Candidates
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Lisa R. Shaffer
 
15,606 votes
23.4%
- Occupation: Business Ethics Educator
 - Former Assistant Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
 - Founding Executive Director, UCSD Sustainability Solutions Institute
 - Senior Executive Service, NASA Headquarters
 - Strategic planning and business development manager, Bendix Aerospace Electronics Group
 - Owner, LRS Associates
 - Program manager, SAIC
  
Priorities:
- Open government, responsive to citizens
 - Fiscal responsibility and transparency
 - Limited development, consistent with community character and available transportation and other infrastructure
  
 
Tony Kranz
 
12,262 votes
18.4%
- Occupation: Graphic Arts Professional
 - 20 years printing and photography
 - 10 years Army National Guard Air Traffic Controller
 - Associate of Arts degree Palomar College
 - 1977 graduate of San Dieguito High School
 - Moved to Encinitas in 1960
 - Married for 27 years and raised 3 wonderful young adults
  
Priorities:
- Create a system of accountability for city officials regarding government transparency issues
 - Improve our public safety services
 - Keep the General Plan "Update" from opening the floodgates to overdevelopment and more unbearable traffic
  
 
Mark Muir
 
9,521 votes
14.3%
- Occupation: Appointed Councilmember City of Encinitas
 - Former Encinitas Fire Chief
 - Former Olivenhain Municipal & County Water Authority Director
 - Over 35 years of experience on many local boards
 - Encinitas "Top 25 Leaders in the Past 25 years"
 - Encinitas Chamber of Commerce "Community Hero"
 - San Diego Taxpayer Association "Golden Watchdog"
  
Priorities:
- Balanced Budget with Performance Measurements
 - Responsible Growth - Determined by our Citizens and Community Character
 - Quality and Sustainable Environmental Achievements
  
Jerome Stocks
 
8,442 votes
12.6%
- Occupation: Encinitas Councilmember/Businessman
 - Husband,and father of three great children.
 - Current Encinitas Council Member; served as Mayor for 2003 and 2008
 - My re-election is endorsed by the San Diego Dputy Sheriff's Association
 - My re-election is endorsed by Encinitas Fire Chief Don Heiser (retired).
 - Member, Encinitas Rotary Club, and Encinitas Chamber of Commerce
 - Board member: NCTD; Chairman, San Diego Association of Goverments, Rancho Fire Dispatch JPA
  
Priorities:
- Public safety will always be one of my highest priorities. Strong public safety is critical to maintain the high quality of life we have in Encinitas.
 - I have approved only balanced budgets with solid reserves, and will continue to do so.
 - I will continue to be a voice for a proactive,forward-thinking City Council.
  
Barb Yost
6,840 votes
10.2%
- Occupation: President, Encinitas Neighbors
  
Kevin Forrester
 
6,033 votes
9.0%
- Occupation: Lawyer/Mediator/Broker
 - Encinitas Resident, 31 years
 - UCSD Alumni Association Director, 25 years
 - Past President, Rotary Club of Encinitas
 - Past President, Olivenhain Town Council
 - Past President, North San Diego County Association of REALTORS
 - Director, California Association of REALTORS
  
Priorities:
- Protecting lives, liberty and property;
 - Putting the planning back in land-use planning; and
 - Making City Hall more consumer-friendly.
  
Bryan M. Ziegler
 
3,833 votes
5.7%
- Occupation: Senior Deputy County Counsel
 - Special Deputy District Attorney
 - Reserve Deputy Sheriff
  
Priorities:
- I support the Encinitas Right To Vote Initiative.  The voters deserve the right to decide if major developments and upzoning should be allowed.
 - We need to clean up the bar situation in downtown Encinitas.  Drunks, assaults and crime are on the rise.  We need more law enforcement presence.
 - I would like to create more dog off-leash parks and a dog beach in Encinitas.
  
Thomas G. Brophy
 
2,687 votes
4.0%
- Occupation: Integral Sciences Educator
 - Ph.D. physcis, University of Colorado, Boulder
 - M.S. physics, University of Colorado, Boulder
 - B.A. (cum laude) The Colorado College
 - President, Mendocino at Encinitas Ranch, HOA
  
Priorities:
- Guide City development responsively to all residents' interests, avoiding over-development
 - Maintain longterm fiscal responsibility of City operations
 - Apply independent non-aligned progressive perspective to transparent City government
  
Peter Allen Schuh
1,539 votes
2.3%
- Occupation: Chief Executive Officer
  
  
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