Candidates
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Cody Campbell
7,044 votes
17.9%
- Occupation: Small Business Owner
Amanda Young Rigby
6,147 votes
15.6%
- Occupation: Businesswoman/Parks Commissioner
Cliff Kaiser
5,998 votes
15.2%
- Occupation: Businessman/IT Consultant/Retired Navy Captain
- Past-Chairman & Executive Board, Vista Chamber of Commerce (4 years)
- Palomar Airport Advisory Committee (2 years)
- Vista Girls Softball board member & coach (2 years)
- 2010 San Diego North Economic Development Council Award for Excellence in Information Technology
- 2007 SBA Small Business of the Year
Priorities:
- Eliminate the budget deficit + live within our means
- Support the community + eliminate new youth sports fees, remove threats of turning off street lights
- Aggressively pursue downtown & S. Santa Fe development
Tom Fleming
5,618 votes
14.3%
- Occupation: Businessman/Planning Commissioner
Priorities:
- An Honorable Man with Core Values (Faith,Family,Country)
- I believe in a less is more philosophy
- #1 priority is security of all Vistans ( Fire and Sheriff)
Frank Lopez
4,745 votes
12.1%
- Occupation: Councilmember/Retired Restauranteur
- Vista City Councilman since 2004
- Retired Vista Business Owner of 40 years
- Vista Rotarian
- Citizen of the Year 1986
Priorities:
- Business Retention, Expansion & Recruitment, Reduce City Deficit
- Public Safety, Youth Safety & Education (Support Skate Park)
- Roads & Traffic
Garry G. Garretson
3,821 votes
9.7%
- Occupation: Retired businessman
- Two terms on school board in MA
- Nine years Vista Parks and Recreation Commissioner -last three as Chairman
- Tri-City Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees
- Vista Education Foundation - Vice President
- 19 years Vista resident - 44 years married - three children - three years combat veteran
- 40 years Fortune 500 Company (finance, HR, operational leadership)
Priorities:
- With 11% unemployment, job creation is a top priority which can be accomplished by expanding our support for entrepreteneurs, and all businesses.
- Utilizing 40 years of corporate leadership to providing effective and efficient services.
- Integrity at all levels in providing high quality city services.
Gene Ford
2,593 votes
6.6%
- Occupation: Retired Trust Executive
- Director - North County solutions for Change
- Director - S hadowridge Owners Association
- Director - South Vista Communities
Priorities:
- Maintain Firefighter and Law enforcement personel as needed
- Attract new businesses to Vista
- Provide leasership and Integrity to the City Council
John X. Staight
1,727 votes
4.4%
- Occupation: Financial Administrator/Parent
Carla Miles
1,684 votes
4.3%
- Occupation: Online Media Writer
- (2008) Business Administration & Leadership
- (1998) Early Childhood Education certificate
- 2000 - 2012 Board of Directors Vista HOA
Priorities:
- JOBS: Find new business to hire thousands of unemployed & underemployed.
- MONEY: Bring proactive effort to increase business expansion/relocation and revenue to city.
- DEBT: "...debt is the monster [that's]going to eat us up..." (Ron Paul)
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