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STATEMENTS: What is at stake in this election.
Not long ago, the city front-loaded residential development that
created school overcrowding and city budget problems. Not long ago, the city
gave entitlements for gas stations, fast food restaurants and towering signs
along the freeway. Not long ago, the city almost cut down the street trees
along 5th Street and B Street to make way for road widenings.
Citizens have worked hard to reverse these trends with some success.
But we cannot take this success for granted. I share the goals and values
of the citizens who have kept Davis so special, and if elected, I will continue
to uphold these values.
-Pam Gunnell
From the Gunnell campaign, we would like to thank the community of Davis for
letting Pam speak, visit and interact with you, the citizens of Davis. It has been
one of the most enjoyable campaigns in terms of city-wide goodwill that I and
many have worked. As a worker in her campaign, I got to know her much better.
I have known who Pam was and her qualifications and her capabilities since 1994,
when she was put forward by a personally beloved city council member as a
member of the planning commission. She is one of the most kind, but firm, people
I have ever met. And, one of the most optomistic in spirit; there was time and time
again, when I just heard from her how the "glass is half-full," not "half-empty."
As chair of the planning commission she has shown patience and compassion,
allowing the public to speak and actually listening to what is being said. She does
all of this while keeping the meetings on track through the agenda. What I hear
is that people that appear before the planning commission feel that they have been
heard and been dealt with fairly in regards to the commissioner and chair, Pam
Gunnell. She is one of the top three, most constructive and civil people I personally
know in Davis. Davis is a better place because of her civic participation and I
personally believe in and agree with what she has and continues to do in Davis.
“Pam is the only council candidate
with significant experience in Davis
planning issues. We are facing
challenging times and we need
Pam’s expertise and her thorough
and thoughtful approach to problem
solving.”
-Sue Greenwald,
City of Davis
Councilwoman
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“As she is a mother with 3 children in the Davis schools who is
actively involved in the community, I trust Pam to make decisions
that will be in the community’s best interest.”
- -John Poulos,
- Davis School Board Member
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“Pam has the talent for consensus
building that is needed for this job.
She has my vote."
-Mayor Ken Wagstaff
“I know first hand that Pam has a
deep understanding of the city
budget and the realities of Davis city financing.”
-Art Packenham
City of Davis Finance and
Economics Commissioner
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“Pam will work for environmentally sensitive planning
that is beneficial to both the city and UC Davis.”
- -Rick Grosberg,
- Professor of Evolutionary
- Biology and Ecology, UCD
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