RAY PETERSON Why I want to be Sonoma county supervisor!

By Ray Peterson

My track record of accomplishments

I was born and have lived in Sonoma County most of my life. I see my way of life challenged every day. About every 5 years I must be involved in a major fight to just hold on. It is time to have a supervisor that understands how to fix problems, not make them worse.

I have a track record of getting things done.

-Established and chaired Healthy Community Consortium, HC2 CAPS, Committee which provided community support to SCOE which established a South County Clean and Sober class.

-As chair of Sonoma County Aviation commission obtained Federal and state funds to purchase and build the Petaluma Municipal Airport.

-Co-authored the Zone 2A-flood control tax ballot issue and worked to pass it. Those funds are paying the bulk of the Petaluma flood improvements.

-Lead the West Petaluma Specific plan reform committee that successfully challenged the county plan for dense residential development in rural west Petaluma.

-Helped create CAFF, was California Association of Family Farmers; now Community Alliance with Family Farmers. I served on first state board and as president of Sonoma chapter.

-My career in Telecommunications finance was as a "change agent". I was asked to create a trust to provide telephone service for deaf customers. I was part of a team that split bell Labs into two companies, creating Bell Communications research. I managed a task force to create new accounting rules that were adopted by the Federal Communications Commission and installed in all regulated telephone companies.

-I served on the1989 Sonoma County Grand Jury and as Forman protem of the 1990 Grand Jury.