Sebastopol Tomorrow Endorses Incumbents for City Council

Sebastopol Tomorrow has officially endorsed incumbents

Sarah Gurney
Patrick Slayter
Una Glass

to be re-elected to the Sebastopol City Council.

Our members have attended many City Council meetings and watched the Council Members function well together over the past four years. We have observed our current City Council working as a deliberative and decisive body, holding our town on a steady, appropriate course. Each of the three incumbents has contributed to the work of the body as a whole, lending their varied experience and expertise in a positive, constructive environment. Una Glass, recently appointed to serve out the term of her late husband former Mayor Michael Kyes, has seamlessly joined this collegial group.

Our Steering Committee invited all four City Council candidates to respond to a ten-point questionnaire covering current local issues. Our decision is based on those answers as well as our observation. Responses in their entirety will be available on our web site after September 23. www.sebastopoltomorrow.org

About Sebastopol Tomorrow: Sebastopol Tomorrow has been encouraging citizen involvement in local issues since 1985. Sixteen years ago SEBASTOPOL TOMORROW helped to elect a City Council that voted to protect the unique small town character of our city against the pressures for sprawl, for more traffic, and for expensive housing. We stopped huge developments that threatened to ring the town and obliterate sacred Native American sites.

We assisted in writing a General Plan that moderates growth, that protects the existing levels of traffic from becoming worse, and that helps to make our downtown more pedestrian friendly. We fought to build the town plaza, to provide more affordable housing, and to establish an urban growth boundary to control sprawl and moderate expenses for city services.

We looked to promote and welcome local businesses that spring from and serve our small town community, with our agricultural, artistic, and innovative interests.