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Orange County, CA November 3, 1998 General

Member, City Council; City of Mission Viejo

Candidates (Vote for 3)
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Sherri M. Butterfield 13,591 votes 19.7%

  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: City Council Member
  • Mayor Pro Tempore (1998), City of Mission Viejo
  • Mayor (1996), City of Mission Viejo
  • Founding President, Mission Viejo Library Foundation
  • Board of Directors, Orange County Fire Authority
  • Vice President, Festival of Arts Board of Directors
  • B.A. (English literature), University of Oklahoma
Priorities:
  • Maintain a balanced municipal budget and a healthy reserve.
  • Make prudent use of city revenues to provide essential services.
  • Stop conversion of MCAS El Toro to a commercial airport.
Susan Withrow 13,479 votes 19.5%
  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Council Member
  • Board Member, El Toro Reuse Planning Authority
  • Board Member, Orange County Transportation Authority
  • Board member Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency
  • Master's degree in Public Administration
  • Professional Urban Planner
  • Teaching Credential, UC Irvine
Priorities:
  • I am adamantly opposed to an airport at El Toro and will continue in my leadership role to work relentlessly to stop the airport.
  • Development in communities east of Mission Viejo is burdening our streets. I have required developers to fund key intersection improvements(1999).
  • Maintaining a strong economic base is critical. My approval of new retail businesses has added millions in sales revenues to the city's general fund.
John Paul "J. P." Ledesma 13,018 votes 18.9%
  • Occupation: Businessperson/Industry Analyst
Lawrence H.C. "Larry" Smith 11,142 votes 16.1%
  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Business Executive/Councilmember
  • President, The Allison Company
  • Treasurer, VNA Homehealth Systems
  • Fmr. Chairman, Visiting Nurses of Orange County
  • AYSO, Fmr. Coach
  • Fmr. Teacher, St. Killian Catholic Church
  • BA Political Science, UCLA
Priorities:
  • Oppose to Airport Conversion -- Support Millennium Plan
  • Continue Ballanced Budget Policy
  • Increase Public Safety Budget
Dale A Sandore 7,176 votes 10.4%
  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: sales-manager RICKY'S restaurant
  • O.C.C.A.N. chapter of the year 1986-87 Board member
  • Richard M. Nixon Inaugural 1 20 1969, attended
  • CAN PAC Orange Co. representative
Priorities:
  • support Millennium Plan for reuse of MCAS/El Toro
  • develop a comprehensive, cooperative plan to ease traffic congestion in M. V.
  • oppose giving public money for private redevelopment
Elisia Tabatzky 5,992 votes 8.7%
  • Occupation: Contract Representative
Joe R. Chavez 4,485 votes 6.5%
  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Computer Programmer/Tax Consultant
  • Candidate LAC Board of Supervisiors
  • Candidate LAC Board of Supervisiors (2)
  • Candidate LP/USD Hacienda Heights, CA
  • Board Member @ Melrose HOA
  • Affiliated @ MV Nadadores Swim Team
  • Affiliated @ Capo High Water Polo Team
Priorities:
  • Curtail investments of taxpayer funds in private sector.
  • Require the placing of large expenitures on the ballot.
  • Review Vigilante contract/MV mall/entertainment complex@5Fwy

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