FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION Warning Letters to Mayor Sue McCloud, Richard Stewart, ReElect Mayor McCloud Treasurer & Clayton Berling, ReElect Mayor McCloud Assistant Treasurer

ABSTRACT: Warning letters, dated April 14, 2010, were sent to Mayor Sue McCloud, ReElect Mayor McCloud Treasurer Richard Stewart and ReElect Mayor McCloud Assistant Treasurer Clayton Berling by the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC). “Warning letters are issued when the Enforcement Division has enough evidence to prove a violation, but determines it is not in the best interest of the People of California to issue a fine. Individuals who receive warning letters are put on notice that future violations will result in a fine.” The Warning letters were the result of mayoral candidate Adam Moniz filing a complaint with the FPPC alleging that Mayor Sue McCloud failed to report “potentially thousands of dollars in advertising expenses” for ads appearing in The Carmel Pine Cone and Monterey County Weekly between February 28, 2010 and March 27, 2010. After the complaint was filed and prior to the issuance of the Warning letter, Mayor Sue McCloud accused Adam Moniz of being “dead wrong,” engaged in “character assassination” and “negative campaigning” and owed her an apology. McCloud further stated that she had reported her campaign finances "exactly the same way I've done every year." The Warning letters are reproduced in their entirety and COMMENTS are made regarding the vindication of Adam Moniz and the inappropriate, incorrect and unprofessional comments of Mayor Sue McCloud.

April 2010 Enforcement Closure Letter

Case Number 20100257
Name Susan McCloud

Warning

FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION
428 J Street Suite 620 Sacramento, CA. 95814-2329
(916) 322-5660 Fax (916) 322-0886

April 14, 2010

Ms. Susan McCloud
ReElect Mayor McCloud

REDACTED

Warning Letter Re: FPPC No. 10/257: Susan McCloud. ReElect Mavor McCloud. Richard Stewart, Treasurer, and Clayton Berling, Assistant Treasurer

Dear Ms. McCloud:

The Fair Political Practices Commission (the "FPPC") enforces the provisions of the Political Reform Act (the "Act") found in Government Code section 81000, et seq. This letter is in response to a complaint filed against you that alleged you failed to disclose expenditures in connection with newspaper advertisements. We are closing this matter with a warning letter.

The FPPC has completed its investigation of the facts in this case. Specifically, the FPPC found that you failed to disclose on your pre-election campaign statement Form 460, expenditures associated with the purchase of political ads that ran in the Monterey County Weekly and the Carmel Pine Cone newspapers.

Section 84211, subd. (b) requires candidates to disclose the use of their campaign funds. Specifically, subdivision (k) requires the itemization of any expenditure of $100 or more. An expenditure is made on the date the payment is made or the date the committee receives the goods or services, whichever is earlier. (Section 82025.) When amounts owed by the committee for goods or services that are received but are not paid for by the end of the reporting period, Schedule F of the Form 460 is used to disclose this information. If the exact amount is unknown, an estimate may be reported. (Regulation 18421.6.)

Your actions violated the Act because you failed to disclose the expenditures for the newspaper advertisements as accrued expenses. However you filed an amendment to disclose this information and the information was available to the public prior to the election. Therefore we are closing this case with a warning letter.

This letter serves as a written warning. The information in this matter will be retained and may be considered should an enforcement action become necessary based on newly discovered information or future conduct. Failure to comply with the provisions of the Act in the future will result in monetary penalties of up to $5,000 for each violation.

A warning letter is an FPPC case resolution without administrative prosecution or fine. However the warning letter resolution does not provide you with the opportunity for a probable cause hearing or hearing before an Administrative Law Judge or the Fair Political Practices Commission. If you wish to avail yourself of these proceedings by requesting that your case proceed with prosecution rather than a warning) please notify us within ten (10) days from the date of this letter. Upon this notification} the FPPC will rescind this warning letter and proceed with administrative prosecution of this case, If we do not receive such notification} this warning letter will be posted on the FPPC's website ten (10) days from the date of this letter.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

REDACTED

Gary S. Winuk, Chief
Enforcement Division

GSW/tr
cc: Adam Moniz

1 The Political Reform Act is contained in Government Code sections 81000 through 91014. All statutory references are to the Government Code, unless otherwise indicated. The regulations of the Fair Political Practices Commission are contained in sections 18110 through 18997 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations. All regulatory references are to Title 2, Division 6 of the California Code of Regulations, unless otherwise indicated.

COMMENTS:
• Mayor Sue McCloud’s statement that she had reported her campaign finances "exactly the same way I've done every year" implies that she violated the law in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008. Moreover, her claim that she has reported her campaign finances exactly the same way does not absolve her of being in violation of the law.

• Mayoral Candidate Adam Moniz was right to file a complaint with the Fair Political Practices Commission. As he stated, "a candidate's obligations under the law are not a joke, and she needs to take them seriously. This is about transparency and following the rules."

• Mayor Sue McCloud’s deflection away from the merits of the complaint to accusing Adam Moniz of engaging in “character assassination” and “negative campaigning” is a typical tactic of Sue McCloud. Instead of Sue McCloud demanding an apology from Adam Moniz, she owes Adam Moniz and the people of Carmel-by-the-Sea an apology.

ADDENDUM:
Political Reform Act 2010
Fair Political Practices Commission

California Government Code sections 81000 – 91014
TITLE 9. POLITICAL REFORM

CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS
TITLE 2. ADMINISTRATION
DIVISION 6. FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION
Sections 18110 through 18997

April 2010 Enforcement Closure Letter

Case Number 20100257
Name Clayton Berling

Name Richard Stewart

Warning

FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION
428 J Street Suite 620 Sacramento, CA. 95814-2329
(916) 322-5660 Fax (916) 322-0886

April 14, 2010


Mr. Richard Stewart
ReElect Mayor McCloud

REDACTED

Mr. CIayton Berling
ReElect Mayor McCloud

REDACTED

Warning letter Re: FPPC No. 10/257: Susan McCloud. ReElect Mayor McCloud, Richard Stewart, Treasurer and Clayton Berling, Assistant Treasurer

Dear Messrs. Stewart and Berling:

The Fair Political Practices Commission (the "FPPC") enforces the provisions of the Political Reform Act (the “Act”),1 found in Government Code section 81000, et seq. This letter is in response to a complaint filed against you that alleged you failed to disclose expenditures in connection with newspaper advertisements. We are dosing this matter with a warning letter.

