience related to city government would you bring to the City Council?

I have many years of experience in both the public and private sectors. I served on the Sunnyvale City Council for eight years, and I have served on the boards of more than a dozen not for profit and community benefit organizations. I am the Vice President for I/T and also the CIO of The Coast Distribution System, inc, which is one of the San Jose Mercury News's "Silicon Valley 150" corporations. I have also served three terms as the President of the Lakewood Village Neighborhood Association.

2. What concerns are of particular importance to the city and how would you address them?

The City of Sunnyvale needs to get "back to basics". In years past Sunnyvale used a number of innovative practices that made it quite successful and even famous. Books have been written about Sunnyvale, it's "performance based management" system and its 20 year budgeting horizon. Lately, many of those practices have eroded away. I want to be an advocate for bringing the best of those practices back into use.

3. How would you balance the needs of the City as a whole with groups’ interests?

Everyone in Sunnyvale deserves a safe, well maintained and comfortable neighborhood environment in which to live and work. In those rare circumstances where the needs of different groups conflict, I would attempt to balance those needs so that the "pain" is spread evenly and no group feels like either the "winner" or the "loser".

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