Candidates
(Vote for 3)
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Kris Valstad
3,334 votes
20.2%
- Occupation: Retired Procurement Officer
- Hercules Planning Commissioner/Past Chair
- Past President Hercules Chamber of Commerce
- Past President Hercules Rotary Club
- Highway 4 Safety Committee Member
- Member NAACP
- Supporter Hercules Lions Fund Raising Programs
Priorities:
- POLICE AND FIRE SAFETY: Ensure public safety by investing dollars for Police and Fire Service.
- SCHOOLS: Ensure higher education standards and improve infrastructure for our students and teaching instructors.
- FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: Ensure that our City Government allocate public dollars through careful scrutiny of expenses.
Ed Balico
3,321 votes
20.1%
- Occupation: Senior Project Manager
- Planning Commissioner (6 years)
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
- Certificate in Project Management
- Total Quality Management Trained
- Leadership and Management Trained
- Problem Solving Process Trained
Priorities:
- Support the highest standard of education for our children by having local control over our local schools and increased community identity.
- Develop our economic base to generate sales tax revenues to support the highest quality of life for all our residence.
- Improve traffic circulation for the city through smart growth development, widening major streets, install traffic lights or signs
Joanne Ward
2,949 votes
17.9%
- Occupation: Retired Systems Analyst
- MBA, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, CA
- BA/Mathematics, Miami University, Oxford, OH
- Commercial Pilot's License
- Hercules Library Commission, 2000-Present
- Hercules Community Services Commission, 1994-2000; Chair, 1997-2000
- Hercules Chamber of Commerce, Citizen of the Year, 1998
Priorities:
- Education/Schools
- Development
- Library
Herman Blackmon
2,547 votes
15.4%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Current Mayor, Year 2000, City of Hercules
- Director, WESTCAT Board of Directors
- Management Consultant
- MBA, Finance, UC Berkeley; BA, Economics
- Married 35 years
- Father, 2 adult sons
Priorities:
- Stabilize City of Hercules fiscal position through economic development
- Strengthen City's educational environment; improve student achievement
- Expand community services to improve quality of life.
Alexander QUINTOS "Andy" Paras
2,374 votes
14.4%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- MAYOR, CITY OF HERCULES 1999
- VICE MAYOR, CITY OF HERCULES 1998
- ELECTED COUNCILMEMBER WITH HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES, 1996
- PRESIDENT, HERCULES LIONS CLUB
- DIRECTOR, WEST COUNTY YMCA
- HERCULES COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSIONER, TWO TERMS 1990-1994
Priorities:
- WORK TO PROVIDE HERCULES WITH HONEST AND COMMUNITY ORIENTED CITY LEADERSHIP
- WORK TO STOP REALLOCATION OF PUBLIC TAX MONIES TO SUBSIDIZE PRIVATE DEVELOPEMENT PROJECTS
- WORK TO PROVIDE BALANCED GROWTH POLICIES FOR THE CITY OF HERCULES.
Dewey T. "D. T." Watson
1,974 votes
12.0%
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