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Jim Dickens
3346 votes
31.0%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Employment: Arroyo Grande High School, Guidance Counselor
- Education: M.A. - Education / B.A. Industrial Arts, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Dixson Ranch Agricultural Preserve, Representative
- Arroyo Grande Community Hospital, Board of Directors
- Economic Opportunity Commission (EOC), Board Commissioner
- South County Youth Coalition, Member
Priorities:
- Protect our unique, prime farmland and advocate for our agricultural industry
- Maintain our small town community character
- Encourage the retention and expansion of our local small business community
Joe Costello
3021 votes
28.0%
- Occupation: Administrator/Planning Commissioner
- Employment: Administrative Chief, California Specialized Training Institute
- Current Chair Arroyo Grande Planning Commission
- MBA, Management, University of San Francisco
- BA, History, University of San Francisco
- Former Director of Public Safety, University of San Francisco
- Husband of 21 years to Eileen Costello and father of Kate, Megan and Zachary
Priorities:
- Preserve our small town rural community
- Protect our agricultural land and the Right to Farm
- Maintain, preserve and support the Village as a unique part of Arroyo Grande
Nan Fowler
2901 votes
26.9%
- Occupation: Planning Commissioner/Businesswoman
- Former career as a nurse
- For 16 years owned and operated small business
- Current city planning commissioner
- Mother and longtime Arroyo Grande resident
- Service includes police advisory board, traffic commission, chamber of commerce president
- State chamber of commerce Small Business Advocate of the Year; Cuesta College Woman of Distrinction
Priorities:
- There must be housing priced within the means of working families, not just the rich.
- We must preserve our village and our way of life.
- We must address traffic concerns and expediate city services to the public.
Tom Bonds
1514 votes
14.0%
- Occupation: Salesperson
- 27 year resident and business owner 20 years
- Chairman of the Harvest Festival 2 years
- Citizen of the year 1980, board member Arroyo Grande Chamber of Commerce 77-79
- Helped inaugurate Five Citiec Youth Basketbasll League
- Arroyo Grande Lions Club president 2 years Lion of the year twice
- Chaired AGHS football century club 4 years
Priorities:
- The creation of clean, quiet, well paying businesses
- I would work toward building of more affordable housing so that the younger generation will be to able to afford to stay and live here.
- I will work to help Arroyo Grande become a more self sustaining community
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