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Stan Gustafson
3509 votes
20.3%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Juris Doctorate -- 1975
- Bachelor of Science, Finance -- 1965, UC Berkeley
- President, Central Coast Veterans' Museum
- Commandant, Marine Corp League #680
- President, American Congress Bridge Leagues, SLO County
- Attorney, currently inactive, specializing in Customs Law
Priorities:
- Building Wastewater Project and obtaining Federal Funding for it
- Institute Water Master Plan
- Re-capitalize Fire Department to provide continuing high level service
Gordon Hensley
3340 votes
19.3%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Master of Science, Biology, 1983 Cal Poly
- Past President, Los Osos SWAP
- Chair, LOCSD Emergency Services Committee
- Chair, LOCSD Environmental Review Committee
- Chair, LOCSD Ad Hoc Grants Committee
- Member, Executive Committee, Morro Bay National Estuary Program
Priorities:
- Working to LOWER our monthly sewer PAYMENTS.
- Working to solve our WATER, GROWTH, and ENVIRONMENTAL challenges.
- Working to ensure NECESSARY and AFFORDABLE community SERVICES.
Richard LeGros
3178 votes
18.4%
- Occupation: Architect
- BS Architecture, Cal Poly, SLO, awarded 1979
- B Architecture, Cal Poly, SLO, awarded 1981
- California State License, Architect, issued 1981
- Member LOCSD Wastewater Committee since 1999
- Self-employed, practicing architecture since 1977
Priorities:
- TO STRENGHTEN the LOCSD's finacial health; ensuring the best possible community services at the lowest cost
- TO BUILD the Wastewater Project on time and below budget; while working to reduce the finacial burden of the sewer
- TO CREATE the foundations upon which the LOCSD can provide community park and recreational programs
Julie Tacker
2035 votes
11.8%
- Occupation: Estate Executor/Homemaker
- Baywood Elementary PTA Past Vice President of Hospitality-3 years service
- Baywood Elementary School Site Council-3 years service
- Los Osos Middle School School Site Council Member-current
- Baywood Elementary Vice President of Memebership-current
- Benefit Coordinator-Josh Sanders Benefit, Jim Kunkel Benefit, Spagehtti for Letty
- Executor of Lindemans Family Estate and J. Jackson Family Trust
Priorities:
- Pollution-wastewater resolution
- Parks & Recreation
- Fiscal Responsibility
Linda "Linde" Owen
1527 votes
8.8%
- Occupation: Caretaker/Graphic Designer
- From birth, traveled to many countries, states, and cultures.
- A wide variety of work and study (listed below)
- Experience with people, business, management, problem-solving, and budgeting (listed below).
- Volunteer work with kids, seniors, handicapped, environmental groups, animal protection groups, and an organic gardening group.
- Pro-active political involvement with a wide variety of peace/justice causes.
- Rescue & rehab of companion dogs, as well as rescue & care of a small herd of personal pets..
Priorities:
- 1. A reasonable wastewater plan...soon!
- 2. Fiscal responsibility....now!
- 3. A better balanced CSD board...always.
Mike Sylvia
1424 votes
8.2%
- Occupation: Retired Communications Technician
- A 24 year Los Osos resident, I have raised five children here.
- Member, 4MorCourts community sports center fund raising committee
- Volunteer, hiking trail maintenance in Santa Cruz area.
- 15 years volunteer community service with Telephone Pioneers of America
- Volunteered on Oso Flaco Lake bridge and boardwalk project.
- Volunteered for environmental projects in Ano Nuevo State Reserve.
Priorities:
- Move proposed sewer site out of town, and promptly implement a viable, economical alternative.
- Create more community recreational facilities, especially for our children.
- Earn and maintain our community's confidence in the integrity, fiscal responsibility, and accountability of its CSD Directors.
Thomas A.E. "Tom" Salmon
909 votes
5.3%
- Occupation: Engineer
- 4+ years of college/ continous education/ numerous construction certificates
- 25 years of Engineering and heavy construction experience
- Created and developed avaition corporation
- Participated in 2 Billion Dollars of Public Works Projects
- Involved in construction of 15 sewer treatment plants in California
- Sub-contractor for Major Construction Corps., American Airlines,TWA, United Airlines
Priorities:
- Bring character, integrity and truth to the LOCSD, and return to locally controlled goverment, especially concerned with fiscal responsibility
- Implement proper groundwater management for Los Osos, including the relocation of any and all treatment facilities to outside the urban areas
- On Friday, Oct. 11 I withdrew my name from the election.I now want to endorse Sylvia, Owen, Tacker. I will stand behind them in saving Los Osos.
Theodore R. "Ted" Peterson
648 votes
3.8%
- Occupation: Business Owner
- Children's Hospital Volunteer
- College Graduate
- Co-own a green business
- 20-year non-profit board experience
- Project development management experience
- Community volunteer
Priorities:
- Local control over local issues.
- Fair and open decisions based on whole community needs.
- Locally a more eco-friendly waste collection system and sewer outside of town.
Budd Sanford
396 votes
2.3%
(This candidate has chosen to not participate in the League's voter education project.)
Al Barrow
288 votes
1.7%
- Occupation: Retired Businessman
- University of Oregon BA in Fine Art
- Post Bac Art Education Not completed
Priorities:
- Get Sewer out of town: Better, cheaper collection and treatment
- Fiscal responsibility; $200 million debt is too much
- Get grants for play fields/Community Park and Environmentals
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