The FPPC has completed its investigation of the facts in this case. Specifically, the FPPC found that you failed to disclose on your pre-election campaign statement, Form 460, expenditures associated with the purchase of political ads that ran in the Monterey County Weekly and the Carmel Pine Cone newspapers.

Section 84211, subd. (b) requires candidates to disclose the use of their campaign funds. Specifically, subdivision (k) requires the itemization of any expenditure of $100 or more. An expenditure is made on the date the payment is made or the date the committee receives the goods or services, whichever is earlier. (Section 82025.) When amounts owed by the committee for goods or services that are received but are not paid for by the end of the reporting period, Schedule F of the Form 460 is used to disclose this information. If the exact amount is unknown, an estimate may be reported. (Regulation 18421.6.)

Your actions violated the Act because you failed to disclose the expenditures for the newspaper advertisements as accrued expenses, However, you filed an amendment to disclose this information, and the information was available to the public prior to the election. Therefore we are closing this case with a warning letter.

This letter serves as a written warning. The information in this matter will be retained and may be considered should an enforcement action become necessary based on newly discovered information or future conduct. Failure to comply with the provisions of the Act in the future will result in monetary penalties of up to $5,000 for each violation.

A warning letter is an FPPC case resolution without administrative prosecution or fine. However, the warning letter resolution does not provide you with the opportunity for a probable cause hearing or hearing before an Administrative Law Judge or the Fair Political Practices Commission. If you wish to avail yourself of these proceedings by requesting that your case proceed with prosecution rather than a warning, please notify us within ten (10) days from the date of this letter. Upon this notification, the FPPC will rescind this warning letter and proceed with administrative prosecution of this case. If we do not receive such notification, this warning letter will be posted on the FPPCs website ten (10) days from the date of this letter.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

REDACTED

Gary S. Winuk, Chief
Enforcement Division

GSW/tr

cc: Adam Moniz

1 The Political Reform Act is contained in Government Code sections 81000 through 91014. All statutory references are to the Government Code, unless otherwise indicated. The regulations of the Fair Political Practices Commission are contained in sections 18110 through 18997 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations. All regulatory references are to Title 2, Division 6 of the California Code of Regulations, unless otherwise indicated.

Mayoral & City Council Swearing in Ceremony

WHO: Jason Burnett, City Council Member
Paula Hazdovac, City Council Member
Sue McCloud, Mayor

WHAT: Swearing in Ceremony

WHEN: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 @ 3:00 P.M.

WHERE: City Hall Chambers
East side of Monte Verde Street between Ocean and Seventh Avenues
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.

ADDENDUM: Live and Archived Streaming Media

FINAL TALLY: 2010 MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS

Election Results 2010
Final Tally

Mayor
Sue McCloud 847 (54%)
Adam Moniz 736 (46%)
Total Votes Cast: 1,583

City Council
Jason Burnett 1182 (47%)
Paula Hazdovac 696 (28%)
Gerard Rose 628 (25%)
Total Votes Cast: 2,506

NOTES: Voter turnout was 59%, with a total of 1,652 ballots cast, according to Assistant City Administrator/City Clerk Heidi Burch.

1,652 ballots cast for 59% voter turnout yields 2,800 registered voters. 69 voters did not vote for mayor and 798 votes which could have been cast for city council were not cast.

2010 MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS

Election Results 2010
Mayor
Mayor Sue McCloud 789 (54%)
Adam Moniz 674 (46%)
Total Votes Cast: 1,463

City Council
Jason Burnett 1081
Paula Hazdovac 646
Gerard Rose 588

ADDENDUM:
Carmel-by-the-Sea Municipal Election
April 8, 2008
Official Final Election Results

The Official Final Election Results for the Carmel-by-the-Sea Municipal Election, April 8, 2008, consisted of a 49% turnout with 1373 total ballots cast of 2781 registered voters.

Sue McCloud garnered 926 of 1238 total votes cast; none of the council member candidates garnered more than 784 votes.

VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE...

VOTING YOUR CONSCIENCE MEANS:

• VOTE with the understanding that the public trust can only be preserved if public officials make informed decisions that reflect core ethical principles.

• VOTE with the understanding that we hold ourselves and our public officials accountable for ethical principles of honesty, fairness and caring.

• VOTE with the understanding that public officials should make decisions based on what is good for the community, not on what is good for the elected officials’ own individual interests.

• VOTE with the understanding that public officials should use logic, involving critical thinking, and understand logical fallacies. The use of logical fallacies violates the basic rule of ethics, namely respecting the dignity of others and treating people as ends rather than as means. Treating people as ends, not means, means officials do not manipulate citizens’ thoughts, feelings and prejudices for their own ends.

• VOTE with the understanding that public officials are not to engage in or encourage ad hominem argument, that is, criticizing or personally attacking an argument’s proponent in an attempt to discredit the argument by distracting attention away for the substance of the argument.

• VOTE with the understanding that those we elect to our city council reflect our own ethical values, or lack of ethical values.

NOTE: Election Day, Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 13, 2010; Polls open 7:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M. at Sunset Center, E/s San Carlos St. @ 9th Av., Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.

OPEN LETTER TO ENDORSERS OF MAYOR SUE McCLOUD

ABSTRACT: An OPEN LETTER TO ENDORSERS OF MAYOR SUE McCLOUD, consisting of comments made by former city employee Stephanie Pearce and designer and developer John Mandurrago, information from on-leave Human Resources Manager Jane Miller's lawsuit against the City, and concluding with five questions to endorsers of Mayor Sue McCloud, is presented.

