We have extremely vital and pressing issues in our country today including the threat to Habeas Corpus and our Congress and Senate endorsing torture. Unreal.
But I do want to give you an update on my run for City Council in Huntington Beach, CA.
Our pressing issues here are:
Preserving Open Space-
Our open spaces are threatened by a council majority that puts little value on parkland. Without studying alternatives, our council is giving park money to build a senior center in our Central Park. They are literally "paving paradise to put up a parking lot."
Protecting Our Ocean
Our council majority voted to build a deslination plant using old technology that will not only use an intake system that will kill millions of marine animals, but will also prolong the life of the aging, inefficient power plant next to it.
Clean Government
Two of our mayors in the last 7 years have been indicted and convicted of assorted and misdemeanors. Just two days ago, one former mayor was sentenced to three years in federal prison for an illegal condo conversion scam.
Fostering Business Opportunities
Our city needs to be more business friendly. Our planning department does everything it can to make doing business here harder. We need to streamline the bureacracy and make that department work for its customers--residents and business owners.
I am proud to say I have been endorsed by the Sierra Club, the Orange County League of Conservation Voters and the Huntington Beach Municipal Employees Association (represented by Teamsters Local 911).
I am running in a loose alliance with incumbent Councilmember Jill Hardy and Planning Commissioner Flossie Horgan. If we can all win, we will have a solid environmental majority on the council.
We have raised a competitive amount of money but could use more. Next week, we will spend $12,000 on one mailing alone.
As a longtime kossack, I'd appreciate any support you could give me.
This site has been instrumental in getting me off my butt and working for Howard Dean, John Kerry, and now, for my own candidacy.
Many of you have already given me a lot of support and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I promise I am putting all my energies into this race so I can win.
In this deeply red area, help us create a patch of blue.
Joe Shaw for Huntington Beach City Council
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