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William "Bill" Patterson
25722 votes
54.43%
- Occupation: Incumbent - EBMUD Ward 6
- Bachelor's and Master's Degrees, San Francisco State University
- Three-term EBMUD Board member, former Board President and current Vice-President of EBMUD Retirement Board
- Member, Freeport Water Authority
- Member, Upper Mokelumne Watershed Authority & Pardee Museum Board
- Chair - Measure K Bond ($60 Million for Oakland's Open Space)
- Co-Founder and Past President, Citizens for Oakland's Open Space (COOS)
Priorities:
- Continued policy oversight and good boardsmanship to ensure quality management of natural resources entrusted to the District;
- Continued dedication to securing only the highest quality current and future water supply at fair and reasonable rates
- Maintaining the proud EBMUD tradition of being customer-oriented, environmentally sensitive and technologically forward-thinking.
Bob Feinbaum
20855 votes
44.13%
- Occupation: Water Conservation Director
- Director, Hydro Nova since 2000
- Environmental Consultant for 20 years
- PhD - University of California
- MA - University of California
- Bachelor of Science - MIT
Priorities:
- Fair rates for Oakland. End the drought surcharge that penalizes water conserving households.
- Stop outsourcing customer service work. End the EBMUD contract with a firm in Nebraska for "overload" customer service calls.
- Make EBMUD a leader in environmental sustainability.
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Events
Candidate Forums
- This forum occurred on Thursday, October 2, 2008 and will be rebroadcast in the coming weeks. Watch for League of Women Voters Forum #1 in the KTOP schedule.
Rebroadcasts of Candidate Forum on KTOP, Cable Channel 10
- Date: Monday, October 27, 2008
Time: 9:30 - 10 PM
Sponsor: League of Women Voters of Oakland
- Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Time: 5 - 5:30 PM
Sponsor: League of Women Voters of Oakland
- Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008
Time: 7 - 7:30 PM
Sponsor: League of Women Voters of Oakland
- Date: Friday, October 31, 2008
Time:8 - 8:30 PM
Sponsor: League of Women Voters of Oakland
- Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008
Time: 5:30 - 6 PM
Sponsor: League of Women Voters of Oakland
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