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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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