City of Cupertino, CA Cupertino Election 2018, 20 Sep 2018

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From YouTube: Meet the Candidates 2018 (Cupertino City Council Candidates)

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Seven of the eight candidates for 2018 Cupertino City Council are featured in special two-minute video segments. This year's candidates include Tara Sreekrishnan, Hung Wei, Jon Robert Willey, Liang-Fang Chao, Savita Vaidhyanathan, Darcy Paul, Orrin Mahoney, and Tim Gorsulowsky. Remember to vote on November 6!

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The city of cupertino presents "meet the candidates.". This is your opportunity to.

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Meet seven of the eight candidates running for cupertino city? Council.- the.

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Eight candidates are liang, chao,, tim gorsulowsky,, orrin, mahoney,.

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Darcy paul, tara, sreekrishnan,, savita vaidhyanathan, hung wei and jon robert.

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Willey. and now: city council, candidate, liang, chao.

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Are you frustrated with traffic?? Are you frustrated with the direction the.

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City is going?. Are you one of those people who have attended countless.

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City meetings,, but you were ignored again and again?. It's time we are in.

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Control., it's time we elect council members who would actually listen and.

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Follow through,, so I have decided to run for cupertino city council for you.

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I'm liang chao.. I have lived in cupertino for over 20 years, where our children.

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Attend public schools. as a school board member. I have brought critical positive.

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Changes to solve problems., I have worked to restore trust and replace a.

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Superintendent. now,, I wish to address vital cupertino issues. cupertino is at a.

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Critical crossroads., unbalanced growth impacts, our quality of life. loss of.

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Retail forces us to shop out of town. poor planning burdens, public safety,, schools,.

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Parks, and infrastructure. environmental and traffic problems affect our health.

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More than ever, we need council members who believe in grass roots democracy.. We.

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Need to ask tough questions to keep the developers and polluters accountable.

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Because we are impacted the most., I will seek long-term solutions for lehigh cement.

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So that the city is in control., I will create an environment for local.

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Businesses to thrive, starting with the true revitalization of vallco shopping,.

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Mall., I will support quality, affordable housing for families,.

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Seniors and people with disabilities--not just tiny, low quality units.. I will.

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Advocate for apprenticeship programs for young adults,.

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Shuttle buses for seniors and children. as always,. You can count on me to be open.

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And accessible for community concerns in either city or school issues.. We are in this together.

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We, the people, should be the drivers of our future,, our home,, our city., join me in.

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This campaign for a better cupertino. vote for liang chao. vote for your future vote for your future.

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And now: city council, candidate, tim gorsulowsky. hi, I'm tim gorsulowsky. as a conservative business leader,. I am.

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Seeking this cupertino city council seat to work hard for the betterment of all.

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The people in cupertino. I have over 26 years of business experience in our.

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Community providing security services in cupertino and in the silicon valley. I.

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Understand what it takes to start up a company from scratch and work it all the.

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Way up into a multi-million dollar business. in cupertino,, we have the.

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Opportunity within the silicon valley to be a well sought-after area to conduct.

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Business., this can be accomplished by having the right people in leadership.

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That have the ability and knowledge of how to negotiate with companies to lure.

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Them into our city of cupertino., I have a long history of negotiating with.

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Companies and will work hard to present our city as the best choice for.

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Conducting business. ensuring safety in our city is priority. One., as a security.

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Services provider,. I have first-hand knowledge of a lot of the issues that.

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Are facing our city in cupertino and I'll work with local law enforcement to.

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Implement programs to reduce any criminal activity before it becomes an.

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Issue., I have had the opportunity over the past ten years to work with high.

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School career, technical education, programs. as your councilman,, I will.

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Promote cte programs because I truly believe in them, and I'm.

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Gonna work with our school district to offer the students the ability to have a.

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Stronger career foundation upon graduation and I believe this cte.

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Program will absolutely be a great value to them. lastly,. As a member of a.

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Disability advisory committee,. I will promote and work with city planners to.

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Implement changes and upgrades that are needed to make the city streets.

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Compliant and accessible to those with disabilities- and I believe this.

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Wholeheartedly and and that's why I've been involved in it, so many years.

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I would be honored to have your vote and will work hard to make your vote. The right, choice.

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And now: city council, candidate, orrin, mahoney. hi,, I'm orrin mahoney and I had the honor and privilege.

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Of serving on the city council and being your mayor a few years ago., I am running again now to help.

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Create a council that will collaboratively work together to.

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Achieve progress on cupertino's, key issues., first:, balanced development.- the bay area.

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Has a serious housing crisis, with many people being completely priced out of the.

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Housing market.: this includes our teachers, key to maintaining cupertino's.

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Strong reputation for its school systems., we need to find ways to selectively add.

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To cupertino's housing stock while protecting our current single-family.

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Neighborhoods' look and feel. second: improved transportation. traffic is the biggest.

