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Contra Costa County, CA November 2, 2010 Election
Smart Voter Maria "Mtv" Viramontes

Candidate for
Council Member; City of Richmond

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Biographical Highlights
  • Occupation: Incumbent
  • B.A., University of the Pacific, cum laude
  • Certificate of Professional Development, Finance, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
  • National Teacher Corp; former teacher
  • former, California State Assembly, Chief of staff, District 11
  • former, Executive Director, East Bay Public Safety Corridor Partnership
  • former, Executive Director, Richmond Children's Foundation
Top Priorities if Elected
  • I authored legislation that increased police officers and for 3 years crime is reduced; homicide today is 14 compared to 2009 with 34 murders.
  • The 18% unemployment rate requires a diverse economic strategy which I work to obtain in Richmond.
  • I created a plan to fund our schools and keep them open for two years while we work with the School Board and the community for a solution.
Key Endorsements
  • Congressmember George Miller
  • Sierra Club
  • Central Labor Council of Contra Costa County, AFL-CIO
 
Campaign Contact Information
Website: http://mariaviramontes.org
E-mail: mariatv@pacbell.net

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