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Orange County, CA November 7, 2006 Election
 Smart Voter Robert J "Bob" Ooten

Candidate for
Board Member; Costa Mesa Sanitary District

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Biographical Highlights
  • Occupation: Retired Sanitary Engineer
  • Retired from 25 years as Director of Operation and Maintenance: Orange County Sanitation District
  • Association of Municipal Sanitation Agency: Sanitary Engineering Goverment Reinvention Founding Member
  • California Water Environment Association President, Treasurer and Director
  • National Water Research Institute Committee Member
  • Registered Professional Engineer with a Masters Degree in Sanitary Engineering
  • Member Of the County Integrated Waste Management Commission that oversees trash Disposal and trash recycling
Top Priorities if Elected
  • I will provide the Board and Staff with Sanitary Enginnering, trash recycling, and trash disposal experience and expertise.
  • I am a fiscal conservative. My goal is to employ strategic planning concepts that successfully saved homeowners Sanitation District fees in the past
  • I will provide a full report on the Standard trash Cans that we were told were free, but in fact cost each household over $120 in trash fee increases
Key Endorsements
  • Orange County Superviser Jim Silva
  • Former City Councilman and Sanitary District Board Memeber Mike Shaeffer
  • Jim Warner former Sanitary District Board Member
Position Papers
Standard Trash Cans
The District provided Standard Trash cans in 2001/02. There has been controversy about the cost to residents who understoood they were free. One incumbent's candidate statement says he introduced the can program at no increase in trash fees", when in fact the trash fees were raised over 70% the past three years to pay for new programs including the Standard trash cans.
Failing Sewer Infrastructure
The Sanitary District took over the sewer system from the City of Costa Mesa. What the City handed over had not been maintained properly.
 
Campaign Contact Information
Website: http://Ootenwater.com
E-mail: bobbyooten@aol.com


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