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Mike Healy
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Candidate Mike Healy
Petaluma City Council

Mike Healy is a level-headed and realistic person with good common sense.  He served eight years on the City Council and in 2006 lost a very narrow race to Pamela Torliatt for Mayor of Petaluma.  Because of his extensive  experience, I think Mike Healy is a good choice for Petaluma City Council.  

Marcelle Guy
Go to candidate' speech on PCA.
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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

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"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated."   
Mohandas Gandhi
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The Voice of Petaluma City Council Candidate
Mike Healy
(Candidates' speech on PCA)

Posted here with permission
In 8 years on the City Council, I established a strong reputation as an independent voice, not permanently aligned with any Council faction.  I also developed a track record as a leader and consensus-builder on key issues.  I listen and respond to citizens' concerns.

I am committed to keeping Petaluma a wonderful place to live, work, and raise a family.  I am a lifelong resident of Sonoma County.

I recruited a movie theater to revitalize downtown, when many said that was impossible.

I wrote the floodplain building moratorium that was adopted.

I wrote the ballot measure supporting the Rainier cross-town connector that got 72% voter support.  I continue to support Rainier.  I also support the Southern Crossing of Caulfield Lane to Petaluma Blvd.  Funding for both of these projects is included in the new development impact fees approved in May.  A total of $48 million is to be paid in development impact fees for Rainier, and a total of $54 million is to be paid in development impact fees for the Caulfield extension.  That means that the development anticipated under the new General Plan will pay for both of these projects, aside from a modest contribution from the Redevelopment Agency.

I wrote the ballot measure opposing a Petaluma casino that got 79% voter support, and I'm a leader in the fight against the Rohnert Park casino.  I continue to advocate for a county-wide advisory vote on the Rohnert Park casino because the traffic from that casino - which would be somewhere between 18,000 and 60,000 vehicle trips per day - would clog Highway 101 even worse than it already is, with no mitigation proposed for 101.

I served as a director of the SMART rail district.  I strongly support Measure Q this fall to start passenger rail in the North Bay.I support giving citizens an opportunity to extend the life of the existing Urban Growth Boundary in its current location for an extra 7 years - through 2025 - which is the term of the new General Plan.  Together with embracing "smart growth" principles, this will help fight urban sprawl.

I support promoting Petaluma's economic vitality by revitalizing the historic downtown, attracting new shopping opportunities to complement what we already have, and careful infill development.  I support having City hall taking a more proactive role in recruiting companies that will create good jobs.

I work carefully to minimize the costs of city services to our citizens.  I was a leader in the successful fight against awarding the garbage franchise to the highest cost bidder.

I oppose the water / sewer rollback initiative, Measure K, and I encourage you to vote against it.  It would have a devastating impact on City services, on top of the cutbacks due to the economy.  At the same time, I think the current city council could have done a better job of sharpening their pencils and minimizing the size of the increases.  As one example, I would not have required current ratepayers to finance the first phase of the recycled wastewater distribution system, but would instead have waited for connection fees on new development to build the system on a pay-as-you-go-basis.  So my pledge is that if I'm elected, I will reopen the question of water and sewer rates and examine every issue with a goal of minimizing the size of rate increases.

I am very concerned about maintaining service levels - for police, fire, parks, and streets - in the current economic downturn.  Our City faces serious challenges.  I am committed to growing the City's revenue base so citizens can receive the levels of service that they expect and deserve.

I would appreciate your vote.  Thank you.
Mike Healy


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I support Mike Healy for a seat on the Petaluma City Council. 
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 . . .
w
ith your heart and common sense.



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Mike Healy was a member of City Council in 2004 when they voted unanimously to adopt the inhumane law that banned outdoors cats from almost the whole city of Petaluma.   The ordinance was drafted by Petaluma Animal Shelter Manager and a group of Shollenberger Park Docents and modeled after organizations such as ABC and PRBO.  (Read about it here)  Soon after adopting the ordinance, animal shelter began the extermination of Petaluma outdoor cats.

Recently Mike Healy met at my home with a group of concerned citizens and we spoke solely about the ordinance and feral cats.  I don't think anyone on the council truly understood the impact of the ordinance they passed in 2004.  As I often said, feral cats, if you don't see them, they don't exist.  They are invisible.  They have no voice.  But for the first time, I think Mike Healy really heard the voices of Petaluma feral cats.  We spoke with passion about these innocent victims of our society and our responsibility to them.  We made him aware of the considerable cost to this city to trap and kill the cats.  We provided him with information about the alternative method, TNR,  adopted by many cities all over the United States.
  
When the ordinance comes to the City Council for a change, I feel confident that the voice of these animals will be felt and heard.  Mike Healy is a man with good common sense and I think he understands that to continue the cruel treatment of our Petaluma animals will have severe financial consequences to the City of Petaluma by loss of tourist revenue.   In America we love our pets and cats are the largest number of pets in America.
Marcelle Guy

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