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Marin County, CA November 2, 2010 Election
Director; Marin Healthcare District Voter Information

4 Year Term.

Results as of Jan 6 2:58pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (158/158)
(523 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.35%)
Candidates (Vote for 3)
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Larry A. Bedard 43946 votes 29.53%

  • Occupation: Emergency Physician
Jennifer Rienks Click here for more information about this candidate 39517 votes 26.56%
  • Occupation: Incumbent
  • Health Policy Analyst & Researcher, UCSF
  • BA, University of Connecticut
  • MS, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz
Priorities:
  • Ensure that Marin General Hospital is operated with transparency, accountability, and for the benefit of Marin residents
  • Rebuilding Marin General into a seismically safer, state-of-the-art "green" hospital
  • Attracting new physicians to Marin to improve access to care and replace retiring physicians
James A. Clever Click here for more information about this candidate 34463 votes 23.16%
  • Occupation: Incumbent
  • Stanford U. AB '58, MD '62
  • Private practice of Internal Medicine, SF 1970-2005
  • Chief of Staff, Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center,1984-7
  • Member many not for profit boards in Marin & San Francisco
  • Vice President, Marin Healthcare District Board
  • Dipsea Race, 31 consecutive years, "in the shirts" 7 times.
Priorities:
  • Plan, finance and build new MGH wing to meet seismic code
  • Provide highest quality hospital care for all residents of Marin
  • Promote healthy lifestyles and behaviors.
Lori Wood Click here for more information about this candidate 16462 votes 11.06%
  • Occupation: Executive Administrator
  • Bachelor's Degree in Anthropology, U.C. Berkeley
  • Community Volunteer
  • Notary Public
Priorities:
  • Restore open meetings and ensure hospital board follows California's open government laws
  • Rewrite bylaws to prevent self dealing and financial & other conflicts of interest on hospital board; promote openness & honesty; reward/respect staff
  • Realistically address ability to recoup hospital profits taken by Sutter, plan for an earthquake, review $57M IT contract, reduce CEO's $800K/yr pay.
Joseph "Joe" Salama Click here for more information about this candidate 13899 votes 9.34%
  • Occupation: Mediator/Attorney
  • Certified and court appointed mediator
  • Lived in Marin almost continuously since 1973
  • Law Degree
  • Economics degreee
Priorities:
  • Changing bylaws for board to no longer allow conflicts of interest among board members
  • Changing bylaws for board to no longer allow secret meetings
  • Changing bylaws for board to permit transparency and public accountatability

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