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Ranch Santa Margarita, CA - the RSM City Council battle lines are not only drawn, but are also well defined - voters will have a clear choice between the good old boys or new change:
The candidates vying for Rancho Santa Margarita's two available four-year seats on city council in the November general election include Tony Beall, Carol Gamble and Kenney Hrabik. The former two candidates represent the status quo in more ways than one, while Hrabik represents change and is endorsed by Councilman Jesse Petrilla.
A year ago, Councilman
Jesse Petrilla, representing the new, proposed term limits, a motion defeated
earlier this year 3-2. According to Petrilla,
term limits creates a fresh perspective with innovative ideas from new
blood encouraging new people to enter into public
service. Tony Beall, Jerry Holloway and Carol Gamble opposed
the motion arguing that term limits eliminate
candidates with experience as well as on matters of priority.
Currently, City Council members serve terms of four years at a time with no limit on how many terms they can serve. Elections are usually staggered so that every four years, two seats are open. Then, in the next election, three seats are open.
Carol Gamble kicked off her campaign last Friday saying that she was “…deeply disturbed by the deceptive campaign tactics employed by certain candidates in the most recent 2010 RSM City Council election… Sadly, I expect one or more candidates will once again try to deceive our residents in this year's election. She goes on to provide examples attributed to her opponent with her version of the truth:
Currently, City Council members serve terms of four years at a time with no limit on how many terms they can serve. Elections are usually staggered so that every four years, two seats are open. Then, in the next election, three seats are open.
Carol Gamble kicked off her campaign last Friday saying that she was “…deeply disturbed by the deceptive campaign tactics employed by certain candidates in the most recent 2010 RSM City Council election… Sadly, I expect one or more candidates will once again try to deceive our residents in this year's election. She goes on to provide examples attributed to her opponent with her version of the truth:
FALSE CLAIM: National surveys rank the RSM
business climate behind New Orleans, Philadelphia and even El Centro
…
THE TRUTH!: No such
national survey exists -- the RSM business community is thriving!
FALSE CLAIM: The City of RSM has a more
generous public pension system than San Francisco.
THE TRUTH!: The OC Register
compared every OC city and the costs of their City’s pension plans to their
residents on a per capita basis and confirmed: “Spending the least were Rancho
Santa Margarita…at less than $3 per head.”
THE TRUTH!: The City of RSM
was one of the first cities to adopt Pension Reform to ensure future solvency
and sustainability. The City of Rancho Santa Margarita has NO unfunded pension
liabilities.
KENNEY’s FALSE CLAIM: City Council Members have
“exploited loopholes” to pay themselves full time pensions.
THE TRUTH!: RSM City Council
Members do NOT receive pensions.
KENNEY’s FALSE CLAIM: RSM City Council Members have
wasted hundreds of thousands of tax dollars and engaged in "greed,
corruption and unjust enrichment."
THE TRUTH!: This is really
insane! There is no “greed, corruption and unjust enrichment”! You
know I would never put up with such a thing! The City of RSM has a balanced
budget and finished last year with a $1.2 million surplus and $19 Million in
reserves!
K FALSE CLAIM: Our city has seen the rights of voters
trampled on by the City Council.
THE TRUTH!: In a new 2012 RSM citizen satisfaction
survey, 99% of RSM residents surveyed rated RSM as an excellent or good place
to live; and 92% rated our City government as excellent, good or fair.
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The
candidates’ statements emphasize the Old Vs. the New: Beall and Gamble in essence want the status quo, whereas Hrabik
wants change as illustrated below:
The candidate statement for Tony Beall, who is vying with Carol Gamble and Kenney Hrabik for Rancho Santa Margarita's two available four-year seats on city council in the November general election.
