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Arthur J. Faro
16,776 votes
19.7%
Official Ballot Statement
- Occupation: Incumbent
- BA, Univ. of Vermont
- MBA, The George Washington Univ.
- CEO Sequoia Hospital, retired
- American Heart Association Board
- Association of Calif. Healthcare Districts Board
- Sequoia Health Services Board,past president Sequoia Awards
Priorities:
- Want to keep Sequoia Hospital.
- Want to continue to see that health promotion & access to health care provided to all of our citizens.
- This District is a very important asset for the community providing assistance to health related organizations.
Gerald M. "Jerry" Shefren
16,403 votes
19.2%
Official Ballot Statement
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Physician
- Medical Degree University Illinois
- Board Member American Friends Foundation for Childbirth Injuries
Priorities:
- Insure adequate access to medical care for district residents
- Provide financial support to qualified organizations that provide preventive health services to district residents
- Provide oversite and support of Sequoia Hospital
Jack Hickey
12,333 votes
14.5%
- Occupation: Retired Research Scientist
- U.S. Navy Veteran (1953-1957)
- Graduate - Navy ET School - Great Lakes, IL
- Honorary B.S. in Electronics (Dalmo Victor)
- Inventor - 28 Patents (lasers, electronics, electro-optics)
- Taxpayers Advocate
- Chair, Libertarian Party of San Mateo County
Priorities:
- Provide property tax relief by suspending tax collections no longer justified for this District
- Suspend charitable Grants being disbursed by this taxpayer funded District
- Dissolve this no longer needed District with assets credited back to property owners
Warren C. Gibson
10,436 votes
12.2%
Official Ballot Statement
- Occupation: Engineer/Planning Commissioner
- Ph.D. in engineering, Case Western Reserve Univ.
- co-founder, CSA Engineering, Mt. View
- Planning Commissioner, City of Belmont
- pasBoard member, San Juan Canyon Presrvation Trust
- past board member, Psoriasis Research Inst.
- past board member, Masterworks Chorale
Priorities:
- Stop the giveaway of tax money to healthcare charities
- Stop collecting tax for the District.
- Return accumulated tax money to taxpayers
Sonya L. Sigler
9,841 votes
11.5%
David Rosner
7,366 votes
8.6%
- Occupation: Retired CorporateTax Attorney
- BBA, City University of New York
- JD, Brooklyn Law School
- LLM (Taxation), New York University Law School
- Senior Tax Counsel Intel Corporation, retired
- Foreman Pro Tempore 2001-2002 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury
Priorities:
- Adopt San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury recommendations
- Forgo tax collections to allow for reduction in property tax
- Develop a plan, with community input, for utilization of accumulated reserves
Harland Harrison
5,663 votes
6.6%
- Occupation: Software Engineer
- Belmont Resident for 20 years
- Executive Committee, San Mateo Libertarian Party
Priorities:
- Stop collecting taxes for a hospital which the District already sold
- Stop giving away the "excess" tax money, and return it to the taxpayers
- Implement the San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury recommendations
Arthur "Art" Bates
4,120 votes
4.8%
Philip Brattain
2,377 votes
2.8%
- Occupation: Software Services Development
- Phone: 650-522-8020 x101 (day)
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Events
- Candidates Forum for Sequoia Healthcare District Board
- Thursday, October 3, 7 - 9 pm, First Congregational Church, Euclid and McGarvey, Redwood City
Candidates Forum on TV
- Peninsula TV, Ch. 26
- Friday, Nov. 1, 4 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 2, 11 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 3, 5 p.m.; Monday, Nov. 4, 9 p.m.
News and Analysis
San Mateo County Times
The Almanac
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