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Challenge for the city of cupertino., we need fresh approaches to this problem.

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While there are some short-term actions,, like better bike paths and intelligent.

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Traffic signals,: we need a long-term plan encompassing a future fleet of.

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Autonomous vehicles that can maintain the convenience of the single occupancy.

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Car, while possibly connecting up virtually to provide the transit.

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Benefits of a bus or train. third:, preserving and enhancing our parks and.

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Open space. our parks and open space set us apart from most other silicon valley,.

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Cities. we need to complete the city's park master plan and enhance the.

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Amenities in memorial park and maintain and extend our great trail system.

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Finally,, if elected, you get proven performance.. While I was on the city.

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Council before,, the council worked together and added significant.

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Improvements to the city,, including trail and recreational facilities such as the.

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Mary avenue, bicycle and pedestrian bridge and the blackberry farm and.

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Stevens creek trail renovation. shopping, centers were modernized, and a thriving.

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Community gathering place was established with the main street project.

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and finally, the apple park. Campus was approved, providing for cupertino 's.

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Long-Term economic security with direct and indirect fiscal benefits. proven.

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Performance: that's why former mayors barry chang, savita vaidhyanathan, richard.

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Lowenthal, dolly sandoval, neighboring city, mayors,, local leaders and educators.

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Are all offering me their broad-based support.? I hope I can count on your.

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Support as well on november 6th. thank you. and now city council, candidate, tara,.

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And now: city council, candidate, tara, sreekrishnan., hi,, I'm tara., I'm a city council, staffer, community.

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Organizer, advocate for open space and clean energy, and a proud lifelong.

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Resident of cupertino. I'm running for cupertino city council, because I know.

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How to navigate red tape in order to create real change,, and I know that real.

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Change happens at the local, grassroots level. as a community organizer,. I've.

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Worked on campaigns and causes here in cupertino and around the bay area.

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Bringing together residents and stakeholders., I firmly believe that the.

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Involvement of ordinary community members is critical to solving our most.

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Pressing issues. as a city council, legislative aide,, I've worked through the.

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Many obstacles of a city government, using public policy and legislation. the.

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Policy issues I've worked on include addressing our historic housing crisis,.

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Climate change, prevention,, neighborhood traffic, mitigations, city safety,.

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Improvements, and code enforcement cases, to name a few.. I currently serve on the.

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Friends of dear hollow farm board of directors and the silicon valley, clean.

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Energy customer advisory group, where I am passionate about preserving our local.

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Green space and protecting the health of our community. I'll lead with accountability,.

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Transparency, and integrity. to tackle.

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Traffic, I'll work with city engineers and residents to implement neighborhood.

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Traffic calming measures. I'll expand parent carpooling options to all of our.

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Schools, bring a free, citywide shuttle to cupertino, and foster long term.

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Connections to regional county transit systems. to build our resiliency to.

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Climate change, I'll expand, recycled water programs throughout city medians.

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Public parks, and property to conserve water. together we can preserve the.

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Qualities of our past that make cupertino so special and proactively.

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Plan for our future with forethought to ensure complete communities without.

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Sacrificing our quality of life:, strong, schools,, safe, neighborhoods,, thriving.

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Retail, and affordable housing opportunities for our teachers, public.

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Service employees, and aging population. for me, the needs of the residents of.

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Cupertino will always come first,, not-for-profit developers or special.

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Interests. I want to ensure that city decisions and development approvals meet.

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The needs of our community and reflect the values and vision of our residents.

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My decisions will be thoughtful,, data-driven, and rooted in sound fiscal.

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Policy. vote for me to invest in the future of cupertino. thank you.

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And now, city council, candidate, savita, vaidhyanathan. hello., my name.

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Is savita vaidhyanathan. my husband and I chose cupertino as a home over 20 years.

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Ago. we raised our daughter in this unique city and proud that she attended.

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Our world-class public schools. for the last 4 years, I've had the special honor.

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Of serving on our city council as mayor in 2017 and as the vta board member for.

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Five west valley cities. in 2014,, you elected me, to make progress for all of.

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Cupertino. I've listened to you and directed my energies to the needs and.

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Values we all share. on transportation,. I successfully fought for our fair share.

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Of measure b, funding, brought apple and san jose to the table.

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To work on traffic relief,, I spearheaded the effort to launch pogo, a ride, sharing.

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Program for high school students. on seniors,, I led in the permitting.

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Of affordable senior housing,, which is now under construction,, and I coordinated.

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A multiple agency effort to launch ryde, a curb-to-curb transportation service. on.

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Environment, I supported the formation of silicon valley, clean energy,, offering.

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Carbon-Free electricity for all, and I advocated for more open spaces and.

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Trails. with lehigh,, we made significant progress on noise abatement and air.

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Pollution. by fostering public conversations,, I have pressed to create.

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Real housing solutions in our community for people of all ages,, abilities, and.

