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Santa Clara County, CA November 3, 1998 General

Councilmember; City of Mountain View

Candidates (Vote for 3)
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Sally Lieber 7,516 votes 17.8%

  • Occupation: Community Volunteer
  • President, Alliance for a New Moffett Field
  • 1998 Outstanding Community Leader Award
  • Vice-Chair, Old Mountain View Neighborhood Association
  • Naturalizations Chair, League of Women Voters
  • School Bond (Measure D) Steering Committee Member
  • Volunteer Tutor, Mentoring Coordinator and Scholarship Founder
Priorities:
  • Protect and improve Mountain View as a clean, quiet place to live and work
  • Improve neighborhood safety and our sense of community; give our children and youth the best possible chance to succeed
  • Plan for a non-aviation future at Moffett, limit growth and provide greater opportunity for citizen input
Ralph Faravelli 6,857 votes 16.2%
  • Occupation: Incumbent
Mike Kasperzak 6,337 votes 15.0%
  • Occupation: Mediator-Dispute Resolution Specialists
  • Lewis and Clark College, BA 1976
  • Hastings College of the Law, JD 1982
  • Environmental Planning Commission: Commissioner 1996-1998
  • Mountain View Chamber of Commerce: Chairman 1997-1998
  • Community School of Music & Arts: Boardmember
  • Parks and Recreation Commission: Vice Chair 1995
Priorities:
  • Ensure affordable housing options to preserve Mountain View's unique community charactor
  • Create a Moffett Field Master Plan, build the Air & Space Center and prevent MFA from becoming a regional airport
  • Work for balanced growth that enhances our quality of life
Joseph S. "Joe" Kleitman 5,736 votes 13.6%
  • Party: Democrat
  • Occupation: Businessman
  • Current Councilmember & Former Mayor
  • Chair of City Neighborhoods Comm., 4 yrs.
  • Planning Commissioner, Chair
  • Childcare and Light Rail Taskforces
  • Environmental Policy Committee - L.C.C.
  • Humboldt State Univ. Bachelor of Science
Priorities:
  • Improving and preserving Mountain View's quality of life
  • Continuing to champion youth issues - our best investment!
  • Allow only compatible, high quality, infill development
Anne Nichols 5,703 votes 13.5%
  • Occupation: Retired Businesswoman
  • President, Senior Coordinating Council of Mountain View
  • Commissioner, Human Relations Commission of Mountain View
  • President & Newsletter Editor of Gemello Neighborhood Association.
  • Volunteer Photographer, Bubb School & City of Mountain View
  • Member, Youth Planning Committee
  • Member, Santa Clara County Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Network
Priorities:
  • Preserving & Enhancing Quality of Life in Mountain View
  • Supporting & Increasing Public Safety
  • Ensuring Future Uses of Moffett Field Enhance, Rather than Degrade Our Quality of Life Quality of Life
Dena Bonnell 5,330 votes 12.6%
  • Occupation: Chief Financial Officer
  • Vice Chair, Community Advisory Committee on Moffett Federal Airfield, November 1996 - July 1997
  • Member, Mtn View City Council, 1988-1997; Mayor, 1993
  • Member, Mtn View Environmental Planning Commission, 1984-1988
  • Member, Mtn View School District Board o f Trustees, 1979-1988; President of Board, 1983-1988
  • Chief Financial Officer, Valley Oil, Mtn View, 1979 - present
  • University of California, Santa Barbara: English major, Finance minor
Priorities:
  • Planning for, and managing, growth
  • Maintain a strong financial position while making necessary infrastructure upgrades
  • Work to continue NASA's presence at Moffett Federal Airfield and pursue annexation of the property
D. K. Lu 4,844 votes 11.4%
  • Occupation: Small Business Owner
  • Mountain View Environmental Planning Commission, 1995 to present; chairperson, 1998
  • Mountain View Downtown Revitalization Committee, 1989 to present; chairperson, 1991
  • Mountain View Community Television board member, 1994 to present
  • Mountain View Asian New Year Parade, co-chair 1991 to present
  • BSEE and BS Math, University of Michigan; MBA, Rutgers University
  • Mountain View resident for over 20 years; lives with wife Serena in Jackson Park neighborhood
Priorities:
  • Review the City's General Plan, bringing it up to date to reflect our values.
  • Protect Senior Citizens from unreasonable cost increases.
  • Keep the needs of our youth in all our City planning.

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