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Robert "Bob"  Wieckowski
 
31037 votes
27.27%
- Occupation: Fremont Councilmember
  
Priorities:
- Public Safety
 - Economic Development
 - Transportation
  
 
Suzanne "Sue"  Chan
 
24571 votes
21.59%
- Occupation: Fremont Planning Commissioner
 - Vice Chair, Celebrate Fremont
 - Trustee, Washington Hospital Foundation
 - Practice Administrator, Steven D Chan DDS
 - Community College Instructor, Ohlone, Chabot, SJSU
 - Citizen of the Year, Citizens for Better Community
 - Masters of Science, Immunology, California State University, Los Angeles / Bachelors of Science, Microbiology Univeristy of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
  
Priorities:
- Enhancing Public Safety Services
 - Creating a Business Friendly Environment
 - Quality of Life Issues
  
Vinnie Bacon
 
17794 votes
15.63%
- Occupation: Technical Support Manager
 - 15 year Fremont resident
 - UC Berkeley Masters degree in City Planning
 - UC Berkeley Masters degree in Transportation Engineering
 - Fremont public school parent
 - 9 years working in high tech industry
 - Leader in local Sierra Club chapter
  
Priorities:
- Balanced development that pays its way
 - Diverse local economy
 - Pedestrian-friendly commercial districts
  
Trisha Tahmasbi
 
16802 votes
14.76%
- Occupation: Legislative District Director
 - Ohlone Community College Trustee
 - Advisory Board Member - SAVE
 - Member of Fremont Housing Scholarship Board
 - Volunteer - Raquel's Kids (Fremont, CA)
 - Volunteer - Math/Science Nucleus (Fremont, CA)
 - Former Organizer - California Faculty Association
  
Priorities:
- Putting Public Safety First
 - Planning for Fremont's Future, Growth and Development  with Community Inclusiveness
 - Creating a Thriving Local Economy
  
Hou Leong
 
5806 votes
5.10%
- Occupation: Doctor of Optometry
 - U.C. Berkeley graduate
  
Priorities:
- Encourage balanced and controlled growth of the City of Fremont
 - Ensure residents' children of attending the school closest to home
 - Enable residents to express their concerns and be the voice to represent them
  
Larry Dean Montgomery
 
5265 votes
4.63%
- Occupation: School Construction Inspector
 - Division of the State Architect -Class # 1 Project Inspector
 - Governor's Office of Emergency Services-Disaster Building Inspector
 - CA State General Contractor License
 - CA Plumbing Contractors License
 - CA Insulation and Acoustics License
 - Currently Employed by the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District
  
Priorities:
- Balance the city budget
 - City wide wireless internet service, possibly free for all residents
 - Better roads and less train noise
  
Linda Susoev
4041 votes
3.55%
Charles Bartlett
 
3039 votes
2.67%
- Occupation: Manufacturing Technician
 - Machinist Lead, SCI Inc.
 - Christ Church Parish, ACC, communicant
 - Minutemen, former VP and Media, present
 - Love and Rage Federation, 1997 chapter org
 - Green Party Central Committee 1993
 - Sierra Club Conservation Chair 1991
  
Priorities:
- Propery Tax control according to  neighborhood, not city staff
 - Eliminate permit fees & city codes regulating development of small owners
 - Suspend Employer business liscenses who hire illegal aliens
  
Fazlur Khan
 
2588 votes
2.27%
- Occupation: Realtor
 - Fremont Senior Citizens Commission
 - Director, Board of Director, Fremont Chamber of Commerce
 - Past Secretary, Fremont Rotary,Fremont
 - National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
 - Natural Resouces Defence Council -Member
 - Sierra Club- Member
  
Priorities:
- STRONG ECONOMY CREATING THOUSANDS OF JOBS
 - WORLD CLASS SCHOOL EDUCATION
 - STRONG PUBLIC SAFETY NET
  
Alan Stirling
2538 votes
2.23%
- Occupation: Litigation Paralegal/Ironworker
  
  
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Candidates Answer Questions 
The  League of Women Voters of Fremont, Newark, Union City has asked
all candidates for this office to respond to
1 questions on Affordable Housing.
 
Events 
Rebroadcast of televised Candidate Forum
 
- Every Thursday at 7am and 10:30pm, Fridays at 4:30pm on Channel 29 Fremont, Channel 27 Newark.
  
General Links
 
- City of Fremont, LWVFNUC and
AAUW will sponsor a candidate
forum for Mayor/Council. Mon.,
Sept.22, 2008. Mayor 7 pm,
Council 8 pm, Fremont City
Council Chambers, 3300 Capitol Avenue. 
  
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