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Runoff Election 4/17/2007
Candidates
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Robin Salzer
565 votes
28.9%
- Occupation: Owner Robin's Woodfire BBQ
- Member of Community Bible Church
- "Green" Restaurant Task Force (environmental)
- Design Commission for Gold Line Station at Sierra Madre
- Board Member Pasadena Chamber of Commerce
- Member of The Nature Conservancy
- Employed over 1,000 Pasadena youth over 25 years
Priorities:
- Improving our Neighborhoods: parks, street improvements
- Enhancing our Public Safety: focusing on schools, creating more Neighborhood Watch groups, enhancing job opportunities
- Will promote a trade high school program at John Muir
Jacque Robinson
559 votes
28.6%
- Occupation: Labor Community Organizer
- University of California, Berkeley - B.A. American Studies
- Graduate, Senator Barack Obama's Hopefund - Yes We Can political training program
- Graduate, Los Angeles African American Women's Public Policy Institute
Priorities:
- Affordable Housing - advocate for a stronger Inclusionary Housing Ordinance and pursue Workforce opportunities
- Improving Education - continued collaboration between Council and School Board and City line item for Education in the future
- Availability - Remain accessible and responsive to individual and collective concerns of District 1 residents
Raphael Henderson
367 votes
18.8%
- Occupation: Senior Executive Banker
- President, Challengers Girls and Boys Club Board of Trustees
- Task Force On Good Government
- Rose Bowl Aquatic Center Board Member
- Board of Trustees, Child Education Center affiliated with Caltech and JPL
- Commissioner on the CA State Senate Cost Control Commission
Priorities:
- Housing - Improving programs for first-time home buyers.
- Neighborhood Livability - Preserving the Arroyo and maintaining safety in our neighborhoods
- Education - Using a collaborative approach to educating our children
Mark Leon
242 votes
12.4%
- Occupation: Mechanical Design Engineer
- City of Pasadena Planning Commission Chair
- City of Pasadena Transportation Commissioner (former)
- Member City Charter Reform Task Force City of Pasadena
- Citizen Police Academy Graduate
- Executive Committee Member Los Angeles Business Technology Center (former)
- Leadership Pasadena Graduate/Member
Priorities:
- Neighborhoods - Safe and secure
- Education - Quality and world class for all
- Working families - Housing and health Affordability, neighbors working together
Gordon P. Treweek
117 votes
6.0%
- Occupation: Consulting Environmental Engineer
- BS, Civil Engineering, US Military Academy
- MS, Environmental Engineering, Caltech
- PhD, Environmental Engineering, Caltech
- Project Engineer, Chino Basin Watermaster
Priorities:
- Invest in District One Infrastructure
- Enhance Pasadena-PUSD Partnership
- Work with PPD to Reduce Crime
Michelle Richardson-Bailey
102 votes
5.2%
- Occupation: Secretary
- Pasadena Unified School District Employee; Human Relations Commission, Chair; Graduate of the Pasadena Citizen's Police Academy
- Friendship Baptist Church Trustee, By-laws Committee Member, Sunday School Teacher, Media & Music Ministry Member
- Alkebu-lan Cultural Center Board Member
- Crown Cities Development Corporation, Executive Secretary
- Pasadena Fair Housing Council (former member)
- American Friends Service Committee Third World Coalition Representative (former member); Community Volunteer/Organizer
Priorities:
- Black & Brown Issues - Culural Sensitivity education and training.
- Education - Support collaborative efforts with the city for supplemental support of the school system and the education process.
- Affordable Housing - Examine and/or develop laws for fair and equitable distribution and utilization.
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