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Orange County, CA June 8, 2010 Election
Treasurer-Tax Collector; County of Orange Voter Information

4 Year Term.

Results as of Aug 20 9:40pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (2084/2084)
30.1% Voter Turnout (482,708/1,603,312)

Runoff Election 11/2/2010

Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Keith Rodenhuis Click here for more information about this candidate 133,085 votes 36.0%

  • Occupation: Deputy Treasurer, County of Orange
  • Fiduciary Oversight of $13 billion of Public Funds as the Orange County's Deputy Treasurer (ONLY Candidate)
  • Registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission & National Assoc. of Security Dealers (ONLY Candidate)
  • Stock Broker for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & State Farm Financial Services
  • Cut Budgets 3 years in a row as Deputy Treasurer - without furloughs or layoffs
  • National Achievement Awards for Government Innovation & "Going Paperless" while serving as Orange County Deputy Treasurer
  • Investment pools under my oversight have earned Standard & Poor's highest rating for Safety (AAAm) and pension funds nominated for Fund of the Year
Priorities:
  • Continue Cutting Budgets by reducing overhead and overtime; less goverment burden on you the taxpayer
  • Continue Protecting Public Funds by making conservative and safe investments; all investments posted online for you to see
  • Streamline Tax Payment Process; take some of the misery out of paying property taxes
Shari L. Freidenrich Click here for more information about this candidate 123,393 votes 33.4%
  • Occupation: CPA, Elected Treasurer, City of Huntington Beach
  • Graduated from Washington State University, B.A. in Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting, summa cum laude, a CPA for over 25 years
  • Only candidate elected as a Treasurer of a Public Agency and has been elected 3 times unopposed
  • Only candidate that has actually invested and supervised the investment of public funds
  • Only candidate with Executive Treasury experience, a primary member on Pension Board and has performed almost identical duties for 13 years
  • Past President - Rotary Club of Huntington Beach, Soroptimist International - Huntington Beach, California Municipal Treasurers Association
  • Only candidate with 14 Years of operational private industry experience at 2 Fortune 500 Companies, Deloitte and Touche and McDonnell Douglas Corp.
Priorities:
  • Protection of Public Funds
  • Advocate for Taxpayers
  • Implement Best Business Practices
David B. "Dave" Lang Click here for more information about this candidate 63,392 votes 17.1%
  • Occupation: Trustee, South Orange County Community College District
  • CPA - 25 year Shareholder: HBLA CPA's, Inc.
  • CPA for more than 30 years; Member of AICPA, CSCPA, & PICPA. Worked for two of "Big 4" largest firms.
  • BS Accounting: Penn State University; Masters in Business Taxation: University of Southern California (USC)
  • National Board of Governors & Past President OC Chapter - American Jewish Committee
  • Past President: Rotary Club of Santa Ana; Irvine Valley College Foundation; and Orange County Academic Decathlon Association
  • Treasurer, Community Foundation for the Jewish Federation of Orange County
Priorities:
  • Restore honesty, integrity, independence, and trust to the Treasurer's office
  • Achieve maximum efficiencies for greatest effectiveness, always mindful that hard earned taxpayer dollars are at risk
  • Speak out as an advocate against expansive government operations and tax increases, particularly where private sector solutions may be appropriate.
Patrick "Pat" Desmond 50,035 votes 13.5%
  • Occupation: Auditor/College Professor

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