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Home My WebLink About1990-11-06; Ballot Pamphlets (2)County of San Diego, California Sample Ballot & Voter Information Pamphlet GENERAL ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1990 POLLS OPEN AT 7 A.M. AND CLOSE AT 8 P.M. THE LOCATION OF YOUR POLLING PLACE IS SHOWN ON THE BACK COVER PLEASE TAKE THIS PAMPHLET WITH YOU TO THE POLLS Information concerning the State Propositions will be mailed by the Secretary of State in 2 separate pamphlets. A Spanish Voter Information Pamphlet is available upon request from the Office of the Registrar of Voters. Existe un Panfleto de Informacion en Espanol para el Padron Electoral y esta disponible en la Oficina de Registro del Padron Electoral. Solicitelo, si le es necesario. Compiled and Distributed by: CONNY B. McCORMACK, REGISTRAR OF VOTERS 5201 Ruff in Road, Suite I, San Diego, CA 92123 k4 Phone: (619) 565-5800 459 GENERAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 6, 1990 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICIAL BALLOT COUNTY - SHERIFF Vote for One JACK DROWNAssistant Sheriff, San Diego County JIM ROACHESheriff's Captain 132 *O 133*0 CITY OF CARLSBADMAYOR Vote lor One CLAUDE "BUD" LEWIS Incumbent MARGARET BONASCarlsbad Water Commissioner 136 *O 137*0 MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL Vote for no more than Two JULIANNE NYQAARDTrustee, Carlsbad Unified School District JAMES R. SWAB . Retired Comptroller/Accountant MARGARET STANTON Businesswoman/Community Leader JOHNJ. MAMAUXIncumbent 139*0 140 *O 141*0 142*0 CITY CLERK ' Vote for One ALETHA'"LEE" RAUTENKRANZIncumbent TREASURER Vote for One RUTH L. COYLEBusiness Consultant - Investments JAMES "JIM" STANTON 417Professor, Business Administration I*TI Proposition(s) for this city appear at the end of the ballot N-06-23 SO 459-08 GENERAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 6, 1990 - SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICIAL BALLOT CITY OF CARLSBAD YES 288 •* OShall the office of City Treasurer be appointive? _ . no289-»Q « YES 290 *P Shall the office of City Clerk be appointive? = \_ NO 291-K3 END OF BALLOT N-12-11 SD 459-1) CITY OF CARLSBAD Mayor CLAUDE "BUD" LEWIS Incumbent Age: 59 As Mayor of Carlsbad for the past four years and your City Councilman for the previous sixteen, I am extremely proud of the direction of our City. The decision-making process of the Council has been "What is Best for Carlsbad* and because of that we have seen Carlsbad become one of the finest cities in the State. As Mayor, I am proud to be part of these accomplishments: Enforcement of our City's GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN, retaining 40% of our land OPEN SPACE. . . . Expansion of PARK FACILITIES. . . . Soon-to-be-built LIBRARY at El Camino/Alga and future expansion of our present LIBRARY. . . . Redevelopment in the Downtown Village. . . . Preservation and Enhancement of our LAGOONS New SENIOR CENTER with expanded services SEA WALL & BEACH WALKWAY along Carlsbad Blvd.... Merger of Costa Real Water District with the City's Water Oept. and the goal of instituting city-wide WATER RECLAMATION HIGH TECH, NON-POLLUTING industry in our industrial belt OPEN GOVERNMENT, with citizen input at area meetings. I have enjoyed being your Mayor and would appreciate your continued support of my direction and leadership for Carlsbad. I LISTEN, I RESPOND, I CARE! CITY OF CARLSBAD Member of the City Council JULIANNE L. NYGAARD Age: 45 Trustee, Carlsbad Unified School District Julie Nygaard, an elected trustee for Carlsbad Schools for the past nine years, served as President, 1986-87. She is Past President of the San Diego County School Boards Association and a seven-year member of the California School Boards Association. She serves on Congressman Packard's Select Advisory Committee. Julie grew up in Vista and was graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Education. She and her family are fifteen-year Carlsbad residents. Julie's local volunteer experience includes: Board member of Arboretum Foundation; Vice President, Child Care Commission; Open Space Task Force; and Cablevision Foundation. She is a founding member of the Carlsbad Soccer Club, regularly works at the Carlsbad Senior Nutrition Center. Julie believes, "Carlsbad is facing a critical stage in its development. We must plan for open space, roads, libraries and cultural needs." Julie was active in the