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Daniel E. Cort
 
4,676 votes
22.00%
- Occupation: Historic Preservationist/Businessman
 - Founder and CEO of Cort Companies
 - Pacific Grove Planning Commission 2000-04
 - Undergraduate/Graduate Education at University of the Pacific
 - Monterey Public Safety Appreciation Committee Chair
 - Stillwell's Snow in the Park-Major Sponsor
 - Pacific Grove Chamber-ADA Committee
  
Priorities:
- To engender trust within our community
 - Repair fragile infrastructure
 - Obtain a balance of businesses in our historic business district
  
Scott Miller
 
4,654 votes
21.90%
- Occupation: Retired Police Chief
 - Pacific Grove Chief of Police, 1997-2003
 - Masters Degree in Management
 - Bachelors Degree in Organizational Behavior
 - Graduate, FBI National Academy
 - Former President, Monterey County Police Chiefs Association
 - Former Member, Child Abuse Prevention Council
  
Priorities:
- Rebuilding the community's confidence in the City Council's capacity for making well reasoned decisions that are in the community's best interests.
 - Protecting our historic and natural resources through improved stewardship, including our coastline, trees, open spaces and historic buildings.
 - Developing a meaningful capital improvement plan to address the City's failing infrastructure of streets, sidewalks, seawalls, and public facilities.
  
Susan Nilmeier
 
3,544 votes
16.68%
- Occupation: Doctor of Chiropractic
 - Founding Member Pacific Grove Action Committee
 - Volunteer - Battered Women's Shelter (10 yrs.)
 - Volunteer - Rice Plus Project (Assist Families in Need)
 - Historic Society
 - Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce
  
Priorities:
- Stopping Sewers Spills Into Our Magnificent Monterey Bay Sanctuary
 - Improve Communication & trust between Council & Residents
 - Long Term Financial Stability
  
Don Gasperson
2,274 votes
10.70%
Bruce J. Obbink
 
2,273 votes
10.70%
- Occupation: Retired Executive Officer
 - Member, Planning Commission
 - Chair, Golf Advisory Board
 - Member, Sub Committee Secondary Housing
 - Numerous awards for busines vision
 - Top 100 PR excecutives in U.S.
  
Priorities:
- Financial stability
 - Repair of sewer lines
 - Increase business opprotunities
  
Jeffrey A. Flathers
 
2,077 votes
9.77%
- Occupation: Educator/Financial Analyst
 - Bachelor of Arts (Spanish)
 - Master of International Management (Finance)
 - Completed Basic Chinese Mandarin Course
 - President, M.P.U.S.D. Gatekeepers 2002-2004
  
Priorities:
- Strive to balance the Pacific Grove city budget
 - Re-invest in PG's decrepit sewer system
 - Promote opportunities for youth in our community
  
Sue Renz
1,736 votes
8.17%
  
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