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San Mateo County, CA November 6, 2001 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Chris Pallas

Candidate for
Councilmember; City of San Bruno

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PERSONAL: My wife, Ruth and I, have owned our home in San Bruno for forty years. Ruth and I are parents of four children. We have eight grandchildren and one great granddaughter. I am a veteran of the United States Air Force and proudly served my country in World War II. I am a graduate of Univerity of California at Berkeley in Electrical Engineering and am currently retired.

CITY SERVICE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER:

  • Vice-Mayor, chairing numerous City Council meetings
  • Member, Emergency Services Committee of San Mateo County for 11-years
  • Member, Airport Land Use Committee
  • Member, Airport Roundtable
  • Member, Regional Planning Committee of San Mateo County
  • Past Chairman,Crime Prevention Committee
  • Chairman, Project Pride Committee
  • Founder & Director, Annual Easter Egg Hunt
  • Director, Halloween Parade
  • Past Director, Graffiti Clean-up
  • Past Member, Central Business District
  • Chairman, Corner Stone laying at Senior Center and Parkside & Engvall Schools

FRATERNAL & SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS:
  • Past-President, Church Parish Council
  • Master, Masonic Lodge
  • Past President, Computer Club, S.B. Senior Center
  • Past President, Son of Golden West
  • Past Commander, American Legion Post 409
  • Member, VFW
  • Past Committee Chair, Boy Scouts of America

CITY ACTIVITIES/SERVICES SUPPORTED:
  • First Day Care Center in one of our vacant schools
  • Bring Peninsula High School students permanently to Crestmoor
  • Keeping Crestmoor High School from being sold and keeping fields open for soccer and other athletic use.
  • Supported upgrading of all of our athletic fields
  • Supported the pooling of school and city resources for economy
  • Supported adequate funding for Police & Fire and other essential services for the health, welfare and safety of San Bruno residents
  • Pacific Heights & Portola Highland school annexation
  • Invested in drilling new well to meet drought crisis in San Bruno
  • Supporter of after school sports
  • Supported improving & enlarging library w/handicapped accessibilitly
  • Support programs to stop drug abuse in schools and city
  • Support additional parking for Shelter Creek
  • Supported Shelter Creek Condo conversion
  • Voted against Skyline selling school property
  • Supported soundproofing program for San Bruno homes
  • Voted against hiring excessive consultants for city projects

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