Candidates
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Debbie Cook
33802 votes
17.3%
- Occupation: Huntington Beach Councilmember/Attorney
Keith Bohr
23227 votes
11.9%
- Occupation: Small Business Owner
Don Hansen
23126 votes
11.9%
- Occupation: Finance Executive
Priorities:
- Growing Our Revenue Base and Stabilizing Our Budget
- Restoring Credibility to Our City Government
- Enhancing Our Family Experience
Joe Carchio
20129 votes
10.3%
- Occupation: Restaurant Owner/Businessman
Jim Moreno
17649 votes
9.0%
- Occupation: Retired Civil Servant
- Health Administrator
- Masters of Public Administration, CSUN
- Bachelor of Arts, LB State
- Deputy, Board of Supervisors
- Huntington Beach Citizens Participation Advisory Board
Priorities:
- Balance the budget through expenditure management
- Public Safety/West Nile Virus Preparedness
- Economic Development
Steve Ray
14862 votes
7.6%
- Occupation: Business Owner
Norm "Firecracker" Westwell
11575 votes
5.9%
- Occupation: Self Employed HB Swimwear / Sportswear Manufacturer
- 45 years old - Graduated HBHS, AA & Electronic Technical Certificate - OCC
- Member of the HB Chamber of Commerce, HB Tomorrow
- 2003 Vice Chairman LP County Central Comittee - OC
- Found the women of my dreams in HB.. and married her.
- All American family. Wife, son 13, daughter 10
- Created ModernPublic.com for the people of Huntington Beach
Priorities:
- Prevent tax increases, fee increases, surcharges or any other new tax schemes
- Protect and preserve your vanishing property rights
- Reduce city government to the smallest effective size
Rex D Ricks
10508 votes
5.4%
- Occupation: Math Teacher
- B.A. Environmental Studies, UC Santa Barbara.
Pioneer student at CSU Monterey Bay.
- AA Degree with honors, Goldenwest College. Huntington Beach HS Grad.
- I have completed 5 marathons! (Fastest time 3:36.)
- I played baseball and cross country in college.
- I have met elected officials such as: Bill Clinton, Leon Panetta, Dan Quayle, Jack Kemp, Barbara Boxer, Dennis Kucinich, and Bruce Babbit.
- I have met celeberties and athletes such as Dennis Rodman, Edwin Moses, Brad Gerlach, Greg Louganis, Slash, James Hetfield, Ian Astbury, and Paul Cook
Priorities:
Joseph John "Joey" Racano
10253 votes
5.3%
- Occupation: Musician
- Surfrider Foundation 2002 Board Apreciation Award
- State Central Commitee Delegate, California Democratic Party
- Co Founder OC Ocean Outfall Group
- Founder of DEMOGREENS
Priorities:
- Environmental Protection
- Anti-Corruption
- Fiscal Responsibility
Blair Farley
5818 votes
3.0%
- Occupation: Minister/Adjunct Professor
- BA in Psychology
- MA in Marriage & Family Therapy
- Married to Christie
- Minister at First Christian Church in Huntington Beach
Priorities:
- Honesty & Intergrity
- Infrastructure
- Public Safety
Hyman Crippen
5658 votes
2.9%
- Occupation: Aerospace Engineer
Peter Albini
4895 votes
2.5%
- Occupation: Design Drafter
- Competent Leader award in (Toastmasters)
- Four terms as Club President (Toastmassters)
- One term as Area Governor (Toastmasters)
- Working on a Bachelors in Business
- Married to Diane
- Father of Peter John (P.J.)
Priorities:
- Believes in common sense and fair play.
- Believes in maintaining our infrastructure.
- Believes in increasing tourism revenue.
John F Earl
4068 votes
2.1%
- Occupation: Labor Organizer
- Former City Hall reporter, Huntington Beach News
- BA History, Cal State University, Fullerton
- Huntington Beach resident for 20 years
- Elected to Green Party Council for Orange County (01-03)
- Organizer, Public Citizen (fighting water privatization in Mojave, and Poseidon desalination plant in Huntington Beach)
- United Farm Workers Interfaith Committee, Orange County
Priorities:
- Increase community participation and representation in determining city policies, especially budget priorities.
- Protect the city's natural treasures and stop water (and other) privatization scams like the proposed Poseidon desalination plant.
- Code of conduct for large corporations doing business with the city , including a living wage for their workers
Robert KLIEWER
3656 votes
1.9%
- Occupation: Businessman
- CEO R.K.C.G. INC.
- Owner Kliewer Knife
- Commercial Property Management
Priorities:
- Stop Eminent Domain abuse
- Maintenance of existing infrastructure
- Reduce regulations and taxes
Robert Mellema
2972 votes
1.5%
- Occupation: Real Estate Broker
Tim Reilly
2864 votes
1.5%
- Occupation: Regional Sales Manager
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