OPEN LETTER TO ENDORSERS OF MAYOR SUE McCLOUD:
Edith Adams
Jane Addicott
Susan Addicott
Carmen Ajan
Pat and Mike Allen
Amber Archangel
Robert Ballard
Sigrid Banks
Mitsu and Bart Bartron
Carolina Bayne
Victoria Beach
Susan and Bob Belk
Carol Bergere
Sarah and Clay Berling
Judy and Woody Beville
Roger Bolgard
Angele and Silvio Borello
Justin Borello
Phil Bowhay
Helen and Beau Breck
Sylvia and Buck Breiholz
Paul Brocchini
Sarah Brown
Pam and Chris Carroll
Joseph Chaffers
Sarah and Gary Chang
Terry Christiansen
Gene and Bob Clifford
Pat and Lee Cogan
Gene Conley
Marilyn and Lee Cox
Mary Kay Crockett
Julie Culver
Lori and Erik Davidson
Nancy and Bill Doolittle
Jean Draper
Francis Duda
Corky Duke
Eldana and Herb Eggleston
Pat and Bill Eggleston
Gloria and Lee Eldred
Janis and Randy Elliott
Mary Ann and Joe Ford
Joyce and Jerry Frasca
Richard Frederickson
Midge Frick
Karol and Gerry Gleason
Patricia Golman
Dolores (Dee) Hagey
Jon Hagstrom
Diane and Bruce Hanger
Lindsey Hanna
Harriet Harrell
Lillian Hazdovac
Pat Hazdovac
Paula Hazdovac
Alex Heid
Jim Heilig
Dale Hekhuis
Dorothy and Howard Herning
Connie and Ken Hess
Steve Hillyard
Kay and Don Holz
Todd Hornik
David How
Angie Irvine
Carl Iverson
Ralph Jacobs
Donna Jett
Casey Jones
Mary Jones
Sally and William Kadell
Les Kadis
Carol and Jesse Kahn, MD
Pam and Clyde Klaumann
Ann Marie Kors
Marguerite and John Krisher
Elinor Laiolo
Gary LaMar
Doris Lawton
Jill Lee
Marian Leidig
Tom Leverone
Denny Levett
Keira and Matt Little
Judy and Gary Logan
Mary and Warren Luch
Vicki and Michael Lynch
Caroline MacDonald
Sally Magee
Sheila and Joe Mark
Don McBride
Linda and Walter McCarthy
Ruth McClendon
Gene McFarland
Judy and Phil Melrose
Sharon and Stanley Meresman
Pam and Steve Meyer
Wayne Moon
Gisela and Peter Murray
Maria Murray
Lillian and Warren Neidenberg
Diz Newman
Marge and Dick Nystrom
Lani and Tom O’Day
Lynn and Bob O’Neill
Karl Pallastrini
Roger Parkes
Herschel Peak
Burt Pike
Jane and Jim Price
Judy Profeta
Debra Quayle
Ruth Rachel
Jan and Niels Reimers
Mary and John Ricksen
Nita Robbins
Dio Roberts
Chris and Graeme Robertson
Paige and Carl Roetter
Gerard Rose
Robin Rote
Anne Rurka
Terry Russey
Sam Salerno
Jonathan Sapp
Gail and Bill Scearce
Debbie and Dennis Sharp
Karen and David Sharp
Kathy and Bill Sharpe
Jill Sheffield
Donna Shore
Pat and Dick Sippel
Mary Jane and Kurt Sligar
Connie Smith
Flo Snyder
Jean Sonoda
Connie and Bob Spencer
Pat Steele
Cathy Stewart
Dick Stewart
Pat and Ron Stofle
Clyde Sturges
Nancie and Merv Sutton
Ken Talmage
Ann and Chris Tescher
Judy Thodos
Paula and George Tipton
Hilary Traynor-Duda
William Tyler
Patricia VanKirk
Joan and Dick Volberg
Patricia and George Walker
Jack Wheatley
Carla and Jeff White
Susan Willey
Marian and Ron Wormser
Renate and Don Wunsch
Anna Yateman
Linda Yelllich
Edna Young

Within the last months, former 34-year city employee Stephanie Pearce has publicly commented that Carmel lacks integrity. Some of Pearce’s comments, as follows:

• “...I was outraged by the hostile punitive actions I saw carried out by the city administrator against other long time dedicated employees. I believe these actions were approved by the mayor."

• “I have a long personal knowledge of Carmel working conditions and I speak out on behalf of all the individuals quietly forced out of their jobs and on behalf of the remaining city employees who continue to work in a toxic, stressful workplace. This toxic environment exists in large part because other certain special employees were given fast-track promotions, substantial salary increases and policy-making roles beyond their job descriptions.”

• “The open scandal that has pervaded city hall and demoralized city staff is not just “negativity” that must be kept confidential pending legal resolution. It is an egregious betrayal of the public trust to allow creation and continuance of a hostile workplace environment, showing profound lack of respect for city workers.”

• “There have been personal vendettas against individual workers, and the mayor has worked hand in glove with the city administrator whose inappropriate and unprofessional relationships have created a city workplace imbued with an atmosphere of stress, hostility and fear.”

• “...city government in Carmel is badly broken.”

• “...a pattern of avoiding and ignoring resident and staff concerns on the part of upper management. I observed the mayor pursue pet projects and ignore the compromising circumstances being reported about the city administrator. A majority of department managers were forced out, leaving a leaderless skeleton staff to provide non-safety services to residents.”

And comments from designer and developer John Mandurrago, as follows:

• “...I have watched Mayor Sue McCloud pursue personal vendettas and expose Carmel to extraordinary legal liability...for example, a Carmel City Hall employee handed me a fax that was addressed to all planning commissioners discussing one of my projects. The fax was sent by Sue McCloud, and, after putting forth substantive arguments against my project, it concluded “if we all hang together on this, we can kill this project.” Several elected Carmel officials told me McCloud’s fax was unethical conduct and a violation of the Brown Act.”

