This is a summary of my platform and background information
Many of you may recognize my name, Peter Weber, from when I previously served as the Lake Elsinore City Treasurer and a City Council Member. My past decisions have resulted in positive changes for the city's finances and management operations. This fall, I am running as a candidate for the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District's Board of Directors. With your vote, I promise to make positive changes at EVMWD as well. As a board member I will work to ensure:
- We have quality water at the lowest rate; Our water rates are among the highest in the state with little progress made to upgrade drinking and lake water quality.
- Stop the addition of Fluoride into our drinking water; Fluoride is a carcinogen and a Harvard Study has found it be harmful to unborn children during a mother's pregnancy, can cause bone decay, and arthritis among other long term illnesses.
- Stop the addition of the aluminum sulfate into Canyon Lake; This is a "Band Aid" fix which temporarily increases water clarity but can cause severe problems to lake ecology, fish and negatively affect a person's health. This is our drinking water!
- Eliminate pollution in both Canyon Lake and Lake Elsinore; I will "make real progress" to eliminate lake pollution by using only a small amount of the huge $174 million in EVMWD unallocated cash reserves to get projects moving forward such as:
- dredging of both lake bottoms with a plan that encompasses all aspects of cleaning and involves several cities and water agencies.
- upgrade upstream septic systems which contaminate our lakes and drinking water.
Over the last decade little progress has been made to upgrade water quality and water costs have increased more rapidly than at comparable water companies. I place this failure on EVMWD management which needs to understand that we are a water company with a first responsibility to our customers. Recently, EMVWD has spent over $10 million on trying to transform into an electric company which failed miserably. This wasted money should have been used to finish dredging the lakes and fixing the septic problems that pollute our lakes and drinking water. We have the money, now we need to have the will to fix these problems.
I have served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force and have a bachelor's degree in engineering and a master's degree in accounting. I work as a manufacturing manager in a national food manufacturing facility with over 2000 employees. My wife of 22 years is a Registered Nurse and we are raising two sons in Canyon Hills. My phone # is (951) 579-1734. My website is Peterweber2014.wordpress.com please check the site check for updates. Thank you.
Peter Weber
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