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LWV League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Alameda County, CA November 2, 2010 Election
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Vinnie Bacon
Answers Questions

Candidate for
Council Member; City of Fremont

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The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of Fremont, Newark, and Union City and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. How would you accomplish your three stated goals with the current budget constraints?

Stimulate Local Economy- We need to accelerate our economy by streamlining the permitting process and treating businesses as partners rather than adversaries. Fremont's industrial and business areas should be preserved for living wage jobs.

Support Our Schools- Many of the development decisions made by our City Council hurt our schools finances leaving them over-crowded and under-funded. The City Council must work more closely with the School Board and consider how their decisions impact our schools.

Adequately Fund Public Safety - Under our current City Council, police and fire services have been drastically reduced to the point where police can not even respond to unverified burglar alarms. We need a fee-based system like other cities have successfully used to allow our police department to reverse this policy.

Develop Quality Neighborhoods - Our current Council has been approving development that drains our historic retail areas and discourages pedestrian-friendly development. Many smaller cities like Pleasanton, Sunnyvale and Mountain View have worked to make their commercial districts into attractive areas that are a source of pride and tax revenue.

Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League.  Candidates' responses are not edited or corrected by the League. Answers must not refer directly or indirectly to another candidate.

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