Candidate for
Council Member; City of Hermosa Beach

I view representing and working for you on your Council to be among the highest forms of community service.

As a communications specialist and problem-solver by profession, I pledge to fully apply my experience in service to the community as my way of returning the good fortune in having made Hermosa Beach our family's home for 30 years.

As your councilmember I will:

- Not accept councilmember's city paid automobile allowance, family health insurance, or retirement benefits, and move to revoke these costly councilmember perks

- Reverse the 60% reduction in street paving and ensure residential streets are paved without delay

- Revitalize your right to be heard on all issues and honor your voice in decisions that spend your money and impact your future

- Support local businesses fairly

- Place public safety above all else

I am a former member of the Board of Directors of the Surfrider Foundation and led the effort to get the city to institute a "Pesticide Free Zone" within the Green Belt. For my work in eliminating an unnecessary health risk in one of the city's most heavily used open space areas, I was was named recipient of VOICE's (Volunteers and Organizations Improving the Communities Environment) Environmental Hero Award. I am also the recipient of the Surfrider Foundation's 2006 Board of Directors Award for my many years of service in protecting our coastal environment.

Additionally:

- Participated in goodwill visits with our troops in Iraq

- Married 37 years to Christine Duclos, a longtime Hermosa teacher

Together we can return to placing the needs of residents first.