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Andrew Blount
 
5,679 votes
27.3%
- Occupation: Small Business Owner
  
Priorities:
- Develop a more flourishing business environment
 - Reform city management compensation
 - Address the tied billing scheme of our water districts
  
 
Dore Gilbert, M.D. LTC USAR
 
4,980 votes
24.0%
- Occupation: Physician/Army Reservist
 - USC Medical School 1975
 - Liutenant Colonel, USAR, Served in Afghanistan 2011
 - Elected 7 terms Saddleback Valley Unified Board of Education
 - Endorsed by State Senator Mimi Walters, Assemblyman Don Wagner, Supervisor Pat Bates, DA Tony Rackaukas, Lincoln Club of Orange County
  
Priorities:
- Transparent governance regarding budgets, compensations, negotiations
 - Conservative fiscal expenditures focused on fire, safety, traffic, parks/recreation
 - business friendly environment encouraging businesses to locate in Laguna Hills to provide jobs, opportunity and revenue for our citizens
  
Bill Hunt
 
4,857 votes
23.4%
- Occupation: Small Business Owner
  
Priorities:
- Fiscal Responsibility
 - Support Local Business
 - Public Safety
  
Raghu P. Mathur
 
4,287 votes
20.6%
- Occupation: University Administrator/Educator
 - Chancellor, South Orange County Community College District for 9 years.  Managed budgets of half-a-billion dollars
 - President, Irvine Valley College for 5 years
 - Elected Member, Board of Trustees, Saddleback Valley Unified School District for 9 years
 - Doctorate Degree in Leadership/Management
 - Graduate of Management Institute at Harvard University
 - Lecturer on Leadership at Oxford University, England
  
Priorities:
- Adjustment of city management compensation;  No increase in any fees or taxes
 - Increase in public safety;  Recruitment, support and retention of businesses
 - Implementation of transparency, accountability and ethics at City Hall
  
AJ Djowharzadeh
 
970 votes
4.7%
- Occupation: Small Business Owner ( Manufacturer's Representative )
 - Resident of Laguna Hills- 19 years
 - Specialist, CA State Military Reserve
 - Chemical Engineering-Bachelor of Science University of Oklahoma
 - Author of " The Hot Diet" Published by Thomas Nelson
  
Priorities:
- Eliminate extreme administrative/management costs and compensations
 - Adjust the pensions of the city employees and contractors
 - Make Laguna Hills the safest city in Orange County
  
  
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