Candidate for
Member, City Council; City of Pacific Grove

My top priorities on City Council would be to keep the city's annual budget balanced -- including CALPERS payments on our pension obligations -- and to make tax dollars work as hard for the city as you do to earn them.

I'd like to see a higher priority given to fixing the city's infrastructure: streets, storm drains, sewer system, sidewalks, crosswalks and streetlights.

We need a clear downtown vision and a plan to get there. Let's support small businesses and allow music and nightlife and attract good businesses to locate here.

It would be great to improve our customer-service focus. Let's encourage city staff to find creative ways to help people with their business or home needs when they come to City Hall.

Pacific Grove has long been in the forefront of environmental protection, especially of our coastline and Monterey Bay. I support a policy of protecting marine wildlife and reducing pollutants going into the bay.

Let's support all efforts to help us with our water supply: the Point Pinos Local Water Project (using non-potable water on the golf course) and conservation such as use of grey water, a desal plant, ground water reclamation, and aquifer storage and recovery. We cannot overlook any opportunity to find new water supplies.

Last, but not least of priorities, is to maintain the small town, friendly character of Pacific Grove that makes this place such a wonderful place to live. We strengthen our community when we preserve our rich cultural and architectural heritage through civic engagement and cooperative effort. I fully support keeping Pacific Grove a safe, family-friendly community for people of all ages, and for generations to come.