Hi,
I am a senior citizen and Petaluma has been
my home for the past 35
years. I love Petaluma. It is a wonderful City with plenty
of history and wonderful people. Like everything else or anywhere
else, politics is not perfect in Petaluma. Sometimes a group of
people can govern a city and if no one pays attention, bad regulations
can become laws.
It happened in Petaluma in 2004 when a
group of people with too much
influence with City Council drafted an ordinance that Council passed
unanimously. The result has been high cost to the City and
citizens of Petaluma and the death of hundreds innocent animals.
You can find out more here: Petaluma Feral Cats
For that reason I pay much more attention
to the candidates running for elections. I want to know who they
are. I want to know their agenda and I want to know if they are
capable of making decisions for us or will they back the chosen
few?
About Karen Nau:
I don't care how many generations Karen Nau's family has been in
Petaluma. In my opinion Karen Nau
is not a good candidate for Petaluma City Council. Karen Nau does
not respond to her constituents and I say this from experience.
It is all about Karen's concern.
I think the majority of Petaluman will
agree that Karen Nau's agenda is Karen Nau and her entourage.
In addition I always said that a person who
has no respect for a cat or a dog (or any animal) should not have the
power to make laws for a government entity because it shows
insensitivity. To Karen Nau, animals are commodities.
Period. She showed no concern for the hundreds of animals killed
in Petaluma since council passed the inhumane feral cat ordinance in
2004.
It is definitely a "NO" vote for Karen Nau.
Marcelle
Guy
"The
greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way
in which its animals are treated."
Mohandas Gandhi
And please vote . . .
with your heart and common sense.
I support Spence Burton as candidate for the Petaluma City Council.
What others say:
Published:
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 6:22 a.m.
As published in the Press Democrat
Vote for Burton
Copied here with permission from Diane
Reilly Torres
EDITOR: People
don’t realize how Petaluma’s layoffs and service cuts
will affect them and why it is so important to elect City Council
candidates who are fiscally responsible.
Karen Nau and
Samantha
Freitas with the rest of the current City Council established goals and
priorities for 2008. A top priority was to ensure the fiscal strength
of the city by planning for the impact of the state fiscal crisis. In
February, the council was given an update on revenues and expenditures
of the city. They were told “expenditures will have to be monitored
very carefully over the balance of the fiscal year to not exceed
budget,” overtime must be watched closely to remain within budget, and
revenues are anticipated to be flat due to the housing crisis, yet Nau
and Freitas were surprised when told about the budget shortfall.
Petaluma has made
the most drastic cuts in Sonoma County.
Spence
Burton’s years of financial experience balancing a million-dollar
budget, his expertise in negotiations with people and his willingness
to make the City Council his only job makes him the most qualified
candidate.
Vote for Spence
Burton. Burton will make Petaluma a better place to live for all of us.
DIANE REILLY TORRES
Petaluma
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