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Roberta Fonzi
 
7092 votes
26.03%
- Occupation: Planning Commissioner/Businesswoman
 - Current Chairperson, Atascadero Planning Commission
 - Longtime Atascadero Resident (since 1956)
 - Graduate, Cal Poly University with Honors
 - Graduate, Cuesta College with Honors
 - Member, Atascadero Chamber of Commerce
 - Main Street Design Committee Past Chairperson
  
Priorities:
- Develop a reliable revenue stream for city government
 - Re-order City Council spending priorities - Public Safety first!
 - Put a friendly face on government for the public and business - make Atascadero more "Business Friendly"
  
 
Jerry L. Clay, Sr.
6373 votes
23.39%
- Occupation: City Councilman
  
 
Bob Kelley
 
4969 votes
18.24%
- Occupation: Businessman
 - 33 year resident
 - 7 years Atascadero Planning Commission
 - 30+ years business experience
 - 2008-2009 County Grand Jury
 - SLO Sheriff Aero Squadron
 - US Air Force Reserves
  
Priorities:
- Address financial crisis for Atascadero
 - Upgrade downtown to encourage businesses to come to town
 - Bring professional, qualified experience to the City Council
  
Len Colamarino
 
3416 votes
12.54%
- Occupation: Attorney/Businessperson
 - Practicing business lawyer for over 30 years, with extensive corporate and litigation experience
 - Principal in businesses engaged in manufacturing, agriculture and financial managment
 - Director of various business corporations from 1982 to the present
 - Juris Doctor, 1976, University of Pennsylvania Law School. Staff editor of Law Review.
 - Bachelor of Arts, Economics, 1973, State University of New York at Buffalo. Highest honors.
 - Publisher of UpGradeAtascadero.org
  
Priorities:
- Applying my business experience to the managment problems Atascadero is facing in its finances and its business sector
 - Reorganizing the commercial district, starting with reviving the downtown and restoring the historic City Hall to productive use
 - Insuring that Atascadero's financial problems do not threaten essential services, roads or infastructure
  
Pamela Heatherington
 
3272 votes
12.01%
- Occupation: Medical Office Manager
 - Current Atascadero Planning Commissioner
 - Current SLO County Health Commissioner
 - Former Executive Director of SLO Environmental Center
 - I have chosen to limit my campaign expenditures to no more than $1000
  
Priorities:
- Increase our economic vitality with a Del Rio project consistent with our General Plan, which all Atascadero citizens can support.
 - Complete the Colony Square mixed-use and historic building preservation projects to create a vibrant, attractive and pedestrian-friendly town center.
 - Maintain local control as well as our safe, rural lifestyle by proactively addressing government mandates in a frugal manner.
  
Bret Heinemann
 
1988 votes
7.30%
- Occupation: Substitute Teacher/Writer
 - substitute teacher/writer
  
Priorities:
- A diversified economic base
 - Character education to build mutural public trust
 - Responscility in spending
  
  
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