I would like to congratulate Katy Miessner for winning a seat on the Vallejo City Council. Katy came in with the second largest number votes, 6,301 as of 11/7/13.
A message from Katy: My husband Jeff and I moved to Vallejo in 2000 and we fell instantly in love with the charming neighborhoods, the warm and friendly people and its beautiful location on the Bay. 13 years later, we have made many great friends and call Vallejo our permanent home. As a City Councilmember, I'll work hard to provide strong leadership, and protect the wonderful city we all proudly call home! Thank you, Katy
My husband Jeff and I moved to Vallejo in 2000 and we fell instantly in love with the charming neighborhoods, the warm and friendly people and its beautiful location on the Bay. 13 years later, we have made many great friends and call Vallejo our permanent home.
As a City Councilmember, I'll work hard to provide strong leadership, and protect the wonderful city we all proudly call home!
Thank you, Katy
Below is Katy's position of the issues facing Vallejo from her website:
More City Services Public safety is our most serious issue. It's critical for our citizen's health and well-being; and because it's the largest portion of our City's budget, it's vital that we make smart and responsible spending decisions. My extensive financial background managing multi-million dollar organizations will ensure that we fund the city services we deserve and stretch our public dollars to support police and fire safety, seniors, families, working people, and youth.
Building A Healthy Local Economy The City works best when we work together to create stronger neighborhoods and fund the services we all deserve. My community and financial experience will ensure we have both.
New, 21st century businesses should be compatible with our existing strengths: Light industry and manufacturing on Mare Island, Tourism through the City, Health Services with Kaiser, Touro University, Sutter Solano, Higher Education at Touro, Cal Maritime Academy and Solano Community College.
I will send a consistent message to developers or those wishing to bring business to the City, by making sure that our numerous City plans are in alignment, and the permitting process is streamlined, effective and efficient.
The most important part of a healthy economy is putting people to work. To address the City's high unemployment rate, we need jobs for our citizens. I will support programs that provide vocational training and a pipeline to a career, especially one's that provide job readiness for local businesses.
Stronger Neighborhoods Street by street, to our neighborhood, to our government: knowing your neighbors leads to a safer community. Vallejo has a long and proud history of strong neighborhood associations. Neighborhood groups foster communication between individual citizens, other neighborhoods, and the City.
I support stronger neighborhoods through targeted code enforcement and coordinated neighborhood watch groups; enforced ordinances that address squatters, vacant buildings, and neglectful landlords; and strategic spending on infrastructure improvements.
Investing in People When we promote meaningful opportunities for everyone to get involved, we strengthen our City in real, tangible ways. Fostering community pride honors the efforts of those of us who have lived and worked here through the best and the worst of it, and builds our City for the future.
Many of our city's best accomplishments have come from the ground up-neighbor to neighbor-such as City Park build, neighborhood watch groups, litter cleanups on the Waterfront, Downtown and Sonoma Boulevard, homeless outreach, Participatory Budgeting and many more.
As a local community advocate, I know how to bring people together to work towards a common goal. We should continue participatory budgeting, and increase meaningful community involvement in planning, including the general plan update now underway. A neighborhood services department could foster neighborhood associations and watch groups, which would restore confidence and pride throughout our community.
Endorsement Questionnaires
Sierra Club - Sierra Club VJO City Council endorsement questionnaire 2013
Planned Parenthood - Candidate Questionnaire LocalPPSPAF 2013 Completed
Solano County Democrats - 2013 SCDCC Endorsement Questionnaire
Napa Solano Labor Council - Candidate Questionnaire LocalPPSPAF 2013 Completed
Solano Association of REALTORS - Candidate Questionnaire LocalPPSPAF 2013 Completed
Vallejo is the largest city in Solano County, California, United States. The population was 115,942 at the 2010 census. It is the tenth most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is located on the northeastern shore of San Pablo Bay. Vallejo is named for General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (the neighboring city of Benicia is named for his wife). Vallejo is home to the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom theme park (formerly Marine World and Marine World Africa USA); the now-defunct Mare Island Naval Shipyard; the regional office for Region 5 of the United States Forest Service; the California Maritime Academy (part of the California State University system); the Vallejo Center campus of Solano Community College; and Touro University California, a graduate school offering programs in osteopathic medicine, education, pharmacy, physician assistant studies, and public health. Ferry service runs from a terminal on Mare Island Strait to San Francisco, through the BayLink division of SolTrans. Vallejo has twice served as the capital of the state of California: once in 1852 and again in 1853, both periods being brief.[2] The State Capitol building burned to the ground in the 1880s and the Vallejo Fire Department requested aid from the Fire Department at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. As there were no bridges at that time, the Mare Island Fire Department had to be ferried across the Napa River, arriving to find only the foundation remaining. This was the first recorded mutual aid response in the state of California. From Wikipedia: Vallejo, California
Vallejo is home to the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom theme park (formerly Marine World and Marine World Africa USA); the now-defunct Mare Island Naval Shipyard; the regional office for Region 5 of the United States Forest Service; the California Maritime Academy (part of the California State University system); the Vallejo Center campus of Solano Community College; and Touro University California, a graduate school offering programs in osteopathic medicine, education, pharmacy, physician assistant studies, and public health. Ferry service runs from a terminal on Mare Island Strait to San Francisco, through the BayLink division of SolTrans.
Vallejo has twice served as the capital of the state of California: once in 1852 and again in 1853, both periods being brief.[2] The State Capitol building burned to the ground in the 1880s and the Vallejo Fire Department requested aid from the Fire Department at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. As there were no bridges at that time, the Mare Island Fire Department had to be ferried across the Napa River, arriving to find only the foundation remaining. This was the first recorded mutual aid response in the state of California.
From Wikipedia: Vallejo, California
Jonathan Gordon (linkage) Vallejo Street Prophet
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of United Democrats of Southern Solano County, The Solano County Democratic Central Committee, California State Democratic Party, or the National Democratic Party.
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