Please join me in becoming a political activist on Nov. 7. Your Chamber and the city need your vote.
As business leaders in our community, we will be looked to for our recommendations in the upcoming local elections. The stakes are significant, as is the value of your participation.
Carlsbad residents are asked to vote on several high profile issues including dueling ballot initiatives concerning open space near the strawberry fields at Canon Road, the next city mayor, and members of the city council.
The city and community have benefited greatly from the fiscal prudence and vision of our current mayor and council. Looking at the city from the perspective of business owners, we find the balance sheet in a healthy condition with all the bills being paid regularly, a strategic plan that is on track and well-thought, and finally, but importantly, we see there is a healthy cash balance in our reserve account.
Key projects are underway to improve our local road conditions, construct additional public parks and recreation facilities, and keep our community safe with adequate fire and police protection. Additionally, the city leadership is working closely with the community to address the revitalization of the village core (which may also include an exciting housing concept above first floor commercial shops), create a dependable water source for generations to come through a desalinization project, responsibly build-out our industrial and commercial lands in the eastern portions of the city, and protect and enhance the southern entrance to our community with the Ponto Beach plan.
Each of these projects requires an elected official with strong leadership characteristics, high moral values and considerable vision. The job also demands good people skills, meaning one should be a good listener, able to forge win-win compromises and willing to work long hours for little pay.
In my opinion, Mayor Bud Lewis and his city council colleagues, Matt Hall and Mark Packard, should be re-elected. Each of these gentlemen has the requisite skills, determination, leadership and commitment to get the job done. They bring a collegial and personable style to the task which helps move important projects along the path to completion. Disagreements are worked out behind the scenes, not in front of the electorate or the camera – a sure sign of a politically mature officeholder with the betterment of the city in mind.
A former speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Thomas P. "Tip" O' Neil from Massachusetts, once described the business of electioneering by saying, "All politics is local."
How true.
Bud Lewis, Matt Hall and Mark Packard understand the issues and goals of the business community, and have repeatedly demonstrated their understanding of local concerns. Each has rolled up his sleeves and pitched in with hard work, bright ideas and a commitment to community service. They deserve another four-year term at the helm of city hall in order to complete the very important work they started.
As business leaders in our community, we will be looked to for our recommendations in the upcoming local elections. The stakes are significant, as is the value of your participation.
Carlsbad residents are asked to vote on several high profile issues including dueling ballot initiatives concerning open space near the strawberry fields at Canon Road, the next city mayor, and members of the city council.
The city and community have benefited greatly from the fiscal prudence and vision of our current mayor and council. Looking at the city from the perspective of business owners, we find the balance sheet in a healthy condition with all the bills being paid regularly, a strategic plan that is on track and well-thought, and finally, but importantly, we see there is a healthy cash balance in our reserve account.
Key projects are underway to improve our local road conditions, construct additional public parks and recreation facilities, and keep our community safe with adequate fire and police protection. Additionally, the city leadership is working closely with the community to address the revitalization of the village core (which may also include an exciting housing concept above first floor commercial shops), create a dependable water source for generations to come through a desalinization project, responsibly build-out our industrial and commercial lands in the eastern portions of the city, and protect and enhance the southern entrance to our community with the Ponto Beach plan.
Each of these projects requires an elected official with strong leadership characteristics, high moral values and considerable vision. The job also demands good people skills, meaning one should be a good listener, able to forge win-win compromises and willing to work long hours for little pay.
In my opinion, Mayor Bud Lewis and his city council colleagues, Matt Hall and Mark Packard, should be re-elected. Each of these gentlemen has the requisite skills, determination, leadership and commitment to get the job done. They bring a collegial and personable style to the task which helps move important projects along the path to completion. Disagreements are worked out behind the scenes, not in front of the electorate or the camera – a sure sign of a politically mature officeholder with the betterment of the city in mind.
A former speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Thomas P. "Tip" O' Neil from Massachusetts, once described the business of electioneering by saying, "All politics is local."
How true.
Bud Lewis, Matt Hall and Mark Packard understand the issues and goals of the business community, and have repeatedly demonstrated their understanding of local concerns. Each has rolled up his sleeves and pitched in with hard work, bright ideas and a commitment to community service. They deserve another four-year term at the helm of city hall in order to complete the very important work they started.