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Ken Brown
2,144 votes
19.3%
- Occupation: Community Service Worker
- Served as Mayor of Sonoma 2000-2001
- Chairman of City of Sonoma Cultural and Fine Arts Commission for 2 terms
- Father of 4 children, ages 25 years to 9 months and a mentor at local Jr. High
- Instituted removal of toxic material from Sonoma Plaza and City barn dump
- Served in Vietnam, 1969-70. Honorable discharge.
- Member of executive committee to "Save Our Hosipital" campaign 2002
Priorities:
- Maintaining Sonoma's superior fiscal position
- Provide excellent service to all the people fo Sonoma. We politicians are in a service business.
- Increasing citizen participation in local commissions and advisory groups.
Douglas W. "Bikeman" McKesson
2,082 votes
18.7%
(This candidate has not responded to SmartVoter.)
- Occupation: Small Business Owner
Larry Barnett
1,460 votes
13.1%
- Occupation: Independent Businessman
- Incumbent Councilman
- Sonoma Mayor 2000
- Board Member Sonoma Ecology Center
- Chair Mayor and Councilman's Working Group
- Board Member North Bay Watershed Assn.
Priorities:
- Restrain Commercial and Market-Rate Residential Growth
- Protect local businesses by making it harder for big chains to move in and take over
- Acquire and protect open space
Robert H. Cannard
1,399 votes
12.6%
(This candidate has not responded to SmartVoter.)
- Occupation: Horticulturist
Patrick L. Wofford
1,111 votes
10.0%
(This candidate has not responded to SmartVoter.)
- Occupation: Business Owner
Deborah Emery
982 votes
8.8%
- Occupation: Businesswoman/Rancher
- UC Calfornia Berkely - studied exercise pysiology
- Leukemia Woman of The Year - 1998
- Keynote speaker California Junior Scholarship Federation
- Founding Board Member - Child Abuse Prevention-Society
- Executive Board - Sonoma Valley Boys & Girls Club
- Executive Director Emery Medical Center & Spa
Priorities:
- Managed growth
- Hospital sustainability
- Affordable Housing
Bill Boerum
830 votes
7.5%
(This candidate has not responded to SmartVoter.)
Robert K. Behrens
789 votes
7.1%
- Occupation: Environmental Design Professional
- City of Sonoma Planning Commission
- City of Sonoma Town Design Task Force
- President North of the Mission Neighborhood Association
- Master of Arts/University of Denver
- Bachelor of Fine Arts Kansas City Art Institute
Priorities:
- PRESERVE OPEN SPACE and HISTORIC RESOURCES in and around the City of Sonoma.
- CONTROL GROWTH within the UGB using Smart Growth Principles for the HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE with a Design Plan for the next 20 years.
- MOVE commercial HWY. 12 out of SONOMA and align with Hwy. 121 and 116; establish existing Hwy. 12 in Sonoma Valley as a SCENIC/HISTORIC route.
Samuel H. Digiacomo
337 votes
3.0%
- Occupation: Housing Advocate
- Retired, after 32 years, from the Departmentof Defense
Priorities:
- Affordable Housing: Sonoma needs more affordable housing along with rational commercial growth.
- Rent Control: We must protect our current affordable manufacture housing stock.
- Council Pay: I support a modest salary for the council.
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