passage of the Growth Management Plan and is committed to its enforcement. Julie's school trustee experience taught her to keep an eye on regional events affecting Carlsbad. "I want us to use, not lose this opportunity to preserve our quality of life in Carlsbad." Julie has the time, ability and experience to help guide our Community. Elect Julie Nygaard on November 6th. CITY OF CARLSBAD Mayor MARGARET BONAS Carlsbad Water Commissioner I ask not for your MONEY, but something more precious, your VOTE. I represent NO SPECIAL INTERESTS. For 20 years I have been a Carlsbad leader in various City, civic and service groups. As Mayor I will continue to serve the needs of the community with vigor and leadership. Primary issues are DRUGS, WATER, GROWTH, ENVIRONMENT and FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. MARGARET BONAS has twelve years of elected experience: ELECTED to the Carlsbad Municipal Water District as Director -1978 -1990. REPRESENTED the District, and you, on the Board of Directors of the San Diego County Water Authority - three years. Served as: Chairman of the Audit Committee, Vice-Chairman of the Fiscal Policy Committee, Member of the Engineering and Operations Committee, Public Information Committee, Water Reclamation Committee, and concurrently served as President and Board Member of the CMWD. Professional contributions to the community extend beyond City boundaries. PRESIDENT of the Association of Water Reclamation Agencies -1980 & 1981, DIRECTOR on the San Diego Region Water Reclamation Agencies (Research and Development) - six years, DIRECTOR on the Joint Powers Insurance Authority/Association of California Water Agencies, and MEMBER of the Water Management Committee for Association of California Water Agencies. A VOTE FOR BONAS IS A BONAS FOR YOU. CITY OF CARLSBAD Member of the City Council JAMES R. SWAB Age: 50 Retired Comptroller/Accountant Jim Swab has been an activist for eight years in the fight for open space, quality of life, and reform of the City's pro-growth policies. "Carlsbad is at the crossroads," Swab says. "We must learn from the mistakes of Los Angeles and Orange Counties and change course before it's too late. Future development allowed by the Growth Management Program will nearly double the population by buildout and will increase traffic on city streets by a staggering 811,634 trips per day." Swab wants a full-scale citizens review of the General Plan and the establishment of Neighborhood Advisory Boards. "It is the citizens who should determine the future of their city." Swab has an accounting degree from Pennsylvania State University. After serving as a Navy officer in Vietnam, Swab served ten years as the civilian Accounting Officer for Camp Pendleton's hundred-million-dollar budgets'. Swab believes the City's fiscal policies are ill-advised and short sighted. "Spending should reflect citizens' priorities.'' James Swab has the right combination of education, experience, and commitment to serve the community well. CS-1300-1 SO 459-22 CS-1300-2 CITY OF CARLSBAD Member of the City Council MARGARET STANTON Age: 52 Executive Vice President, Jazzercise, Inc. Margaret Stanton, a 12-year North County resident, understands the challenges facing Carlsbad, such as growth, traffic, water and the environment. All require close monitoring to ensure they do not detract from what makes Carlsbad a special place to live. She will diligently protect and enhance Carlsbad's quality of life and preserve the integrity of the Growth Management Program. As president of Carlsbad's Chamber of Commerce, a member of Carlsbad's Open Space Committee and the North County Transportation Management Association, and executive vice president of Jazzercise, a global business, Stanton understands the need to find regional solutions to problems. Carlsbad needs leaders like Stanton committed to not only working together to find solutions, but working with neighboring cities and county, state and federal agencies. Stanton is committed to finding solutions to the migrant problem that maintain human dignity and protect residents and their property. Opportunities to enjoy arts, recreation and open space right here in Carlsbad are vital to Stanton. She is a longtime advocate of environmental issues and supports recycling and water reclamation. "I truly believe my positive approach to problem solving will benefit you and the city of Carlsbad. Please vote for me, Margaret Stanton, for