Next Tuesday is Election and I hope everyone will
seriously think about the 3 unopposed Commissioners running and use your right
to write in a name. Below are my picks.
Mayor – Meg Kelly – she has experience running the
office, is smart and reacts great with people
Commissioner of Public Safety – Peter Martin - He worked out well as Supervisor and his
legal background is a benefit. Mr. Braim
is a retired police officer and on a City pension, not a good mix as I think a
non -police person should do the job as Commissioner with the Police & Fire
Chief running their own show with the Commissioner working with them when they
need anything.
City Court Judge – Francine Vero – she has the experience
being on the bench and also no one knows who the heck her opponent is.
Now to write in these names :
Commissioner of Accounts – Gordon Boyd (you don’t need to
be a CPA, just good)
Commissioner of Finance – Jeffery Altimeri – CPA, Former
Senior Vice-President of Finance of a company doing 19 Billion dollars of
business a year, yes, $19 BILLION. I think I would trust his financial
recommendations over who we have now and he most likely wouldn’t have put the
City in a 1 million dollar Budget deficit this year. Also as John Franck said at a Council
meeting about Comm. Madigan –
paraphrasing ‘she is a librarian not a finance director’.
Commissioner of Public Works – Patrick Kane – why? He found out Skippy’s nickname - Chicken S.
County Supervisors:
Vote for 2 out of the 4 running
Matt Veitch, John Safford, Tara Gaston, Pat Freisen
This is a tough one to pick as all 4 are very good
candidates and I wish we could vote for all 4.
Alas, it cannot be, so here it is.
1. Matt
Veitch – he has the experience, gets things done and works with Republicans
& Democrats equally
2. Tara
Gaston – Young, great ideas and a background to get things done.
As I said they all are good candidates and good people so
good luck to all 4.
CHARTER CHANGE – VOTE YES – turn your ballot over and
vote YES to proposal 4.
