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Gary Monahan
17,836 votes
21.0%
- Occupation: Father/Restaurant Owner
Priorities:
- Fight Gangs & Deport Illegal Immigrant Criminals
- Expand our Parks and create a new Youth Sports Complex
- Fight Road Gridlock and improve our Infrastructure
Katrina Foley
15,912 votes
18.8%
- Occupation: City of Costa Mesa Councilmember/Attorney
- BA English UCLA
- JD Seattle University School of Law
- 10 Years as Business Owner & Managing Partner of Lents & Foley, LLP http://www.lentsfoley.com
- 2004 NAWBO Award Recipient
- Superstar Award from Health Funders for Advocating for Healthy Families
- Child's Pace John Upton Award for Enriching the Lives of Costa Mesa Families
Priorities:
- Public Safety: Elimination of Gangs
- Oppose Expansion of John Wayne Airport & Traffic Encroaching on our Residential Neighborhoods
- Maintain a Balanced Budget so that we can create more parks, playing fields, bike trails, build senior housing, and safe roads.
Eric Bever
14,857 votes
17.5%
- Occupation: Costa Mesa Mayor / Businessman
- Elected to city council 2004
- Served on CM Planning Commission 2003-2004
- Co-Chair, founding member; Westside Improvement Association, 1999
- President, Westbluff Village HOA, '93-'98
- B.A. Design '85 CSUF
Priorities:
- Continued Improvement Citywide: Infrastructure, Traffic, Commercial & Residential Revitalization, new and upgraded sports facilities
- Continue working with OCTA to facilitate tunneling SR55 past our downtown to reduce "cut thorough" traffic on the Eastside, and move regional traffic
- Continue partnership with ICE to Deport Illegal Aliens who have committed crimes in our community. (nearly 800 flagged in '07-'08)
Jim Righeimer
13,000 votes
15.3%
- Occupation: Planning Commissioner/Businessman
Lisa Reedy
7,306 votes
8.6%
- Occupation: Businesswoman
Chris McEvoy
6,828 votes
8.0%
William Sneen
4,088 votes
4.8%
- Occupation: Businessman
- Served on Citizens Oversight Committee
- Served on Measure A Committee
- BSA Troop Committee Chair
- Commissioner Of OC Jr. Tennis
- Funding Board Member of CM High School Foundation
Priorities:
- Fiscally Responsible
- Tough on Crime
- No Hidden Agendas "COSTA MESA FIRST"
Christopher S. Bunyan
3,037 votes
3.6%
- Occupation: Businessman/Author
- Costa Mesa Cultural Arts Committee
- Costa Mesa Historical Presevation Committee
- Save Banning Ranch Task Force
- Leadership Tomorrow's Oustanding Community Leader of the Year 2007
- Costa Mesa Citizens Police Academy
- Costa Mesa Citizens Fire Academy
Priorities:
- Save Banning Ranch from development and designate area a state park
- Solve the traffic crisis on the 55 Freeway. We have to lobby Sacramento to move faster.
- Find an alternative to the John Wayne Airport. We cannot allow the current expansion to continue.
Nick Moss
1,967 votes
2.3%
- Occupation: Security Systems Programmer
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