Candidates
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Bob Waterston
20168 votes
52.52%
- Occupation: Clovis Councilmember/Firefighter
 - Board of Director for "Make-A-Wish" Foundation
 - Board of Director for American Heart Assoc.
 - Fresno County Airport Land Use Commission
 - Vice Chair Clovis Community Development Ag.
 - "Peace Officer of the Year" Award for 1996
 - Community Advisor for the Junior League 2000
  
Priorities:
- Promote early prevention, intervention followed with boot camps for kids
 - Slow down urban sprawl
 - Jobs that will pay a living wage.
  
Mike Reynolds
15662 votes
40.79%
- Occupation: Anti-Crime Advocate/Businessman
 - Father of "3 Strikes" & "Use a gun and you're done"
 - Wedding Photographer
  
Priorities:
- Continue fight against Crime
 - Bring more good jobs to Fresno County
 - Contain development near cities, towns and infrastructure
  
Philip M. "Phil" Erdman
1619 votes
4.22%
- Occupation: Deputy Probation Officer, 29 years
 - President of the State Coalition of Probation Organizations
 - Served 8 years and was Chairman on the Fresno County Delinquency Prevention Commission.
 - Served on California's Little Hoover Commission.
 - Served as Director on the Sierra Resource Conservation district
 - Held leadership positions on the Fresno County Adult Detention Inspection Committee.
 - Recognized as California's "Probation Officer of the Year"
  
Priorities:
- Address the inconsistent competence of County Government and hold to the accountability and effective use of tax dollars.
 - Commit to a diverse economy of business, agricuture, and non-poluting industry that will attract and retain meaningful and technical jobs.
 - Promote RESPONSIBLE land-use development that always considers natural resources, sewer, transportation issues, and the Williamson Act.
  
Pasquale F. Carbone
869 votes
2.26%
- Occupation: Computer Programmer Analyst
 - Master & Bachelor degrees from University of Illinois
 - Married 10 years to Lauralee, 2 children
 - Resident of Fresno county for 9 years
  
Priorities:
- Stopping sprawl
 - Passing a Living Wage ordinance
 - Investing in our youth and our community
  
  
Basic candidate data supplied by the County elections official.
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Events 
 
- Candidate Forum sponsored by LWV-Fresno and CFIG taped at MediaOne reshown on Channel 14:
Feb 9-5:15PM, Feb 15-7:15PM, Feb 21-5:15PM, Feb 22-8:30PM, March 1-9:15PM, March 2-4:45PM 
  
 - Candidate Forum on Channel 30, Sunday, Feb 13, 11:30AM
   
News and Analysis
 
- The Fresno Bee 
 - 3/5/00 - Supervisors: New board must repair roads, improve morale and find jobs 
 - 2/26/00 - Incumbent No. 1 fund-raiser Arambula collects most money in supervisor races.
    
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