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LWV League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Sonoma County, CA November 2, 2010 Election
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Pam Stafford
Answers Questions

Candidate for
Council Member; City of Rohnert Park

 
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Questions & Answers

1. Please speak to the WalMart expansion issue.

The Wal Mart expansion was a legally permitted use and a building permit application. The original plans for WalMart eighteen years ago provided plans for this expansion. The decision of our Council, for me, was based on whether or not what they were asking for was a reasonable request for expansion. Legally they had the right to expand their exisitng store.

2. What are your feelings about the combined police and fire duties and the financial cutbacks?

Combined police and fire was originally done as a cost savings measure. We have expanded our fire services to provide for full time fire with staffed fire houses. Police are dually trained so that they can also respond to a fire and the currently assigned firemen can respond to police calls, if needed. The financial cutbacks in police and fire have been a necessity in light of the current economic climate. Everyone is doing more with less.

3. Please give your views on the considered merger of Cotati and Penngrove.

I am not aware of this merger.

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