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Dear Friends and Neighbors,
After four years serving Palo Alto as a City Council member and mayor, my passion for our special community is as strong as ever.
In my first term on the Council, while the city faced a severe economic downturn, I led by:
- Making our government more efficient and effective. I focused on reforming our pension and benefit obligations and reducing the number of city workers in our general fund by 13% — without layoffs — while maintaining our high level of services. Our staff has become more innovative, streamlined and agile and has increased efficiency through adopting new technologies. We have managed to do more with less.
- Protecting and improving our exceptional quality of life. I negotiated a well-considered development agreement for renovating the Stanford hospitals and I advocated for a responsible rail plan that safeguards our community. We have improved our city services and increased investment in our streets, bikeways, parks, libraries and facilities.
I have also collaborated with community partners to provide what’s exceptional in Palo Alto, even during very challenging times for cities everywhere. These partnerships have helped us to leverage our resources by playing critical roles in rebuilding our libraries, parks and facilities, preparing us for emergencies and building a more sustainable community. Thank you to all who have contributed in making our community better.
I am committed to continue my leadership in making our city government more innovative, efficient, better prepared for the future, more fiscally sound for the long term and a model of an environmentally sustainable, dynamic local economy.
I would greatly value your help through a contribution, an endorsement, displaying a lawn sign, walking a precinct, and letting your friends know about the importance of voting. You can make a difference on November 6.
I look forward to seeing you and hearing your thoughts.
Thank you for your support,
Pat
Endorsements
Organizations
Palo Alto Weekly
California League of Conservation Voters, Santa Clara County Chapter
Democratic Activists for Women Now
Santa Clara County Democratic Party
The Sierra Club
Honorary Co-Chair
Hon.Yiaway Yeh, Mayor
Hon.Rich Gordon, Assemblyman 21st District
Hon.Lanie Wheeler, Former Mayor
Hon. Greg Scharff, Vice Mayor
Elected Officials
Hon. Joe Simitian, State Senator 11th District
Hon. Ira Ruskin, Former Assemblyman 21st District
Hon. Jerry Hill, Assemblyman 19th District
Hon.Judy Kleinberg, Former Mayor
Hon. Larry Klein, Councilmember and Former Mayor
Hon.Barbara Klausner, PAUSD School Board Trustee
Hon. Melissa Baten Caswell, PAUSD School Board Trustee
Hon. Dana Tom, PAUSD School Board Trustee
Hon. Betsy Bechtel, Trustee at Foothill De Anza Community College District
Hon. Paul Fong, Assemblyman 22nd District
Hon. Nancy Shepherd, Councilmember
Hon. Sid Espinosa, Councilmember and Former Mayor
Hon.Yoriko Kishimoto, Director Open Space District, Former Mayor
Hon. Walt Hays, Former Councilmember San Jose
Hon. Kelly Fergusson, Councilmember Menlo Park
Hon. Susie Richardson, Former PAUSD School Board Trustee
Hon. Cathy Kroymann, Former PAUSD School Board Trustee
Hon. Karen Holman, Councilmember
Hon. Val Carpenter, Mayor Los Altos
Hon. David Casas, Former Mayor Los Altos
Advisory Committee
Pat Markevitch
Annette Glanckopf
Jon Foster
Carroll Harrington
Iris Korol
Penny Ellson
Brian Steen
Janice Hough
John Kelley
Len Filppu
Carl King
Asher Waldfogel
Chris Melvin
Owen Byrd
Community Leaders
Rita Agazwala
Steve Albertolle
Anne Anderson
Sara Armstrong
James Baer
George Bechtel
Sally Bemus
Darrell Benatar
Carolyn Brown-Digovich
Maureen Buckley
Wileta Burch
Lee Caswell
Dexter Dawes
Cedric de La Beaujardiere
Ric Denman
Annette DeStefano
Joe DeStefano
Leif Erickson
Claude Ezran
Megan Fogarty
Sheri Furman
Hilary Gans
Dan Garber
Annette Glanckopf
Anthony Glaves
David Greene
John Hackmann
Bob Harrington
John Harrington
Margie Harrington
Mark Harris
Wynn Hausser
Kay Hays
Doug Hohbach
Erwin Hosono
Mary Hughes
June Klein
Lydia Kou
Ed Lauing
Craig Lewis
Casey McGlynn
Stepheny McGraw
Bruce McLeod
Lynnie Melena
Margaret Miller
Debbie Mytels
Nadia Naik
Darren Neuman
Geoffrey Nicholls
Erika Papakipos
Michael Rantz
Susan Rosenberg
Diane Rolfe
Joe Rolfe
Stephen Rosenblum
Sam Savage
Rosemary Schmele
Naomi Seidcronkite
Sandra Slater
Alice Smith
Roger Smith
Bob Stefanski
Valerie Stinger
Martin Stone
Cynthia Swenson
Greg Tanaka
Anna Thayer
Sven Thesen
Lynn Torin
Linda van Gelder
Joe Villareal
Olenka Villarreal
Karen White
Elliott Wright
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