[Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: ELECTION: Candidates Supporting BAREC, Quality Not Quantity]

[Gerry Gras]

FYI,

Gerry


--- Kathryn Mathewson <kmathewson at secretgardens.com> wrote:

 > From: "Kathryn Mathewson" <kmathewson at secretgardens.com>
 > To: <info at savebarec.org>
 > Subject: ELECTION: Candidates Supporting BAREC, Quality Not Quantity
 > Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 22:24:01 -0700
 >Dear Friends of BAREC:

With the election this Tuesday, June 6th, (D Day) I thought you should 
know that there are only a
few candidates running for office who have publicly supported saving 
BAREC.  Following are their
names:

Dave Cortese for San Jose Mayor
Ken Yeager for County Supervisor (District 4)...note that Mayor Mahan 
has not been supportive and
is running against Yeager
Joe Padnit for Director of Santa Clara Valley Water District (District 4)

These candidates are not taking money from developers and lobbyists and 
are ethical and honest.
They believe in a balanced community which thinks about schools and 
children, urban open space
where people live not just in the hills, historical preservation,
environmental health issues, more diversity of businesses especially 
small businesses, and quality
over quantity.  They see that infill housing everywhere in the heart of 
Santa Clara Valley brings
more and more commuters from richer northern bay area cites and this 
makes us poorer.  "Housing is
a dead bang looser for income" (Terry Trumbell, Environmental Law 
Professor).

This is currently far removed from what is happening with our local 
governments.  Having a few of
these kinds of people in leadership roles will make all our lives better 
and will help to ensure
that BAREC is saved.  Maybe such a positive outcome will lead to 
attracting more balanced
independent leaders to our local politics.  The BAREC issues are clearly 
helping to bring such
thinking to the surface.

Kathryn Mathewson
408-292-9595
kmathewson at secretgardens.com