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Sonoma County, CA November 7, 2000 Election
Member, City Council; City of Cotati Voter Information

Results as of Nov 22 4:24pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (5/5)
Candidates (Vote for 3)
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Janet Orchard 1,176 votes 16.2%

  • Occupation: Vice Chair, Community & Environment Commission
  • Small Business Owner & Manager
  • Corporate Executive
  • Community Volunteer & Organizer
Priorities:
  • Preserving Cotati's Future
  • Renewing a Cooperative Spirit
  • Valuing Our Seniors & Giving Our Children Positive Opportunities
Harold B. Berkemeier 1,063 votes 14.6%
  • Occupation: Councilmember, City of Cotati
  • Small Business Owner & Landscape Contractor
  • Mayor, City of Cotati 1994-1995 & 1999
  • Board of Directors, Redwood Empire Municipal Insurance Fund
  • Member, Sonoma County Open Space Committee
  • Co-Organizer Inaugural Kid's Parade
  • Community Volunteer
Priorities:
  • Economic Development
  • Youth Recreation
  • Fiscal Responsibility
Janet Kurvers 917 votes 12.6%
  • Occupation: Retail Management
  • Small business owner
  • Motivational group facilitator
  • Team Leader, Whole Foods Market
  • Thomas Page PTA member
  • Rancho Cotati Little League Board member
  • Lector at Saint Joseph Church
Priorities:
  • Economic Revitalization and Development
  • Youth and Senior Services
  • Leadership Accountability
Donald M. Van Dyke 649 votes 8.9%
(This candidate has not responded to SmartVoter)
  • Occupation: Retired
Pia C. Jensen 560 votes 7.7%
  • Occupation: Incumbent
  • 1997-2000 Member Association of Bay Area Governments
  • 1996-2000 Member of League of California Cities
  • 1996-1997 Member of Contract Negotiation Team of California State University for High Tech proposal
  • Educated in Environmental Studies and Planning, Sonoma State University (SSU)
  • 1996-1997 SSU Associated Students Community Liason to Cotati
  • 1979 Graduate Santa Rosa High School
Priorities:
  • Accountability
  • Preservation of Open Space
  • Housing for Very Low and Low Income
Will McAfee 530 votes 7.3%
  • Occupation: Businessman
  • B.A. Psychology , Cal-State Fullerton, 1972
  • Member,Executive Committee,Sierra Club,Redwood Chapter &Sonoma Group
  • Member,Russian River Watershed Council
Priorities:
  • Wisely Managed Growth
  • Very Low, Low and Moderate Income Housing
  • Conservation of Natural Resources
Patricia Jonas Voulgaris 519 votes 7.1%
  • Occupation: Retired Business Woman
  • Owner of Taxi Cab Company in Berkeley and San Francisco
Priorities:
  • Bring Business into Cotati with good paying jobs
  • Keep sensible growth and open space
  • Maintain Cotati's small town charm
Michael S. Nemeth 441 votes 6.1%
(This candidate has not responded to SmartVoter)
  • Occupation: Teacher, Guidance Counselor
Creighton Bell 424 votes 5.8%
  • Occupation: Postal Worker
  • Cotati post office 15 years
  • Membership chair-Sonoma County Historical Society
  • Board member- Cotati Jazz Festival
  • American Postal Workers Union shop stewart & former local vice president
  • Docent-3 years at Fairfield-Osborne Preserve
  • AA degree- Modesto Junior College
Priorities:
  • Restore the Laguna de Santa Rosa & protect adjoining wetland. The current Monahan-Pacific project is to big.
  • Improve the business climate downtown with more variety of shops & calmer traffic flow.
  • Growth- We may have built beyond the limits of our water shed. If we build, where do we get the additional water?
Jason Goebel 339 votes 4.7%
(This candidate has not responded to SmartVoter)
  • Occupation: Carpenter
George E. Barich, Jr. 274 votes 3.8%
(Information for this candidate removed at the request of the candidate)
  • Occupation: Security Consultant
Katherine L. Roberts 224 votes 3.1%
(This candidate has not responded to SmartVoter)
  • Occupation: Retired
Cole Keller 159 votes 2.2%
  • Occupation: Waste Water Operator
  • Soccer Referee Youth & Adult
  • Enviromental commission in Cotati 1 yr
  • SRCEA Representive
  • Soccer & Baseball Youth & Adult Coach
  • Board member for youth organization
Priorities:
  • Water
  • Traffic
  • Youth

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