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Los Angeles County, CA March 6, 2007 Election
Council Member; City of Pasadena; District 1 Voter Information

4 Year Term.

Special Election to fill uncompleted term ending in 2009

Runoff Election 4/17/2007

Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Robin Salzer Click here for more information about this candidate 565 votes 28.9%

  • Occupation: Owner Robin's Woodfire BBQ
  • Member of Community Bible Church
  • "Green" Restaurant Task Force (environmental)
  • Design Commission for Gold Line Station at Sierra Madre
  • Board Member Pasadena Chamber of Commerce
  • Member of The Nature Conservancy
  • Employed over 1,000 Pasadena youth over 25 years
Priorities:
  • Improving our Neighborhoods: parks, street improvements
  • Enhancing our Public Safety: focusing on schools, creating more Neighborhood Watch groups, enhancing job opportunities
  • Will promote a trade high school program at John Muir
Jacque Robinson Click here for more information about this candidate 559 votes 28.6%
  • Occupation: Labor Community Organizer
  • University of California, Berkeley - B.A. American Studies
  • Graduate, Senator Barack Obama's Hopefund - Yes We Can political training program
  • Graduate, Los Angeles African American Women's Public Policy Institute
Priorities:
  • Affordable Housing - advocate for a stronger Inclusionary Housing Ordinance and pursue Workforce opportunities
  • Improving Education - continued collaboration between Council and School Board and City line item for Education in the future
  • Availability - Remain accessible and responsive to individual and collective concerns of District 1 residents
Raphael Henderson Click here for more information about this candidate 367 votes 18.8%
  • Occupation: Senior Executive Banker
  • President, Challengers Girls and Boys Club Board of Trustees
  • Task Force On Good Government
  • Rose Bowl Aquatic Center Board Member
  • Board of Trustees, Child Education Center affiliated with Caltech and JPL
  • Commissioner on the CA State Senate Cost Control Commission
Priorities:
  • Housing - Improving programs for first-time home buyers.
  • Neighborhood Livability - Preserving the Arroyo and maintaining safety in our neighborhoods
  • Education - Using a collaborative approach to educating our children
Mark Leon Click here for more information about this candidate 242 votes 12.4%
  • Occupation: Mechanical Design Engineer
  • City of Pasadena Planning Commission Chair
  • City of Pasadena Transportation Commissioner (former)
  • Member City Charter Reform Task Force City of Pasadena
  • Citizen Police Academy Graduate
  • Executive Committee Member Los Angeles Business Technology Center (former)
  • Leadership Pasadena Graduate/Member
Priorities:
  • Neighborhoods - Safe and secure
  • Education - Quality and world class for all
  • Working families - Housing and health Affordability, neighbors working together
Gordon P. Treweek Click here for more information about this candidate 117 votes 6.0%
  • Occupation: Consulting Environmental Engineer
  • BS, Civil Engineering, US Military Academy
  • MS, Environmental Engineering, Caltech
  • PhD, Environmental Engineering, Caltech
  • Project Engineer, Chino Basin Watermaster
Priorities:
  • Invest in District One Infrastructure
  • Enhance Pasadena-PUSD Partnership
  • Work with PPD to Reduce Crime
Michelle Richardson-Bailey Click here for more information about this candidate 102 votes 5.2%
  • Occupation: Secretary
  • Pasadena Unified School District Employee; Human Relations Commission, Chair; Graduate of the Pasadena Citizen's Police Academy
  • Friendship Baptist Church Trustee, By-laws Committee Member, Sunday School Teacher, Media & Music Ministry Member
  • Alkebu-lan Cultural Center Board Member
  • Crown Cities Development Corporation, Executive Secretary
  • Pasadena Fair Housing Council (former member)
  • American Friends Service Committee Third World Coalition Representative (former member); Community Volunteer/Organizer
Priorities:
  • Black & Brown Issues - Culural Sensitivity education and training.
  • Education - Support collaborative efforts with the city for supplemental support of the school system and the education process.
  • Affordable Housing - Examine and/or develop laws for fair and equitable distribution and utilization.

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