Candidates
(Vote for 3)
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Janet Orchard
1,176 votes
16.2%
- Occupation: Vice Chair, Community & Environment Commission
- Small Business Owner & Manager
- Corporate Executive
- Community Volunteer & Organizer
Priorities:
- Preserving Cotati's Future
- Renewing a Cooperative Spirit
- Valuing Our Seniors & Giving Our Children Positive Opportunities
Harold B. Berkemeier
1,063 votes
14.6%
- Occupation: Councilmember, City of Cotati
- Small Business Owner & Landscape Contractor
- Mayor, City of Cotati 1994-1995 & 1999
- Board of Directors, Redwood Empire Municipal Insurance Fund
- Member, Sonoma County Open Space Committee
- Co-Organizer Inaugural Kid's Parade
- Community Volunteer
Priorities:
- Economic Development
- Youth Recreation
- Fiscal Responsibility
Janet Kurvers
917 votes
12.6%
- Occupation: Retail Management
- Small business owner
- Motivational group facilitator
- Team Leader, Whole Foods Market
- Thomas Page PTA member
- Rancho Cotati Little League Board member
- Lector at Saint Joseph Church
Priorities:
- Economic Revitalization and Development
- Youth and Senior Services
- Leadership Accountability
Donald M. Van Dyke
649 votes
8.9%
(This candidate has not responded to SmartVoter)
Pia C. Jensen
560 votes
7.7%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- 1997-2000 Member Association of Bay Area Governments
- 1996-2000 Member of League of California Cities
- 1996-1997 Member of Contract Negotiation Team of California State University for High Tech proposal
- Educated in Environmental Studies and Planning, Sonoma State University (SSU)
- 1996-1997 SSU Associated Students Community Liason to Cotati
- 1979 Graduate Santa Rosa High School
Priorities:
- Accountability
- Preservation of Open Space
- Housing for Very Low and Low Income
Will McAfee
530 votes
7.3%
- Occupation: Businessman
- B.A. Psychology , Cal-State Fullerton, 1972
- Member,Executive Committee,Sierra Club,Redwood Chapter &Sonoma Group
- Member,Russian River Watershed Council
Priorities:
- Wisely Managed Growth
- Very Low, Low and Moderate Income Housing
- Conservation of Natural Resources
Patricia Jonas Voulgaris
519 votes
7.1%
- Occupation: Retired Business Woman
- Owner of Taxi Cab Company in Berkeley and San Francisco
Priorities:
- Bring Business into Cotati with good paying jobs
- Keep sensible growth and open space
- Maintain Cotati's small town charm
Michael S. Nemeth
441 votes
6.1%
(This candidate has not responded to SmartVoter)
- Occupation: Teacher, Guidance Counselor
Creighton Bell
424 votes
5.8%
- Occupation: Postal Worker
- Cotati post office 15 years
- Membership chair-Sonoma County Historical Society
- Board member- Cotati Jazz Festival
- American Postal Workers Union shop stewart & former local vice president
- Docent-3 years at Fairfield-Osborne Preserve
- AA degree- Modesto Junior College
Priorities:
- Restore the Laguna de Santa Rosa & protect adjoining wetland. The current Monahan-Pacific project is to big.
- Improve the business climate downtown with more variety of shops & calmer traffic flow.
- Growth- We may have built beyond the limits of our water shed. If we build, where do we get the additional water?
Jason Goebel
339 votes
4.7%
(This candidate has not responded to SmartVoter)
George E. Barich, Jr.
274 votes
3.8%
(Information for this candidate removed at the request of the candidate)
- Occupation: Security Consultant
Katherine L. Roberts
224 votes
3.1%
(This candidate has not responded to SmartVoter)
Cole Keller
159 votes
2.2%
- Occupation: Waste Water Operator
- Soccer Referee Youth & Adult
- Enviromental commission in Cotati 1 yr
- SRCEA Representive
- Soccer & Baseball Youth & Adult Coach
- Board member for youth organization
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