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Orange County, CA November 5, 2002 Election
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Balance the budget...

By Joey J. Racano

Candidate for Council Member; City of Huntington Beach

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Don't- cut library hours*shut down HB tv-3*increase parking fees
Do-
Stop construction of softball complex at sully/miller, an 18 million $ expense we cannot afford*charge fair rent to HB surf 'museum'* cut police helicopters back to LESS THAN THREE!
Don't-
  • cut library hours*shut down HB tv-3* Why? HB tv-3 is the publics only window on local gov't!!

  • Charge low income seniors for trash hauling...it's the least we can do for our elders...
  • ...increase parking fees-why not? It is price gouging!

and no way to treat visitors we hope will come back again and again!
Do-
Stop construction of softball complex at sully/miller, an 18 million $ expense we cannot afford

We have numerous sports fields already, I have played on them (Read: GRIER* MURDY PARK* GOLDENWEST etc etc) ...This construction is also taking place on a sensitive wildlife area that should be SAVED, RESTORED, and CONNECTED with the SHIPLEY NATURE CENTER via an inexpensive pipe run UNDER GOLDEN WEST ST.
...SAVE the $18 million, and apply 3-5 of it to a PRO-HUMANE ANIMAL SHELTER of our OWN!
That still leaves millions for balancing the budget,a temporary ANIMAL ADOPTION SATTELITE FACILITY and/or infrastructure repair!!
DO-*charge fair rent to HB surf 'museum'and all other rent free entities in town*
Why NOT??? You pay, so should THEY!

DO-
...Cut police helicopters back to LESS THAN THREE!
Why? ...Because this is a city, not 'AIRWOLF'!!
A chopper with great pilots keeps us SAFE! Three choppers with great pilots keep us AWAKE!!! As well as broke!! Ground two of those- at LEAST ONE!
  • A question...what in the world are our city owned copters doing taking part in OCSD BOGUS bacteria 'studies'???

You know, those studies where OCSD is basically funding 'scientists' to come up with this- "Well, it's not OCSD polluting the beach!" yeah, sure.
Furthur, is the county going to REIMBURSE us?
-nuff said... joey

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