Candidates
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Don Bankhead
11550 votes
22.4%
(Candidate did not respond to our request for information.)
- Occupation: Councilmember
Pamela "Pam" Keller
10494 votes
20.4%
- Occupation: Executive Director/Educator
- Former Fullerton Community Services Commissioner
- Executive Director of Fullerton Collaborative Since 1998
- Former FSD Classroom Teacher (1988-1998)
- Graduate from Cal State Fullerton with degrees in Child Development and a Bilingual (Spanish/English) Multi-Subject Teaching Credential
- Board of Managers, YMCA / Board of Directors, Fullerton Sister City
- Married 17 years to John Keller (Who is a Lifelong Resident & Fullerton Small Business owner); Mother of 3-Christopher (10), Dakota (8), Alexander (6)
Priorities:
- Together, we will PLAN Fullerton where all of us - and future generations - can live in a safe, healthy, peaceful environment.
- I will PROTECT Fullerton from special interest developers that want to influence our future. I WILL NOT accept developer contributions to get elected.
- I will PROVIDE increased methods for public input to the council. You can count on me to be approachable and listen at all times.
Leland C. Wilson
9866 votes
19.2%
- Occupation: Small Businessman/Councilmember
- Mayor 2005-2006
- Life-long Fullertonian (product of Fullerton School Districts)
- Coach: Fullerton Hills Softball / Sunny Hills High Volleyball
- Community Services Commissioner
- Community Development Block Grant Committee
- Board: Fullerton Chamber / YMCA
Priorities:
- Provide safe place to live and work (increased police & fire)
- Preserve quality of life (hold government accountable, improve infrastructure)
- Continue revitalization (continue to move Fullerton forward)
Doug Chaffee
8191 votes
15.9%
- Occupation: Attorney
- Strong advocate for Fullerton's neighborhoods for more than twenty years
- Long time Fullerton resident; graduate of Fullerton Union High School
- Solid background in business law, city planning, and community service; he has helped hundreds of small businesses
- Instrumental in defeating the zone change at Bastanchury and Laguna (Providence Center) and he opposed the closing of the Sunny Hills Racquet Club
- Married to his wife, Paulette Marshall for 30 years, and father of Marshall and Adam
- Received a Law Degree from Northwestern University; Bachelors in Economics from University of Redlands
Priorities:
- Listening to our Neighborhoods, not out-of-town developers who want to build massive structures next to our homes and create more traffic.
- Promoting responsible growth that balances carefully planned developments with the needs of our neighborhoods.
- Working to solve the Traffic, Parking, and Pothole Crisis that is turning our charming city into an urban obstacle course.
Vivian "Kitty" Jaramillo
5461 votes
10.6%
- Occupation: Community Preservation Inspector
- Co-chair non-profit Maple Alumni Committee
- Chair, Community Development Citizen's Committee
- League of Women Voters
- Past Board of Directors Fullerton Rangers Soccer
- Past Board of Directors West Fullerton Little League
Priorities:
- Expand paramedic program
- Fight for open space
- Revitalize shopping centers outside of downtown area
Jen Hallstrom
4453 votes
8.6%
- Occupation: Businesswoman, Mother
- Realtor Century 21 Discovery
- Married 10 years to Rob Hallstrom, Mother of 3-Talia (17), Justin (9), Helena (6).
Priorities:
- It is very important to me to preserve the Coyote Hills for the enjoyment and benefit of our community.
- To promote good architecture and design to all future developments.
- To use redevelopment funds for the preservation of significant buildings/neighborhoods and addition of new architecurally significant buildings.
Ralph G. Baker, Jr.
1480 votes
2.9%
- Occupation: Private Security Officer
- BA degree in Political Science, CSUF
- Member, Fullerton Chanber of Commerce
Priorities:
- I am against the New Jail Project and the tax increase that would go with it.
- I will have the honor of helping to select the next Chief of the Fullerton Police Department.
- I do not like the way organizations have been treated. I want the city council to vote them a resolution to ask people to give money to them.
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