The PCA posed a series of 10  questions to candidates for the Piedmont City Council in the upcoming election on February 7.   Following are the candidates’ entire responses to question #1:

 If the Council concluded it was necessary to cut $1 million in annual expense from the 2012-13 budget, how would you advocate achieving this? > Click to read more…

The PCA posed a series of 10  questions to candidates for the Piedmont City Council in the upcoming election on February 7.   Following are the candidates’ entire responses to question #4:

What do you see as the 3 most significant issues the City of Piedmont will face during the next four years? > Click to read more…

The PCA posed a series of 10  questions to candidates for the Piedmont City Council in the upcoming election on February 7.   Following are the candidates’ entire responses to question #3:

How would you demonstrate leadership and initiative in addressing fiscal/budget issues if you are elected to the Council, especially during the next 6 to 12 months? > Click to read more…

The PCA posed a series of 10  questions to candidates for the Piedmont City Council in the upcoming election on February 7.   Following are the candidates’ entire responses to question #5.

 Do you support the full set of recommendations of:
– the 2011 Municipal Tax Review Committee (MTRC) on budget/fiscal issues?
– the League of Women Voters (LWV) Task Force on contract administration?
– the Audit Subcommittee on undergrounding projects?
– the City Administrator on priority for implementing these reforms?

Please identify any recommendation you do not support and state your reasons. > Click to read more…

The PCA posed a series of 10  questions to candidates for the Piedmont City Council in the upcoming election on February 7.   Following are the candidates’ entire responses to question #9:

The MTRC recommends multi-year planning, would you want to start with the 2012-13 budget? > Click to read more…

The PCA posed a series of 10  questions to candidates for the Piedmont City Council in the upcoming election on February 7.   Following are the candidates’ entire responses to question #6:

Would you support holding one or more public forums or town hall meetings on City plans for the future of the following public facilities?

• the East Wing of 801 Magnolia
• the Piedmont swimming pool
• future proposals for large capital improvement projects > Click to read more…

The PCA posed a series of 10  questions to candidates for the Piedmont City Council in the upcoming election on February 7.   Following are the candidates’ entire responses to question #10:

The City of Piedmont is eligible for approximately $500,000 in East Bay Regional Park WW bond funds.  How would you like to see this money spent?  (Identify up to 3 projects of priority.) > Click to read more…

The PCA posed a series of 10  questions to candidates for the Piedmont City Council in the upcoming election on February 7.   Following are the candidates’ entire responses to question #8:

If service quality can be maintained, would you support an independent study to determine potential savings to Piedmont by adopting the Albany fire department staffing model of paramedic and fire protection services? > Click to read more…

Vote No on Piedmont Measure A Sewer Surtax – 

At a Councilmember’s request, I read 2009 and 2011 federal court orders to determine
if they require the City of Piedmont to replace the remainder of its sewer mainlines.  I
also read the Municipal Tax Review Committee (MTRC) Report, the Council’s new
sewer surtax ordinance, various relevant EPA and Water Board documents and the Voter
Information Pamphlet section on Measure A. > Click to read more…

Friends of Moraga Canyon Charges Environmental impact Report Inadequate  – 

The following press release was received  by PCA:

January 5, 2012:  A lawsuit was filed today in Alameda Superior Court against the city of Piedmont by attorneys for Friends of Moraga Canyon (FOMC), a coalition of Piedmont and Oakland residents opposed to development of privately financed sports fields in a public Piedmont park.  The lawsuit charges that the project’s environmental impact report (EIR) is fundamentally flawed and that the Piedmont City Council approved the final plan for the project in December without adequate public review of significant changes made since last August. > Click to read more…