[GPSCC-chat] Santa Clara County Supervisor Race

[Caroline Yacoub]

Thanks for that welcome and pertinent information, Wes.
Caroline




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From: Wes Rolley <wrolley at charter.net>
To: Green Discuss <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
Sent: Sat, April 17, 2010 11:03:54 AM
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Santa Clara County Supervisor Race

With the Supervisor's election set for June, and with signs going up all around the area, it is time to do some hard thinking about who Greens should vote for in the County Supervisor's races, especially for District 1.  District 1 includes Gilroy, San Martin,  Morgan Hill, Los Gatos, the Blossom Valley, Santa Teresa & Almaden Valley sections of San Jose and all the hill country (Santa Cruz and Hamilton ranges).  There are 5 candidates and controlling health care costs figures very high on the list of issues.

Two of the candidates (Mike Wasserman - Los Gatos and Forrest Williams - San Jose) make a very big issue of the privatization of the Valley Medical Center.  Also high on their list (as well as that of Gilroy vintner Tom Kruise)  is the cost of health insurance for county employees... asking them to contribute more per month - now $37 / month.  I would not vote for any of these three.  Of the other 2, (Teresa Alvarado - daughter of recent supervisor Bianca Alvarado & Dr. Peter Arellano) I would favor Arellano, partly because he is my personal physician at Kaiser - Gilroy and I trust him.  I have also dealt with his wife in meetings on freedom of speech vs. porn blocking software at public libraries and she also has a good head on her shoulders.

Dr. Arellano says that he would use his experience with medical services at Kaiser to look for ways to reduce costs, but does not talk of privatizing Valley Medical Center in the manner that Wasserman and Williams do.  He also points to his experience as a Gilroy City Councilman as learning how to balance a budget.  For those who follow South County news, whenever there is a 4 - 1 vote in the Gilroy City Council the 1 is most often Arellano holding out for more progressive policies. He has my personal endorsement.

In District 4, Ken Yeager is un-opposed.  So, you know the results of that one already.  Are you satisfied with it?

-- "Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better
and you don't,
then you are wasting your time on this Earth" Roberto Clemente

Wes Rolley
17211 Quail Court, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
http://www.refpub.com/ -- Tel: 408.778.3024

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