• “Shortly after McCloud was elected mayor, Rich Guillen asked me to meet with him and McCloud at city hall. McCloud had a scowl on her face, leaned over the table, and said “things are going to be different from now on,” a comment which I took as a threat.”

• “ Carmel residents and Carmel business owners deserve an ethical mayor. And Sue McCloud is not an ethical mayor.”

Additionally, on-leave Human Resources Manager Jane Miller filed a lawsuit against the City alleging sexual harassment, age-based and sex-based employment discrimination and retaliation. Miller’s court file includes information about four former city senior management employees who settled their claims of “hostile” work environment and being forced into early retirement for over $500,000.

Questions:
• Is it your expectation that elected city officials behave with integrity and in an ethical manner?

• Given the aforementioned credible assertions from numerous former and current city employees and a Carmel resident, why have you endorsed Mayor Sue McCloud for a sixth term?

• Is retaining “EXPERIENCE, CONTINUITY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY” more important to you as a voter than having an ethical and honest mayor?

• Why would anyone of integrity support an unethical mayor who has been dismissive of the serious concerns and complaints of city employees and residents?

• What does your endorsement of Mayor Sue McCloud say about your own characters, or lack of characters?

POINT OF VIEW: ‘Experience’ – can Carmelites afford to reelect the experienced incumbent team?

Several letters to the editor writers, particularly Pat Sippel, Erik Davidson, Corky Duke, Herschel Peak, and David Sharp cite the “experience” of the incumbents Mayor Sue McCloud and Council Members Paula Hazdovac and Gerard Rose as the reason the incumbent “team” deserves to be reelected to the City Council in 2010. Yet, excluded and unmentioned incumbents’ experience includes the following:

• Experience of either being ignorant of facts they should have known or being knowledgeable about the facts and prevaricating to the Editorial Board of The Monterey County Herald regarding the issue of what Judge Larry E. Hayes meant in his ORDER AFTER HEARING, signed 3 February 2010, involving the claims of four senior City employees, claims similar to on-leave Human Resources Manager Jane Miller, of “hostile” work environment, gender-based discrimination and forced retirement between 2003 and 2008.

• Experience in knowing of attorney Michael Stamp’s representations of four senior City employees from 2003 and 2008 yet approving taxpayer monies towards filing a motion to disqualify attorney Michael Stamp from representing on-leave Human Resources Manager Jane Miller in 2009. City contentions on the motion were deemed “not credible,” “contradicted by the testimony offered by Plaintiff and by documentary evidence” and the City “failed to establish that the City’s delays were in good faith under the totality of the circumstances,” according to Judge Larry E. Hayes, who denied the City’s motion.

• Experience allowing Assistant City Administrator/City Clerk Heidi Burch to make a declaration in the Jane Miller case which was characterized as “materially false, stretched and exaggerated the truth, and grossly mischaracterized documents” and “not admissible because there was an insufficient foundation for any opinion.”

• Experience in not taking the City’s Sexual Harassment Policy seriously, minimizing and/or ignoring complaints of City employees regarding a “hostile” work environment, gender-based discrimination and forced retirement and not promptly investigating complaints with impartial and thorough investigations, et cetera.

• Experience in misleading reporters/staff writers to believe that the mayor is presently in settlement discussions with the Flanders Foundation attorney when early on no substantive progress was possible because Mayor Sue McCloud was unwilling to consider any option that did not involve the sale of the Flanders Mansion property.

• Experience in not being accountable to constituents by failing to explain how it was that the City reneged on its promise to Building Official John Hanson and his family regarding pay differential and benefits while serving as a California National Guard reservist in Afghanistan.

• Experience in not being accountable to constituents by failing to renovate the Forest Theatre according to the City’s own announced timetable and failing to have consultant William Camille present his final report to the public at a City Council meeting within the one month period as prescribed in the contract.

• Experience in not being accountable to constituents by failing to budget for and implement ADA improvements to the Scout House for the purpose of reopening the Scout House to historic user groups and other organizations.

• Experience in delaying a decision to implement a long-term fire protection services solution for the Carmel Fire Department in the context of the Citygate Associates Fire Department Consolidation Feasibility Analysis for the Cities of Monterey, Pacific Grove and Carmel, Final Report, 2007.

• Experience in violating Municipal and State laws with regard to the selling of the Flanders Mansion property and continuing to proceed with sale after Flanders 1 without the mayor inviting proposals for the environmentally superior alternative of lease use of Flanders Mansion and/or negotiating in good faith with the Flanders Foundation.

• Experience in installing Sunset Cultural Center, Inc., a non-profit organization, without ascertaining whether or not there was a public consensus supporting a non-profit organization managing Sunset Center as the City’s Interim Executive Director promised he would do as he most important task.

With all the aforementioned experience of the incumbent “team,” can Carmelites and the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea financially, legally and ethically afford another two year term for Mayor Sue McCloud and another four year term for Council Members Paula Hazdovac and Gerard Rose, respectively?

A Village Gathering to Support Adam Moniz for Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea

INVITATION TO ALL CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA REGISTERED VOTERS
All Carmel-by-the-Sea registered voters are cordially invited to attend:
A Village Gathering to Support Adam Moniz for Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea
DATE & TIME: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.
LOCATION: PEPE’S VINO NAPOLI (Corner of Dolores and 7th)

NOTES: Join Adam, friends and supporters for free Little Napoli food and wine! Registered voters may RSVP by sending their name, address, and telephone number to Events@CarmelTogether.com or by mail to:

A Village Gathering to Support Adam Moniz for Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea
Michael LePage, Event Chairperson
Box Twenty-One
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921-0021

Visit the campaign online at: www.CarmelTogether.com

2010 MUNICIPAL ELECTION: The Carmel Pine Cone Candidates’ Q & A Forum

WHO: Moderator: Owner/Publisher/Editor Paul Miller, The Carmel Pine Cone
Mayoral Candidates incumbent Sue McCloud and challenger Adam Moniz; and City Council Candidates incumbents Paula Hazdovac and Gerard Rose and challenger Jason Burnett.