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Income levels, so our families can remain together and we can make room for our.

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Teachers and service workers., as we look at 2018 and beyond,, our needs are these:.

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Transportation, housing,, environment, and seniors.

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I have momentum working on these areas over the last four years and will.

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Continue to drive positive change., these issues transcend city boundaries and.

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Require working with our regional neighbors and partners. elected officials.

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In our region, trust me and are willing to work with me. through the vallco.

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Development process,, I will remain an independent, forward-thinking, voice,.

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Pushing for community involvement and input to create something beneficial for.

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All:, a mix of affordable and market rate housing, funding for our schools, support.

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For a transit, hub, and shuttles within the city and to mass transit like caltrain.,.

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I'd be honored to have your vote, so we continue to keep cupertino unique.

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And relevant. reelect me, savita vaidhyanathan, number three on the ballot. thank you.

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And now: city council candidate hung wei.

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Hi, I'm hung wei., I'm running for cupertino city council, because our city.

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Needs a strong voice to represent residents who desire to move cupertino.

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Forward. our top priority now is to rejuvenate vallco as a spectacular city.

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Center, that gives residents a place to gather, dine,, shop, and celebrate: a place.

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Truly worthy of cupertino. vallco is the perfect location to offer multi.

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Generation living options,, including teacher housing. from many years of.

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Talking with residents, it's clear that a majority look forward to a vibrant vallco. as your councilmember,, I will make sure that vallco is a beneficial.

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Project that makes our schools and cities stronger. residents hold a.

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Legitimate concern about traffic congestion.. We need innovative solutions,.

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Such as the pogo ride-sharing program that I commissioned as a member of the high.

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School board of trustees,, which is to reduce traffic around our schools.

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Traffic, however, recognizes no city boundaries.. I will build coalitions with.

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Neighboring cities and negotiate with apple to bring resources for frequent.

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And reliable transit to our region. teacher housing is another one of my top.

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Priorities. in a recent survey, 56% of fremont union high school district teachers said.

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That they would have to leave the district in the next six years due to.

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Housing shortage.. I will ensure that new developments include moderate income.

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Housing for teachers, in order to protect the quality of our education., we need to.

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Do our part to mitigate climate change and improve the quality of air? We.

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Breathe., I will seek appointments to the boards of silicon valley, clean energy.

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And the bay area quality management district. these agencies are helping us.

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Make the switch to cleaner energy sources and leading us toward a.

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Healthier future., with 11 years of school board experience,. I have proven.

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Leadership and consensus-building skills.: that's why all my colleagues on the high.

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School board,, regardless of our differences,, endorse my candidacy for.

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Cupertino city council.- I also have been endorsed by 11 former cupertino mayors.

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Vote hung wei on november 6th, and we can build the best cupertino together.

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And now, city council candidate, john robert willey., my name is john willey, and my.

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Wife and I are raising our three young children, here. cupertino- is our home.

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Unfortunately, cupertino is threatened by massive overdevelopment. That will.

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Increase traffic gridlock, will increase school overcrowding, and further.

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Exacerbate the housing, affordability, crisis. growth is necessary,, but it must.

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Be sensible, growth: growth in balance with our community and respects the.

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Needs and interests of the residents. traffic gridlock cannot be allowed to.

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Completely saturate our roads simply because developers insist on building.

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More huge office, buildings. overcrowded schools cannot be considered normal.

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With enrollments that exceed their intended, capacities, with students in.

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Portable classrooms on the playground, not temporarily but permanently.,.

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Our area's housing shortage and affordability crisis cannot be allowed.

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To become more outrageous by adding massive office buildings for another.

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12,000 workers to compete for our limited housing supply.. We want vallco.

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Revitalized, but there is no city financial need for all these huge office.

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Buildings. we need convenient, shopping,, entertainment, and recreation areas for.

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Our nearly 70,000 residents., we need local retail where we buy clothes for.

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Our children, buy the essentials for our family,, where we take our families for.

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Fun. and vallco needs sensible growth housing.. I have done research, made many.

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Calculations, presented the data during many city council.

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Meetings. I've knocked on many of your doors, letting you know what is happening.

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In our community, and I will continue to do this., I will keep cupertino the.

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Community, you sought and you want,, not 22 story, skyscrapers- that the.

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Current city council is facilitating.. I believe there is no greater.

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Responsibility for an elected official than to represent the residents., that is.

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Democracy., I will never waver from serving you, the.

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Residents. you have my word. thank you.

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We hope you enjoyed the preceding presentation featuring 7 of the 8 candidates running for.

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City council.- city council, candidate darcy paul declined to have his video.

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Included as part of this broadcast., the preceding presentation represents the.

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Views of the city council candidates and does not necessarily reflect the views.

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Of the city of cupertino. election tuesday is november 6th.. Please vote for.

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The three candidates, you think, are best suited to serve on cupertino city.

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Council. to view local election related programming online,, please visit the.

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