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Petaluma, California
Located in beautiful Sonoma
County Wine Country
35 Miles north of San Francisco.
Population: 59,600
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City of Petaluma
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Petaluma
Mayor Pamela
Torliatt
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CITY
OF PETALUMA EVENTS
Election Time!
please vote . . .
with your heart and common sense.
 Time for change in Petaluma
Politics
THE CANDIDATES:
City of
Petaluma
Mayor:
 Jeff
Mayne is President of the Petaluma Downtown Association and a
Board member of the Chamber of Commerce.
His opponent is Dave Glass
and therefore, this is not a difficult decision. We need to
change the city council attitude in Petaluma, therefore, Jeff Mayne has
my vote.
Running
for City
Council:
Teresa Barrett
Present
City Council
Member
Mike Harris
Present
City Council
Member
Mike Harris
listens to his constituents and he deserves another term.
Karen Nau
Former Council Member
Running for County
Supervisor:
Pamela
Torliatt
Present Mayor of
Petaluma
The majority on
Petaluma
City Council is controlled by a vocal and turbulent
group with a clear agenda. Pamela Torliatt is a member of that
group and it seems that whatever they want, they get. Example: They
drafted the cruel feral cat ordinance to get rid of cats because they
say cats are nonnatives and should not be in the environment.
Council passed the ordinance. They
also want to get rid of white swans, otters, red foxes, bull frogs -
anything nonnatives to Petaluma and this city council give into them
time after time. Petaluma, a city out of control.
I don't want our County Supervisor controlled the way this
city has been controlled for way too long. To think Pamela
Torliatt could become County Supervisor is scary. Petaluma
is out of control on many
issues; loss of tax revenues because people are forced to
shop out of
town is a major issue and after so many years on city council, I attribute this directly to Pam Torliatt
and David Glass.
Pam talks, and she smiles a lot but when it comes to making decisions,
she
does not know you. She turns her back and face her special
friends. I am very disappointed with Pam Torliatt.
David Rabbitt
Present City
Council Member
David
Rabbit said
that he always
respond
to his constituents. Not true. David Rabbit responds
to his own
special interest.
Between Pamela
Torliatt and David Rabbitt? From July to November I am hoping to
see some changes in these two candidates. Right now neither fill
my
expectations and there has been great disappointments from both
candidates. I must say for David
Rabbitt, I think he understands
the leakage in tax revenue. I think he understands Petaluma residents'
frustration for being forced to go out of town for our shopping
due to bad decisions by council
majority. But David
Rabbitt needs to be available to his constituents. Like
Torliatt, he has his own agenda
and my experience is that if you don't fit within his plans he
ignores you. When you are in public office you need to be
available to the people within your constituency.
My issues with Petaluma politics:
- Too many council members are unfriendly to
animals and are making decisions causing animals to suffer and die.
- The majority on
Petaluma City Council denied Petaluma residents adequate shopping
establishments in the city causing residents to drive several miles out
of town to shop for bare household necessities. I must say that Mayor Pam Torliatt is a
front runner to oppose new businesses in town - year after year.
This has caused us, Petaluma residents, extra expenses and
waste of time on the road, pollution, stress and etc . . . Not to
mention loss of tax revenue to this city.
I have been remodeling
a two story 4 bedrooms, 3 baths house since late 2009. I was
brought to tears with stress and frustration because of time loss and
the extra expenses to drive to Rohnert Park and Santa Rosa almost
daily. I cursed city council every day for depriving
Petaluma residents decent stores to shop local and forcing me to drive
out of town. Petaluma is a city out of control and we need to
overhaul our local government.
Surprisingly, (considering
it is election year it is not surprising) a few weeks ago council
approved a new shopping center after years of denials and lawsuits.
So, who do you vote
for? Look for write-in candidates? Might be a better
choice than what we have to deal with.
Petaluma,
please vote . . .
with your heart and common sense.
Time for change in Petaluma
Politics
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Greed
at its best!
Again,
Bill Feeney/Sandalwood Estates sue City of Petaluma
Not
one - but two lawsuits in
December 2008 against the City of Petaluma from Sandalwood Estates Land
owner -
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