WHAT: Candidates’ Forum hosted by The Carmel Pine Cone

WHEN: Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 7:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M.

WHERE: Carpenter Hall, Sunset Center
W/s Mission St. between 8th Av. & 10th Av.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.

NOTES:
Audience members will be invited to submit questions at the forum. Questions can also be submitted in advance by email to mail@carmelpinecone.com.

The Forum will be broadcast Sunday, March 14 at 8:00 A.M. on Comcast Cable Channel 26.

‘MINUTES’ for Two Noteworthy 2 March 2010 City Council Agenda Items

“MINUTES”
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
March 2, 2010

V. Announcements from Closed Session, from City Council Members and the City Administrator

C. Announcements from City Administrator
1. Receive report on the election process.

Assistant City Administrator/City Clerk Heidi Burch introduced Scott Martin, owner of Martin & Chapman Co.

Scott Martin, President and owner of Martin & Chapman, has been in business for 54 years, located in Anaheim. Martin & Chapman provides a “personalized service, individual to each city.” The Company is the primary election consultant to 62 plus cities in the County of Los Angeles. The Company consults or advises all of the 480 cities in the state of California. Why would a city contract with us instead of the county? The Company is not in competition with the County; the company has a unit price based on size of city and requests from cities. Martin does not know why Monterey County's cost is more expensive than Martin & Chapman.

Regarding rumors about moving election dates, there are four reasons: save money, bigger turnout, extend terms for City Council, i.e., April to June or November and city clerk doesn’t want to do it.

Martin expects election results no later than 9:30 P.M. on the day of the election, April 13, 2010. The Company knows municipal elections. The Company has conducted thousands of elections. The Company works for “Heidi and the City Manager.” And the Company “cannot be bought.”

City Attorney Don Freeman asked whether or not absentee ballots can be counted prior to the closing of the polls at 8:00 P.M. Answer: Yes; they will begin counting the ballots at 7:30 P.M. or earlier if requested.

Richard Flower, Carmel-by-the-Sea resident and member of the CRA Board of Directors, requested that they be able to meet with someone on the staff to get answers to some of their questions.

Carolyn Hardy, resident of Carmel-by-the-Sea, stated that it would be valuable to know the actual cost for the election, post-election, including staff time, county time, et cetera.

Skip Lloyd, Carmel resident, observed that Heidi is given a lot of discretion in the process and essentially running the election.

Scott Martin remarked that the city clerk, Heidi Burch, is the election official.

VII. CONSENT CALENDAR
These matters include routine financial and administrative actions, which are usually approved by a single majority vote. Individual items may be removed from Consent by a member of the Council or the public for discussion and action.

F. Consideration of a Resolution urging the Governor and the State Legislature to approve CalPERS pension reform in 2010.

Council Member Ken Talmage referred to WSJ article on CalPERS regarding lower projected rate of return from 7.75% to 6.00%.

Council Member ROSE moved to approve Consent Agenda Items A-G, seconded by Council Member HAZDOVAC and carried by the following roll call vote:

AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: HAZDOVAC; ROSE; SHARP; TALMAGE & McCLOUD
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE

Two Noteworthy 2 March 2010 City Council Agenda Items

ABSTRACT: Two noteworthy 2 March 2010 City Council Agenda Items, namely Receive report on the election process and a Resolution urging the Governor and the State Legislature to approve CalPERS pension reform in 2010, are presented. Selected excerpts from the Agenda Item Summaries, Resolution and Memorandum are presented.

AGENDA
Regular Meeting
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
4:30 p.m., Open Session

Live and archived video streaming

City Hall
East side of Monte Verde Street between Ocean and Seventh Avenues

V. Announcements from Closed Session, from City Council Members and the City Administrator

C. Announcements from City Administrator
1. Receive report on the election process.

CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
City Council Agenda -- AMENDED
Regular Meeting
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
4:30 p.m., Open Session

X. Resolutions
D. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to enter into a contract with Martin & Chapman, Co. to provide election services for the April 13, 2010 General Municipal Election in an amount not to exceed $23,000.

Council Member ROSE moved approval of a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to enter into a contract with Martin & Chapman. Co. to provide election services for the April 13,2010 Gcneral Municipal Election in an amount not to exceed $23.000, seconded by Council Member HAZDOVAC and carried by the following roll call:

AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: HAZDOVAC; ROSE; SHARP; TALMAGE & McCLOUD
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE

Important Considerations: It is anticipated that the City will save a substantial amount by contracting with an outside consultant for conducting the April 2010 election. The Monterey County Office of Elections quoted the City costs from approximately $40,000 up $20 per voter to conduct the April 2010 election; at 2,381 registered voters, this totals $56,620 on the high end of the estimate.

VII. Consent Calendar
These matters include routine financial and administrative actions, which are usually approved by a single majority vote. Individual items may be removed from Consent by a member of the Council or the public for discussion and action.

F. Consideration of a Resolution urging the Governor and the State Legislature to approve CalPERS pension reform in 2010.

Description: The cost of retirement benefits is estimated to escalate at an alarming rate in the next two years. The future funding of public employee retirement benefits will divert funding away from essential City services and programs. Carmel-by-the-Sea is just one public agency among many statewide that will face this significant financial challenge.

The Monterey Bay Area Managers’ Group has developed “Guiding Principles” (see attached) that was presented to the Monterey County Mayors’ Group. Public agencies statewide also are in different stages of adopting guidelines/principles to deal with pension reform. It is for this reason that public agencies throughout California are participating by adopting resolutions urging pension reform in 2010.

Overall Cost:
City Funds: Undetermined, but significant.
Grant Funds: N/A

Staff Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution.

Important Considerations: The future cost of the CalPERS retirement benefit is not fiscally sustainable as structured today. A reform is needed to protect the abilities of local communities to provide basic public services and programs.

CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
RESOLUTION 2010-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA URGING THE GOVERNOR AND STATE LEGISLATURE TO APPROVE CALPERS PENSION REFORM IN 2010

WHEREAS, CalPERS is responsible for retirement, health, and related financial programs for more than 1.6 million public employees, retirees, and their families for more than 2,500 public agencies; and

WHEREAS, CalPERS’ rules and regulations are restrictive and prevent agencies and their employees from negotiating solutions other than the established retirement formulas; and

WHEREAS, CalPERS requires that any lower retirement formula be applied to new hires only; and

WHEREAS, CalPERS requires that an improved retirement formula must be applied to all past employee service time, which increases agency unfunded liability and the cost of retirement; and

WHEREAS, local governments throughout California are facing severe financial challenges due to the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression; and

WHEREAS, it is the fiscal responsibility of agencies and their employees to address these financial challenges together;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea that:

SECTION 1. CalPERS reform is necessary to approve new retirement formulas that encourage retirement at a later age.

SECTION 2. CalPERS reform is needed to authorize lower retirement formulas to be negotiated for all employees immediately.

SECTION 3. CalPERS reform is needed to authorize lower retirement formulas to be negotiated for future service time only.

SECTION 4. CalPERS reform is needed to place a cap on the maximum dollar amount that can be paid to any retiree after January 1, 2011.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that local governments and their employees need additional choices and options from CalPERS. Basic pension reform to CalPERS must be a priority in 2010 in order to save jobs and preserve public services.

PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA on this 2nd day of March 2010 by the following roll call vote:

AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:

MEMORANDUM
Date: December 17, 2009
To: Monterey Bay Area Managers’ Group
From: Ray Corpuz, City Manager
Subject: Revised Pension Reform

Guiding Principles (Selected excerpts, as follows):
Provide fiscal policies that preserve local government’s ability to meet community needs while attracting competent and motivated employees to public service.

Provide adequate retirement benefits to attract and retain public employees.

Current retirement benefit formulas are not fiscally sustainable. The costs are rising beyond our ability to fund them and diverting limited resources from direct service delivery to our communities. In addition, current pension benefits exceed what private sector employees receive and what is reasonably needed to attract public employees.

...cities support implementation of a reduced and sustainable level of retirement benefits for all new employees of cities in the County of Monterey.

Every city is committed to moving toward a two-tier system for all new contracts.

Any new system or tier should be fair to employees, sustainable for taxpayers and employers, and based on objective actuarial data.

Guiding Principles supported by the Monterey Bay Area Managers’ Group and the Monterey County Mayors’ Association.

ADDENDUM:
Calpers Confronts Cuts to Return Rate
Trimming 7.75% Could Add to California's Woes; BlackRock to Board—'You'll Be Lucky to Get 6%'
GINA CHON, WSJ, MARCH 1, 2010

2010 MUNICIPAL ELECTION: Letters to the Editor on Mayoral Candidate Sue McCloud (Incumbent)

ABSTRACT: Highlights, specifically excerpts from Letters to the Editor, on Mayoral Candidate Sue McCloud (Incumbent)) are presented. Links to complete Letters to the Editor are provided.

• “As a concerned Carmel resident of more than 50 years, I feel compelled to write in support of our mayor, Sue McCloud. Not only has she been an excellent and devoted civil servant but her family before her was active in Carmel life for decades...Longtime Carmel residents understand our citizens' needs and are best equipped to cater to them. This "feeling" for the community is neither easily nor quickly acquired and requires decades of residency rather than months. I find it rather amusing, not to say slightly outrageous, that a resident of several months has the temerity to propose to lead our community.”

• “Carmel by the Sea has been blessed with a strong and competent mayor, who has a myriad of accomplishments for the benefit of all citizens. In particular, this includes strict fiscal management which has not gone unnoticed by rating agencies and Carmel citizens. From my corner, I consider her successful shepherding of the construction and fitting out of Sunset Center one of her greatest achievements...McCloud is running for our mayor to conclude the Flanders matter, the sale of which is the wish of the majority of Carmel citizens.”

• “The Mayor and the City Council cannot take credit for helping "clean up Carpenter Street entrance to Carmel," as presented in Sue McCloud's campaign ad in the March 19 issue of the Pine Cone. The beautification of the Carpenter Street entrance to Carmel-by-the-Sea was undertaken in full by the Carmel Woods Neighborhood Association...The effort was planned, funded, executed and continues to be maintained by Carmel Woods residents...To claim to have "worked with the Carmel Woods" residents is false.”

• “...I have watched Mayor Sue McCloud pursue personal vendettas and expose Carmel to extraordinary legal liability...for example, a Carmel City Hall employee handed me a fax that was addressed to all planning commissioners discussing one of my projects. The fax was sent by Sue McCloud and, after putting forth substantive arguments against my project, it concluded “if we all hang together on this we can kill this project.” Several elected Carmel officials told me McCloud’s fax was unethical conduct and a violation of the Brown Act...Carmel residents and Carmel business owners deserve an ethical mayor. Sue McCloud is not an ethical mayor."

• “In my opinion, McCloud, Rose and Hazdovac are the choices that show intelligent and thoughtful concern for the future of our Carmel-by the-Sea.”

• “...I have watched Mayor Sue McCloud pursue personal vendettas and expose Carmel to extraordinary legal liability...for example, a Carmel City Hall employee handed me a fax that was addressed to all planning commissioners discussing one of my projects. The fax was sent by Sue McCloud, and, after putting forth substantive arguments against my project, it concluded “if we all hang together on this, we can kill this project.” Several elected Carmel officials told me McCloud’s fax was unethical conduct and a violation of the Brown Act...Shortly after McCloud was elected mayor, Rich Guillen asked me to meet with him and McCloud at city hall. McCloud had a scowl on her face, leaned over the table, and said “things are going to be different from now on,” a comment which I took as a threat. Carmel residents and Carmel business owners deserve an ethical mayor. And Sue McCloud is not an ethical mayor.”

• “Our corner of California is financially successful, our city employees perform more each year with less, our volunteers pick up litter and support the many commissions and committees...Mayor McCloud has worked tirelessly with everyone to ensure Carmel is a great place to live and visit.”