Hrabik
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Tony Beall
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Carol Gamble
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Hrabik's Statement
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Tony Beall's Statement
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Carol Gamble's Statement
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Fight
for the Rancho Santa Margarita Taxpayers
End Benefits Paid to Part-Time
City Council Members
Disclose Benefits Paid from
Boards and Commissions
Always keep Public Safety as
my Highest Priority
Protect our Children from Sex
Offenders and Predators
Bring Conservative Disciplined
Fiscal Responsibility
Maintain a Balanced Budget and
Protect Reserves
Operate a Lean Limited
Transparent Government
Create Economic Development
and Business Retention
Recruit Quality Businesses
Creating Local Jobs
Assure RSM has a Pro-Business
Friendly Environment
Cut Fees and Regulatory
Bureaucratic Red Tape
I Will Never Vote to Raise
Fees or Taxes
Oppose Annexation of Coto de
Caza
Complete Development of
Chiquita Ridge Sports Park
Install Term Limits for City
Council Members
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Continue to support
policies promoting:
lower taxes; conservative fiscal policies; strong families; vibrant local businesses; reduced traffic; and safe neighborhoods and parks. . |
I will continue to work to:
ensure our City remains fiscally strong; conduct City business openly and transparently; promote robust business and job opportunities; maintain public safety as a top priority; and ensure we all enjoy a high standard of living. |
When
Jesse Petrilla was first elected to the RSM City Council we k=asserted that
whether you liked him or hated him, one thing was a given. Petrilla is a change agent. We were spot on.
We dare
say something similar about Kenney Hrabik
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compared to incumbent Jim Thor. The Cotobuzz Journals’ Poldex is non-partisan,
heuristics-based indicator associated with relative name-recognition. Over the
years it has proven to be very reliable with few surprises, with the possible
exception of the 2010 OC Sheriff Department campaign. We should note that this
is the first time the Poldex© is being used in a relatively small local
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you follow college football, more than likely you know of or have heard of
the Fresno State Bulldogs football.
1994 marked the beginning of three consecutive losing seasons for the Bulldogs,
ushering the Pat Hill era, who defined, implemented and has cultivated a
culture of Anytime, Anywhere, Any Time, meaning that his teams are never afraid to take on any opponent, on their own
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Rancho Santa
Margarita- CA - Typical of the series we call, a HOA's Legal - Mind, A Terrible
Thing to Waste, Rancho Santa Margarita's homeowners association SAMLARC has
initiated legal action against City Council candidate Jesse Petrilla for
violation of the HOA's campaign sign policy.
But wait, there is more
- The city also has removed signs from
city medians according to City Clerk Molly McLaughlin
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - We say that the 2010 general election is a Shovel Ready Election – including the elections in the City of Rancho Santa Margarita (RSM). As opposed to the promised Shovel Ready Projects used as a justification to pass massive government spending that even the President now agrees, were not really shovel ready, in this case this voters guide is shovel ready: Get ready your shovel, put your boots on and get ready to shovel the guano out of office.
Petrilla Takes On RSM City Hall's Kerryesque Stand on Annexation and Public Safety
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - Jesse Petrilla, candidate for Rancho Santa Margarita City Council blasted the council for its stand on public safety and annexation. Petrilla took particular aim at the votes ".. cast by the three council members up for re-election, may eventually destroy the small town atmosphere we in R.S.M. have all come to love."
While the RSM city hall voted to increase its political capital with parasitic bureaucracies, such as LAFCO and CLRC by reversing itself to opposing LAFCO's amendment to sphere of influence, in essence committing to provide more services to more residents, it also voted to make cuts to its public safety budget: View this as Rancho's version of DC's smoke-filled back room deals which included Stupak's Soul Sale, the Cornhuskers Kick Back, the Union Bribe, the Louisiana Purchase, and others
The excitement in and around the Jesse Petrilla for Rancho
Santa Margarita for city council campaign is palpable, on the heels of
Congressman Rohrabacher’s endorsement of Petrilla. “I am very
excited about the momentum and support my campaign has received so early on. We
need to keep it up all the way to November.” Said Petrilla
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