ELECTION 2020
Menlo Park Fire Protection District Candidate
Priorities
Qualifications
Virginia Chang Kiraly
• Improving public safety in every neighborhood regardless of socio economic status and ethnicity
• Incumbent serving the district since 2011 • Successful in maintaining the district’s strong financial position
Peter F. Carpenter
• To grapple with the current turmoil on the board • Ensure the District hires a Fire Chief after 2021 that will make the District continue to be one of the best in the country
• Decades of management experience, a long history of public service, and service on the board of more than a dozen nonprofit boards • Elected 3 times to the Fire District and has served on the board for 15 years
Sean Ballard
Candidate Statement not filed
West Bay Sanitary District
Three candidates, all incumbents are vying for the three vacant positions. Candidate
Priorities
Qualifications
David Alexander Walker
• Thoughtful management of the district as the boundaries expand and new regulations are enacted
• Incumbent since 1999
George Otte
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• 34-year professional career specializing in providing waste water engineering services • A licensed Civil Engineer • Incumbent
Frank Dehn
• Aggressive preventive maintenance of an aging infrastructure • Development of a long-term systemwide rehabilitation and replacement plan
Preventive Maintenance Water reuse Control cost at the regional treatment center
• Education and experience in business, management and community service • Manages a non-profit agency in Menlo Park
City of East Palo Alto
Three seats are up for grabs. All the incumbents are seeking reelection but have been joined by four others seeking to replace them. Candidate
Priorities
Qualifications
Lisa Gauthier
• Strengthening Economic Development- e.g., attracting and retaining small businesses; middleclass job development) • Improving public safety • Enhancing quality of life- e.g., resources for seniors, neighborhood beautification
• A Mother • EdTech Government Affairs Manager • Incumbent and former mayor and vice-mayor
Webster Lincoln
• Improve quality of life, health and housing security • Job development • Fight poverty and homelessness
• New to politics • Strong and deep roots in the community • A young-home-grown scientist
Larry Moody
Candidate statement not filed
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2020 | EL RAVENSWOOD 15