• “...I was outraged by the hostile punitive actions I saw carried out by the city administrator against other long time dedicated employees. I believe these actions were approved by the mayor. I have a long personal knowledge of Carmel working conditions and I speak out on behalf of all the individuals quietly forced out of their jobs and on behalf of the remaining city employees who continue to work in a toxic, stressful workplace. This toxic environment exists in large part because other certain special employees were given fast-track promotions, substantial salary increases and policy-making roles beyond their job descriptions. The open scandal that has pervaded city hall and demoralized city staff...is an egregious betrayal of the public trust to allow creation and continuance of a hostile workplace environment, showing profound lack of respect for city workers…Carmel voters, if you want mismanagement and lack of integrity in Carmel city government, Don’t Vote For Adam Moniz and Jason Burnett on April 13.”

• “The economy is not going to turn around quickly, and having a seasoned mayor in charge for an additional term is in the best interest of all residents. The city has an impressive reserve position, which will be advantageous when economic conditions truly stabilize, and I am certain Sue McCloud and the council will use these funds judiciously and on priority projects.”

• "The incumbents—Mayor Sue McCloud and council members Paula Hazdovac and Gerard Rose—are the intelligent choice for the long-term future of Carmel. They know the history. They know our needs. They know Carmel. They know what we want to be for the present and for the future: a financially stable and viable community."

• “I have several quarrels with your editorial in support of the re-election of Carmel's Mayor Sue McCloud (March 7). The most glaring flaw is your failure to mention what many Carmel voters regard as the defining issue: the mayor's continuing denial of any wrongdoing on the part of City Administrator Rich Guillen...It is completely inexplicable how the mayor can continue her denial of the evidence. It is equally inexplicable how The Herald editorial can fail to bring up such a critical issue that casts such an appalling moral pall over our city government.”

• “We are one of 12 cities in the state that have a reserve. We have the best emergency services available. Our mayor volunteers to participate on many county committees and is always available to take your phone calls…Let's look to the future by casting your vote for a proven leader, Mayor McCloud.”

• “The truth is that Mayor McCloud has worked very hard at staying in office term after term. There have been personal vendettas against individual workers, and the mayor has worked hand in glove with the city administrator whose inappropriate and unprofessional relationships have created a city workplace imbued with an atmosphere of stress, hostility and fear. On behalf of city workers and integrity in Carmel government, I urge Carmel voters to vote for Adam Moniz for mayor.”

• “I wholeheartedly concur with the Herald’s endorsement of March 7. As the paper stated, “McCloud and her allies on the council have done a fine job keeping the city afloat during difficult financial times. They have a clear and sophisticated understanding of the issues and challenges in their city."

• “Don’t rock the boat Carmel voters ... not now. With rough times still ahead, the city needs well balanced, educated and knowledgeable leadership, and Sue McCloud, Gerard Rose and Paula Hazdovac have proved they can do the job.”

• “With continued financial uncertainty on the horizon, now more than ever, we need to keep in power people who have demonstrated fiscal experience and responsibility as we face challenges to our economy, public safety and water supply.”

• "The Herald's endorsement of Carmel Mayor Sue McCloud for another term lacked credibility because it failed to demonstrate its commitment to citizens first and failed to meet journalism's first obligation of communicating the whole truth by omitting crucial facts. First, McCloud's "pet project" of selling the Flanders Mansion property has cost taxpayers nearly $1 million due largely to "illegal" city actions. Second, is McCloud's failure to explain how it happened that the city reneged on its promise to John Hanson and his family regarding pay differential and benefits. Third, is McCloud's misleading statement in her 2010 State of the City address that the city promptly investigated on-leave Human Resources Manager Jane Miller's sexual harassment, employment discrimination and retaliation complaint when the city delayed investigation by three months. And fourth, is evidence regarding four former city employees who complained about harassment and being forced into early retirement, complaints similar to Jane Miller's, who were paid approximately $800,000 in settlement monies without any financial justification."

• “There are three very well qualified people running for reelection on April 13: Sue McCloud for mayor, and Paula Hazdovac and Gerard Rose for council. They have served us well and will continue to do so.”

• “..., if you want to preserve the old traditions of Carmel, if you want to maintain our village character, if you want to stop outsiders from coming in, supported by outside money and outside political influence, then it is simple...vote for the incumbents!”

• “...back here in Carmel, what we need is the steady, experienced and thrifty hands of Hazdovac and the rest of the current City Council.”

• “Neither of the challengers has served on any board or commission in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Mayor Sue McCloud and council members Paula Hazdovac and Gerard Rose have experience, knowledge, understanding and deserve to be reelected.”

• “The primary responsibilities entrusted to an elected official are to ensure financial solvency and health and safety for the public. Each of the individuals now serving as mayor and as city council members understands that, and they have direct and exceptionally successful experience in budgeting, programs and policy for our city. I have not seen any evidence that the newcomers in this election have any proven, practical experience in each of these critical areas for our city, nor experience serving on any city boards, commissions or committees. Ideas are always welcome, but I think that experience is critically important. I find it difficult to imagine voting for anyone that has not yet demonstrated what they can do for the city.”

• “Carmel is the defendant in an ongoing sexual harassment and employee favoritism lawsuit. How has this affected employee morale? As the alleged perpetrator, why has the city administrator not been placed on administrative leave? What are the total estimated legal costs to the city for this lawsuit?”

• “To keep Carmel-by-the-Sea on a positive course, we need our experienced, trusted and dedicated mayor and council members, Sue McCloud, Paula Hazdovac and Gerard Rose. Each incumbent is running independently and each needs your vote. Vote for the three people who have lived here for many years, who know, care for and understand Carmel-by-the-Sea. Your vote for Sue, Paula and Gerard is important to the future of our beautiful city.”

