Hello my brother and sister citizens! :)
Hre's the council candidates contact info:
* David Acheson - 319-7103 - [email protected]
* James Anderson - 234-9864 - [email protected]
* John Beesley - 592-1309 - [email protected]
* David Cabanilla - 836-8529 - [email protected]
* Dean Cofer - 318-0515 - [email protected]
* Mark Hathaway - 360-2711 - [email protected]
* S. Kim Hodges - 377-2382 - [email protected]
* R. Nicolaas Leydsman - 310-4968 - [email protected]
* James R. Mathis - 373-0189 - [email protected]
* Charles McElwee - 367-2775 - [email protected]
* Melanie McCoard - 373-1192 - [email protected]
* Neil Mitchell - 374-9337 - [email protected]
* Coy Dee Porter - 375-7231 - [email protected]
* David Starling - 427-5626 - [email protected]
* Richard P. Valgardson - 375-7486 - [email protected]
* Vernon K. Van Buren - 375-1167 - [email protected]
* Alvin Lindsay Wiblin - 377-9069 - [email protected]
I edited the over 1 hour presentation this afternoon down to just the
candidates speaking -- 48 minutes long.
Am converting it to web format right now and you'll get an email later
tonight when it's up on Youtube or Google Video!
:)
Roger
Roger L. Brown wrote:
*(Read to the end!)
*
Hi, if you haven't heard, George Stewart on the city council is
resigning to serve a mission.
There's 1 year left in his 4 year term and the city council has to
pick someone to replace him.
There are 17 candidates (or more correctly applicants) for the position.
* Since we can't vote -- there's no special election -- I strongly
encourage you to become acquainted with the candidates and to tell the
council who you would like to see as the replacement.
* Please email the council your input at [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
Members of the council each get a copy of any email sent to this address.
Below is a list of the candidates.
(I expect to have a list of their email addresses/phone numbers and
possibly questionnaire answers soon.)
* David Acheson
* James Anderson
* John Beesley
* David Cabanilla
* Dean Cofer
* Mark Hathaway
* S. Kim Hodges
* R. Nicolaas Leydsman
* James R. Mathis
* Charles McElwee
* Melanie McCoard
* Neil Mitchell
* Coy Dee Porter
* David Starling
* Richard P. Valgardson
* Vernon K. Van Buren
* Alvin Lindsay Wiblin
And if you haven't been following the news, there will be a
presentation made by each of these candidates today from 3:00pm to
4:00pm on Channel 17 (_archives of it will be posted online later_).
Each of them will have 3 minutes to present their case as to why they
should be picked.
/I haven't decided yet who I think the top pick is but I know who's
not on my list /-- Dave Acheson --
he's been very vocal in support of double standards in zoning! :(
He supports double standards that allow unlimited numbers of related
people to jam pack a house and cause major parking and noise problems
for their neighbors
YET 4 or 5 unrelated friends can't live in a large house with parking
spaces for each of them OFF the street, on the property!
Don't get me started -- the lack of charity in such a viewpoint
completely baffles me!!
-- see http://provocitizens.net/initiative/talkingpoints.html
_*The council has to decide by next Tuesday the 20th. So please get
informed and give your input to the council soon!
*_Email the council your input at [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
P.S. here's an article from the Daily Herald on the candidates:
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Friday, 09 January 2009
Ace Stryker - Daily Herald
More than 20 Provo residents (some withdrew so now it's 17) have
applied to fill the Municipal Council seat George Stewart vacated this
month, including neighborhood chairs, community activists and former
council members.
Stewart is leaving to serve a mission with his wife for The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico City. His replacement will
be appointed by the council at its Jan. 20 meeting. He said the
leading contenders for the job are Coy Porter, a former Provo fire
chief who ran unsuccessfully for a seat in 2007, and Dave Acheson,
co-chairman of the Wasatch neighborhood. The council has spent the
most time discussing those candidates, he said.
Other big names include Mark Hathaway, who served on the council until
losing his seat to Cynthia Dayton in 2003, and Karl Thalman, who was a
council member in the 1990s and lost a bid for mayor to Lewis Billings
in 1997.
"It's an excellent field -- incredible, quite frankly," Stewart said.
"I think that you have people that can certainly fill my shoes."
Neighborhood chairs Lindsay Wiblin of Carterville, Dave Cabanilla of
Riverbottoms, and Kay Van Buren of Grandview South have also thrown
their hats in the ring. Joining them are David Starling, who lost a
bid to represent state House District 62 to incumbent Chris Herrod
last year; John Beesley, a downtown business owner who opposed the
creation of a tax district to fund the Provo Downtown Alliance in
2007; Charles McElwee, who fought the Joaquin parking permit program
as a BYU student last year.
Councilman Steve Turley joked that interest in the position has been
surprisingly high given the field during the last round of city
general elections in 2007.
"When it comes to elections we're few and far between, but when it
comes to appointments, we get plenty of people," he said.
One applicant who claims to have submitted her name with no real hope
of being chosen is Melanie McCoard, a vocal resident who has run for a
council seat before and regularly brings up issues at council
meetings. She said she's running to bring attention to problems she
thinks need attention, including zoning enforcement, city employee
bonuses and development.
"I am trying to define the discussion," she said. "I take every
opportunity."
McCoard said Stewart leaves a big hole as he departs, and she isn't
sure whether any names on the prospective list could fill it.
"Right now, the council needs a champion," she said.
The council will be interviewing candidates through Jan. 19. It will
appoint a new member at a meeting Jan. 20, and that person will be
sworn in that night. However, if the council can't agree on someone
before Feb. 5, it will vote again between the two candidates who
received the most votes initially. Failing that, Stewart's successor
will be chosen by lot, according to state law.
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Thanks,
Roger Brown
ProvoCitizens.net
356-1032
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