Candidates
(Vote for 2)
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Cody Campbell
7,044 votes
17.9%
- Occupation: Small Business Owner
  
 
Amanda Young Rigby
6,147 votes
15.6%
- Occupation: Businesswoman/Parks Commissioner
  
Cliff Kaiser
 
5,998 votes
15.2%
- Occupation: Businessman/IT Consultant/Retired Navy Captain
 - Past-Chairman & Executive Board, Vista Chamber of Commerce (4 years)
 - Palomar Airport Advisory Committee (2 years)
 - Vista Girls Softball board member & coach (2 years)
 - 2010 San Diego North Economic Development Council Award for Excellence in Information Technology
 - 2007 SBA Small Business of the Year
  
Priorities:
- Eliminate the budget deficit + live within our means
 - Support the community + eliminate new youth sports fees, remove threats of turning off street lights
 - Aggressively pursue downtown & S. Santa Fe development
  
Tom Fleming
 
5,618 votes
14.3%
- Occupation: Businessman/Planning Commissioner
  
Priorities:
- An Honorable Man with Core Values (Faith,Family,Country)
 - I believe in a less is more philosophy
 - #1 priority is security of all Vistans ( Fire and Sheriff)
  
Frank Lopez
 
4,745 votes
12.1%
- Occupation: Councilmember/Retired Restauranteur
 - Vista City Councilman since 2004
 - Retired Vista Business Owner of 40 years
 - Vista Rotarian
 - Citizen of the Year 1986
  
Priorities:
- Business Retention, Expansion & Recruitment, Reduce City Deficit
 - Public Safety, Youth Safety & Education (Support Skate Park)
 - Roads & Traffic
  
Garry G. Garretson
 
3,821 votes
9.7%
- Occupation: Retired businessman
 - Two terms on school board in MA
 - Nine years Vista Parks and Recreation Commissioner -last three as Chairman
 - Tri-City Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees
 - Vista Education Foundation - Vice President
 - 19 years Vista resident - 44 years married - three children - three years combat veteran
 - 40 years Fortune 500 Company (finance, HR, operational leadership)
  
Priorities:
- With 11% unemployment, job creation is a top priority which can be accomplished by expanding our support for entrepreteneurs, and all businesses.
 - Utilizing 40 years of corporate leadership to providing effective and efficient services.
 - Integrity at all levels in providing high quality city services.
  
Gene Ford
 
2,593 votes
6.6%
- Occupation: Retired Trust Executive
 - Director - North County solutions for Change
 - Director - S hadowridge Owners Association
 - Director - South Vista Communities
  
Priorities:
- Maintain Firefighter and Law enforcement personel as needed
 - Attract new businesses to Vista
 - Provide leasership and Integrity to the City Council
  
John X. Staight
1,727 votes
4.4%
- Occupation: Financial Administrator/Parent
  
Carla Miles
 
1,684 votes
4.3%
- Occupation: Online Media Writer
 - (2008) Business Administration & Leadership
 - (1998) Early Childhood Education certificate
 - 2000 - 2012 Board of Directors Vista HOA
  
Priorities:
- JOBS: Find new business to hire thousands of unemployed & underemployed.
 - MONEY: Bring proactive effort to increase business expansion/relocation and revenue to city.
 - DEBT: "...debt is the monster [that's]going to eat us up..." (Ron Paul)
  
  
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