Candidate for
Council Member; City of Oakley

My name is: Kevin Romick

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My occupation is: Incumbent

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The great recession we are experiencing and the State's insatiable appetite in other agency's dollars in their attempt to balance their budget will have a profound effect on the City of Oakley now and in the foreseeable future. The heydays of the 2000s when local budgets swelled with the revenue from ever increasing property taxes are gone. The ability to use Redevelopment as a tool to create local jobs and to rebuild communities has been eliminated. The state has assumed the ultimate authority to borrow and raid from budgets at all levels of government. There will be growing -- and shrinking -- pains as Oakley and other cities discover what the "new normal" will be. I believe that my experiences as a Planning Commissioner, City Council member and Mayor, and the relationships I have made locally, regionally and statewide will be a benefit for Oakley as we forge a "new normal" as we continue to move our city forward.