City Council." CITY OF CARLSBAD Treasurer RUTH L COYLE Age: 59 Business Consultant The control and investment of the City of Carlsbad's approximately $70 million reserves requires a person with broad financial and investment experience—I have over 30 years of financial management experience. After serving 17 years as an executive with George S. May Company (an international financial consulting firm), Fluor Utah International, and 3 other national organizations, I opened my Carlsbad financial consulting firm in 1978. I was honored as Woman of the Year in Business & Finance by the National American Business Woman's Association in 1982. I was selected by the City Council to serve on the 1985 Land Use Element Commission that studied Carlsbad's growth problems. I received the 1985 Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce President's Award for distinguished community service. As an active community member, I am currently serving on the Rotary District 534 Governor's Communication Committee, and as Secretary of the Carlsbad Golf Association. I hold BA & MBA degrees in Accounting & Business Management and am a Certified Financial Planner (CEP). My corporate and consulting responsibilities encompassed the supervision of multi-million dollar investment programs. My goal is to conservatively invest the City's $70 million reserve funds to achieve maximum profit with a minimum of risk. CITY OF CARLSBAD Member of the City Council JOHN J. MAMAUX Incumbent Age: 58 SOME PEOPLE PROMISE - COUNCILMAN JOHN MAMAUX DELIVERS JOHN MAMAUX DOES SOMETHING ABOUT CITIZEN CONCERNS: Helped pass and enforces the City's award winning Growth Management Plan . . . Expanded Police Drug Enforcement Team . . . Highest Fire Protection Coverage California City ... Expanded Paramedic Program ... Pioneered Drug Education Program (D.A.R.E.) in Carlsbad ... Built award winning Senior Center. . . Aided mobilehome residents to own spaces. JOHN MAMAUX IS INVOLVED: SANDAG, Board of Directors ... San Diego Regional Water Reclamation Agency... League of California Cities Growth Management Task Force ... State Energy Commission Advisory Committee. JOHN MAMAUX IS QUALIFIED: Masters degree, governmental Administration, Wharton School, University Pennsylvania . . . Assistant Director Public Works, Beverly Hills . . . City Manager, Del Mar... City Manager, Carlsbad ... Trustee Emeritus Carlsbad U.S.D— Council, Carlsbad. JOHN MAMAUX IS RESPECTED: "...The citizens of Carlsbad are fortunate to have a councilman with the expertise and knowledge that Mamaux possesses representing their best interest..." Blade Citizen 1/90. JOHN MAMAUX GETS THINGS DONE BECAUSE HE WORKS HARD AND IS A TEAM PLAYER. ENDORSED BY: Mayor Buddy Lewis . . . Councilwoman Ann Kulchin . . . Councilman Eric Larson. RE-ELECT JOHN MAMAUX! HE'S EARNED OUR SUPPORT. CS-1300-3 SD 459-24 CITY OF CARLSBAD Treasurer JAMES "JIM" STANTON Age: 58 Professor, Business Administration Jim Stanton's background includes 35 years' experience working within public institutions to develop budgets, project cash flows, and account for funds. He is currently a professor at MiraCosta College where he teaches accounting and business courses. He has served three terms as president of the Academic Senate and two years as chairman of the Business Administration Department. A Vietnam veteran, Jim Stanton was a finance officer in the U.S. Navy for 20 years from which he retired with the rank of Commander. He was also an auditor for Arthur Andersen and Company, a public accounting firm. Jim Stanton holds a master's degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Illinois. Jim and his wife Sandra have been married for 33 years. They have 3 children, 4 grandchildren. Jim's goals as treasurer would be to follow the investment policy adopted by the City Council and continue a conservative investment strategy emphasizing safety, liquidity, and yield. He sees the treasurer as being a team member and pledges to work effectively within the city organization. Jim Stanton has the time, experience, and qualifications to do the job right. CS-1300-4 CITY OF CARLSBAD Proposition O (This proposition will appear on the ballot in the following form.) Shall the office of City Treasurer be appointive? ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION O The City Council has asked the voters of Carlsbad to determine whether or not the office of City Treasurer should be appointive. If a majority votes yes, it is the City Council's intention to adopt an ordinance providing that the appointment shall be made by the City Manager on the basis of professional qualifications in the same manner as otherwise applies to heads of the other City departments. CLAUDE A. "BUD" LEWIS Mayor REBUTTAL TO THE ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION O The City bypassed the voters when they took control of the Water District last year. The Council appointed themselves the Board of Directors and eliminated the separate election of five independent water commissioners. Now the City is proposing a "takeover" of the Office of City Treasurer. This action requires voter approval, for state law guarantees Carlsbad voters the right to ELECT their City Treasurer unless they specifically give up that right. Proposition O asks voters to forfeit that right by making the Treasurer an appointed member of city staff like other department heads. In addition to losing electoral control of the Office, voters would be adding a hefty salary to Carlsbad's top-heavy payroll, since an elected City Treasurer receives only token compensation. No system of choosing a Treasurer is foolproof—bozos can be elected as well as appointed—but democracy deserves the benefit of the doubt until the City proves otherwise. The City has failed to show a compelling need to change the elective system that has served Carlsbad well. The competence of the elected City Treasurer is not at issue. The City has also failed to justify the additional expense of a highly paid investment manager. It is a basic tenet of American democracy that qualified citizens (such as the present candidates for City Treasurer) will seek public office and that voters will choose judiciously among them. The City Treasurer should continue to be chosen by and accountable to the voters of Carlsbad. VOTE NO ON "O". ARGUMENT AGAINST PROPOSITION O VOTE NO ON "0" KEEP THE OFFICE OF CITY TREASURER ELECTIVE- We've all heard the saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Carlsbad has been electing its City Treasurer since the city was incorporated nearly fort/ years ago. This is the fourth ballot attempt to "fix" a system that works—by changing to one that has gone wrong elsewhere. Giving the City Manager or City Council the authority to hire and fire the City Treasurer will open up control of the City's $80 million investment portfolio to political influence. In Los Angeles, for example, the City Treasurer—who is appointed, not elected—was persuaded to deposit millions in City funds in a savings and loan controlled by an old friend of Mayor Bradley, who coincidentally served as a "paid advisor" to the same institution. We don't need that in Carlsbad. By state law, an appointed City Treasurer "is subject to the legally expressed wishes of the appointing authority." An elected City Treasurer, on the other hand, is subject only to the voters and the Government Code. City funds are the taxes, fees, and other public monies owned collectively by the citizens of Carlsbad. They should be controlled by a qualified resident of Carlsbad who is elected by and solely responsible to the voters of Carlsbad. Keep the democratic process. Vote No on "O". ANNE MAUCH, Secretary Project Future REBUTTAL TO THE ARGUMENT AGAINST PROPOSITION O The City of Carlsbad currently has an investment portfolio of $80 million. That's 80 million of your dollars! Would you want just anyone handling that much of your money? An elected treasurer need not show any qualifications for money management. He or she need only be a resident of the City. Project Future claims that city funds should be controlled by a "qualified" resident of Carlsbad. The only way to guarantee that a qualified professional is managing your money is through the appointive process. Through this process, the person with the desirable education, experience and ability will be given the responsibility of managing a growing portfolio. Choosing the person to manage your money should not be a political decision, but an economic one. Make sure that the most qualified person manages yow money. VOTE "YES" ON PROPOSITION O CLAUDE A. "BUD" LEWIS Mayor ANNE MAUCH, Secretary Project Future JOAN JACKSON, Member Project Future Pfl-0130-1 SO 459-58 PR-0130-2 CITY OF CARLSBAD Proposition P (This proposition will appear on the ballot in the following form.) Shall the office of City Clerk be appointive? ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION P The City Council has asked the voters of Carlsbad to determine whether or not the office of City Clerk should be appointive. If a majority votes yes, it is the City Council's intention to adopt an ordinance providing that the appointment shall be made by the City Manager on the basis of professional qualifications in the same manner as otherwise applies to heads of the other City departments. CLAUDE A. "BUD" LEWIS Mayor REBUTTAL TO THE ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION P Our nation's Founders feared the consolidation of power in one governing body, so they devised a system of checks and balances based on separate functions for separately empowered branches of government. Carlsbad, like most California cities, has only one governing body—the City Council. Our closest equivalent to "separation of powers" is the direct, popular election of City Treasurer and City Clerk. There is a reason why state law provides for the election of these officials. The City Treasurer safeguards City funds. The City Clerk safeguards the electoral process itself and controls the public's ready access to public information on the Council's conduct of public business. In Carlsbad the Council already has the power of the purse strings over the Office of City Clerk. The passage of Proposition P would take away the Clerk's independent electoral power base and eliminate one of the few checks and balances in local government. An elected City Clerk is our best guarantee of an independent election official. An elected City Clerk is our best guarantee of the ready availability of public information. The Council has offered no compelling reason to change a system which has served so well for so long. Retain your right to vote for Carlsbad's top election official. Shield the Office of City Clerk from City Hall politics. VOTE NO ON PROPOSITION P. ANNE MAUCH, Secretary Project Future JOAN JACKSON, Member Project Future ARGUMENT AGAINST PROPOSITION P VOTE NO ON PROPOSITION P KEEP THE OFFICE OF CITY CLERK ELECTIVE The City Clerk plays a key role in the interaction between citizens and city government. The City Clerk is responsible for • conducting elections; • processing citizen initiatives, referendums, and recall petitions; and • ensuring the accuracy and availability of city records. The City Clerk should be as free and independent as possible from the pressures of City Hall politics. An elected City Clerk is responsible to the voters directly. Appointed City Clerks are only responsible to their appointing authority. Elective status, therefore, confers on the City Clerk the possibility of a much greater degree of independence from the City Manager and the City Council. It seems inherent in the nature of all governments to expand, rather than reduce, their own powers and authority. Since Carlsbad was incorporated, five city councils have sponsored ballot measures to take away the voters' right to elect/re-elect the City Clerk. So far, the voters have said No. This measure, too, should be resoundingly defeated to discourage future councils from similar attempts. Keep the Office of City Clerk elective in Carlsbad. Vote No on Proposition P. ANNE MAUCH.Secretary Project Future REBUTTAL TO THE ARGUMENT AGAINST PROPOSITION P The most qualified person for the job is not necessarily the one who gets the most votes. It is true that the City Clerk plays a key role in the interaction between citizens and government. For that reason, the Clerk must be someone who is knowledgeable and capable. With an appointed clerk, this knowledge and capability would be assured. With an elected city clerk, the only assurance you have is that he or she resides in the city. Opponents of Proposition P argue that the city clerk should be as free and independent as possible from the pressures of City Hall politics. Appointing the city clerk would take this position out of the political arena! In San Diego County, 12 of 18 City Clerks are appointed. They were chosen for their positions through a competitive process which compared their knowledge, skills and abilities. This process ensures that the most qualified person is chosen for the position, and takes politics out of the position. The city clerk is still accountable to the voters, through the City Manager and the City Council. Make the office of city clerk appointive in Carlsbad. VOTE "YES" ON PROPOSITION P CLAUDE A. "BUD" LEWIS Mayor PR-0130-3 SD 459-60 PR-0130-4