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D CITY MGRn CLER KFrom:James Smith[SMTP :SMITTY93401@GMAIL .COM ]
Sent :Monday, December 20, 2010 7 :21 :14 P M
To :Council, SloCit y
Subject :City Council Vacanc y
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Hello Mayor Marx, Honorable Councilmen and Honorable Councilwoman ,
I'd like to say I have some concern having a four person city council determine this vacant seat o n
behalf of the entire voting people of San Luis Obispo who have just voted Nov 2 for city council seats .
Over 24,000 votes were cast for the six city council candidates and now we are going to have four cit y
council votes determine the outcome of the next city councilperson . This seems to be a bead y
acceptable means of electing a councilperson . Knowing that a vacant seat could arise was a definite
possibility, should Jan become Mayor, I feel there should have been an amendment in place prior t o
the election stating that the next highest vote gatherer would automatically be awarded the seat .I
hope this council will correct this for the future .
I feel there are two indelible qualifications needed for candidates running for city council, one of the m
is knocking on neighborhood doors and meeting the people of San Luis Obispo and the other is to b e
heard as part of candidate debates .
I have a concern with two of the three candidates running in that they have not presented themselve s
to the public of SLO at their doorsteps and have not been part of candidate debates . I feel this is wha t
makes our local governments work .
A question I wish you could ask these candidates is, Why didn't they enter the Nov 2 election and ar e
instead doing it now? I feel the citizens of SLO deserve an answer to this question .
Thank yo u
Jim Smit h
639 Leff Street SLO For The Past 25 Year s
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From : Kevin O'Connor[SMTP :KEVIN@MAKECOLORBEHAVE .COM ]
Sent : Tuesday, December 21, 2010 12 :09 :13 AM
To : Council, SloCit y
Cc : Kevin O'Conno r
Subject : Dan Carpenter qualified to fill empty sea t
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I've known Dan Carpenter since 1970 . I can attest he'd be an excellen t
member of the council, thoughtful, hardworking and courteous . Pleas e
consider him for the open council seat .
Thank you .
Sincerely ,
Kevin O'Conno r
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Kevin O'Conno r
Publishing and Color Management Workflow s
kevin@makecolorbehave .com
From : llobo[SMTP :1LOBO@CHARTER .NET ]
Sent : Tuesday, December 21, 2010 9 :36 :09 AM
To : Council, SloCit y
Subject : city council vacanc y
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Dear Council Members ,
Please vote for Dan Carpenter for City Council today, as the voters chos e
him as top runner-up in our recent election .
Suzanne Wolfe, San Luis Obisp o
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From :Dan Krieger[SMTP :DAN@KRIEGERCONSULTING .NET ]
Sent :Tuesday, December 21, 2010 11 :25 :17 AM
To :Council, SloCity
Cc : Marx, Jan ; Ashbaugh, John ; lizkrieger@charter .net ; slohistory@gmail .com
Subject :Dan Carpenter is the best choice for SLO City Counci l
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Dear San Luis Obispo City Council ,
We are well acquainted with the each of the prospective candidates for replacing Mayor Jan Marx's
council seat . Dan Carpenter stands out in terms of knowledge of our community and a very lon g
history of acting for its betterment .
We have had conversations on city issues with Dan for nearly forty years . No one possesses a bette r
grasp of the issues confronting our community .
We got to know Dan much better during his service on the Cultural Heritage Committee . As a
founding member of that body, We are always concerned about members really comprehending th e
often intricate details of each action item . Dan consistently went the extra distance to understandin g
the historicity and community contexts of everything he voted on .
Dan would be an ideal colleague and a real asset to your body . We urge you to select him thi s
evening .
Best wishes ,
LizK & Dan k
Liz and Dan Kriege r
Librarian and Professor Emeritus, Cal Poly State Universit y
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
President, California Mission Studies Associatio n
662 Islay
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-434 6
Voice : 805 .543 .961 1
FAX :805 .543 .712 2
dan@kriegerconsulting .ne t
slohistory@gmail .co m
dkrieger@calpoly .edu