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Dennis Osmer
 
2,526 votes
76.85%
- Occupation: Appointed Incumbent
 - Born and Raised in the Pajaro Valley
 - Executive Director of Central Coast Energy Services, Inc.
 - Former Watsonville Mayor & City Council Member
 - Santa Cruz County Planning Commisioner 4th Dist 2000-2006
 - Board Member, Bay Federal Credit Union
 - Board Member, Action Pajaro Valley
  
Priorities:
- Support & work to assure open & honest communication with constituents and ratepayers.
 - Remain open to diverse views & work to acheive greater consensus on solutions.
 - Increase outside subsidies & streamline operations to get the most out of every dollar spent and maintain or lower rates.
  
David E. "Dave" McCabe
 
733 votes
22.30%
- Occupation: Broker
 - Director Grassland Water District -8 years.
 - Spokesperson for California wetlands at numerous Congressional and California Legislature hearings.
 - Negotiated the purchase of thousands of acres of privately held wetands to public agencies.
 - Was intimately involved in successful effort(Miller-Bradley Bill/CVPIA) to obtain several hundred thousand acre feet of water for California wetlands
 - Special Assistant to GM of Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency-2 years.
 - General Manager Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency- 1996 to 1999.
  
Priorities:
- Put an end to the waste of millions of dollars of PVWMA ratepayers money on duplicative studies, and obscene attorney fees.
 - PVWMA must cease from "Fiddling while Rome burns." and bring forth a affordable project that can be supported by the voters.
 - If it is too late for a project to supply the needs of all stakeholders, then existing supplies must be allocated pro-rata.
  
  
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