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Karin Strasser Kauffman
2,712 votes
13.13%
- Occupation: Retired County Supervisor
  
 
Glenn E. Robinson
 
2,537 votes
12.28%
- Occupation: University Professor
 - Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, 1991-present
 - President, Carmel Valley Association, 2004-08
 - Carmel Valley Blue-Ribbon Roads Committee
 - Coach, Carmel Community Girls Softball
 - BA, PhD from U.C. Berkeley.  Fulbright Scholar
 - Fifth Generation Californian on both sides of my family
  
Priorities:
- Preserve Carmel Valley's Rural Character and Open Spaces
 - Slow, smart growth, not more large subdivisions and sprawl
 - Fiscal conservative: protect Carmel Valley's tax base
  
 
Larry Bacon
2,342 votes
11.34%
- Occupation: Registered Investment Advisor
  
 
Amy E Anderson
 
2,299 votes
11.13%
- Occupation: Retired Biologist
 - Retired biology professor, OR. State Univ.
 - President, Chamber Music Monterey Bay
 - Member, League of Women Voters Monterey Peninsula
 - Election Integrity Committee, LWVMP
 - Professional Cellist
 - PhD Univ. of Califormia
  
Priorities:
- Local control of land use decisions in Carmel Valley
 - Preserve the rich, diverse and rural character of the Carmel Valley corridor
 - Careful management of Carmel Valley tax revenues to serve needs of the community
  
 
Priscilla Walton
 
2,073 votes
10.03%
- Occupation: Retired Professor/Educational Consultant
 - Planning Commissioner, Human Relations Commission-Davis, CA
 - Board of Directors, Davis Rural Land Trust
 - M.A. Economics & Anthropology, University of Texas, Austin
 - Ph.D. Education, Northwestern University
 - Consultant, Commission on Teacher Credentialing-Sacramento, CA
 - Research/Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
  
Priorities:
- Ensuring that all development is consistent with the rural nature of Carmel Valley and locally controlled with citizen participation.
 - Protecting the rural and environmental integrity of the Carmel Valley and it's natural resources.
 - Maintaining a town that is fiscally responsible & responsive to the needs of Carmel Valley residents (good planning,decent roads and traffic control).
  
Scott Dick
1,481 votes
7.17%
- Occupation: Retired Army Officer
  
Jacob Odello
1,342 votes
6.50%
Michael Addison
 
1,232 votes
5.96%
- Occupation: Business Owner/Entrepreneur
 - MSEE Stanford University
 - MBA Harvard University
 - Owner Bay Cities Auto Auction
 - Owner PLP Digital Systems
 - Owner Siella Imaging
 - Member Rotary
  
Priorities:
- Do not think Carmel Valley will be better off as a city
 - If a city is created, the council will need experienced members
 - Government intrusions must be minimized
  
Ernie Bizzozero
 
1,163 votes
5.63%
- Occupation: Retired Military Officer
 - BS in Business Administration, Boston College, 1956 graduate
 - President Carmel Views Community Association
 - Member Ft. Ord Retiree Council
 - Docent Monterey Maritime Museum
 - Retired Coast Guard Captain
 - Military Awards
  
Priorities:
- Keep Carmel Valley rural in nature
 - Insure adequate funding for aTown exists
 - Insure adequate Police and fire services are not downgraded
  
Thomas C. White, III
1,078 votes
5.22%
- Occupation: Retired Professor
  
Lawrence K. Samuels
 
941 votes
4.55%
- Occupation: Realtor/Writer
 - Elected official in Seaside -- Chairman of the PAC with advises the Mayor on Eminent Domain issues
 - Editor and contributing author of the paperback Facets of Liberty
 - Author of forthcoming book, In Defense of Chaos: the Chaology of Politics, Economics and Human Action
 - Winner of the 2007 Karl Bray Memorial Award
 - Co-Chair of Monterey County Libertarians for Peace
 - Manager and co-manager of the Future of Freedom Conference series for five years
  
Priorities:
- To stop the incorporation of Carmel Valley
 - To keep Carmel Valley rural
 - To keep taxes lower and to have less interfence from governmental agencies
  
Lee Lightfoot
499 votes
2.42%
John Barry Smith
 
493 votes
2.39%
- Occupation: Retired Military Officer
 - US Naval Aviation crewman and navigator
 - US Army Audiologist
 - Masters degree in Audiology
 - EENT Clinic Director
 - FAA Part 135 Charter pilot, instrument rated
 - Married 32 years and daughter age 17
  
Priorities:
- Maintain peace, quiet, serenity, and prosperity for residents of Carmel Valley
 - Ensure residents acquire their fair share of water and other resources.
 - Ensure honorable and efficient local government
  
Noël Jensen
325 votes
1.57%
- Occupation: Registered Nurse
  
S. "Savva"  Vassiliev
143 votes
0.69%
- Occupation: Writer and Actor
  
  
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 - Dick-9/19/09 
   
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