• “...Mayor Sue McCloud's memory must have conveniently lapsed when she told the Pine Cone last week that partisan politics and endorsements from outside Carmel's sphere of influence have no place in its politics. In her 2008 campaign filings, she reported the Lincoln Club of Northern California as a $500 contributor. The Lincoln Club is a Republican political club headquartered in San Francisco and as a PAC gives contributions to state, national and local candidates, both making it partisan and out of Carmel's sphere.”

• She (Sue McCloud) and her team simply get things done. Like a top financial rating for Carmel. Like a $10 million rainy day fund. Like leading the charge to sell Flanders. Like developing new sources of revenue. Like holding city events to help fill hotels.

• “The primary responsibilities entrusted to an elected official are to ensure financial solvency and health and safety for the public. Each of the individuals now serving as mayor and as city council members understand that and they have direct and exceptionally successful experience in budgeting, programs and policy for our city...I think that experience is critically important. I find it difficult to imagine voting for anyone that has not yet demonstrated what they can do for the city.”

• “At the November Carmel City Council meeting, I was one of several resident-veterans who were objecting to the city's treatment of city employee John Hanson, now serving his second tour of duty in the Middle East. After agreeing to continue his salary and health benefit difference, as the city did during his first tour, they sent his wife a letter saying they were dropping his benefits and pay with no explanation...At that meeting, I asked the mayor and council to tell the public why this serious failure in judgment occurred and who was responsible...Could it have had anything to do with the fact that Mr. Hanson had provided a deposition in the pending sexual harassment lawsuit involving the city administrator? Five months later, there still has been no answer to these troubling questions. This illustrates the lack of transparency in the current city administration.”

• “...the City of Carmel is in a solid financial position. This is because of prudent and focused financial management including the building of a rainy day fund (reserves) now at $10 million and reduction of expenditures for fiscal 2008/2009...Standard and Poors, which raised Carmel’s bond rating from AA to its current rating of AA+...from Carmel’s auditor who reported to the city council that Carmel had earned an unqualified opinion, the highest highest type of opinion for an audit...All of this happened because the mayor, city council and city administrator, functioning as a team, took care of business. Carmel needs this capability to cope with a continuing economic recession. Keep this team intact by re-electing Mayor Sue McCloud and council members Paula Hazdovac and Gerard Rose.”

• “...city government in Carmel is badly broken.”

• “During the time I worked in the administration department, I observed a pattern of avoiding and ignoring resident and staff concerns on the part of upper management.”

• “I observed the mayor pursue pet projects and ignore the compromising circumstances being reported about the city administrator.”

• “A majority of department managers were forced out, leaving a leaderless skeleton staff to provide non-safety services to residents. Remaining management staff often had difficulty scheduling time with the city administrator while long meetings and long lunch hours with employee A or employee B occurred frequently."
Note: Employee A, Christie Miller; employee B, Heidi Burch

• “...the quality of the city government was demonstrated by its callous treatment of Building Official John Hanson and the recent departure of the exceptionally capable administrative service director.”

REFERENCES:
Carmel resident backs McCloud for mayor, Maggie Downer, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 04/10/2010

‘Strong and competent,’ Niels Reimers, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, April 9, 2010, 38A

Association behind Carpenter Street cleanup, Lucinda "Cindy" Lloyd, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 04/03/2010

BROWN ACT VIOLATIONS? John Mandurrago | Carmel, MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY, April 01, 2010

‘Intelligent and thoughtful concern,’ Don McBride, Monterey, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 26, 2010, 24A

‘Extraordinary legal liability,’ John Mandurrago, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 26, 2010, 24A

‘Vote for a proven leader,’ Donna Jett, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone March 26, 2010, 24A

Stephanie Pearce’s letter to the editor, Stephanie Pearce, Carmel Valley, The Carmel Pine Cone March 26, 2010, 26A

Vote for McCloud for mayor of Carmel, William Scearce, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 03/26/2010

Incumbents know Carmel, Francine Kissler, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 03/24/2010

Editorial misses key issue, Richard Stiles, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 03/19/2010

Vote Sue McCloud for mayor of Carmel, Donna Jett, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 03/19/2010

Vote Adam Moniz for mayor of Carmel, Stephanie Pearce, Carmel Valley, The Monterey County Herald, 03/19/2010

Incumbents are ‘fine and excellent leaders,’ Dennis A. LeVett, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone March 19, 2010, 28 A

‘Don’t rock the boat,’ Tim Meroney, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone March 19, 2010, 29A

Herald right to back McCloud, Dennis A. LeVett, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 03/17/2010

Endorsment lacks facts, L.A. Paterson, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 03/13/2010

Newcomers should ‘get a little experience,’ Pat Sippel, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 12, 2010, 28 A

‘Vote for incumbents,’ Chris Tescher, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, 29A, 30A & 15A

Thrifty Hazdovac is right, Erik Davidson, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 12, 2010, 15A

What’s right, Corky Duke, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 12, 2010, 15A

‘Experience is critically important,’ Herschel Peak, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone March 12, 2010, 15A

Questions unasked, Robert Jenkins, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 12, 2010, 15A

Keep town ‘on positive course,’ David Sharp, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 12, 2010, 15A

In support of McCloud for Carmel mayor, Dale Hekhuis, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 03/08/2010

McCloud received contribution from Lincoln Club, Anne Bell, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 03/08/2010

‘Not demonstrated what they can do,’ Herschel Peak, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 5, 2010, 24A

Denial of Hanson's benefits a mystery, Clayton Anderson, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 02/27/2010

Sound financial footing, Dale Hekhuis, Carmel,The Carmel Pine Cone February 5, 2010, 24 A

Carmel lacks integrity, Stephanie Pierce [sic], Carmel Valley, The Monterey County Herald, 01/07/2010 Note: Stephanie Pearce, correct spelling of surname.

REGISTERED VOTER PETITION SIGNERS:
Paula Hazdovac (City Council Member)
Gerard Rose (City Council Member)
Karen Sharp (City Council Member)
Ken Talmage (City Council Member)
Sarah and Clay Berling
Marion Leidig
Jim and Jane Price
Christine and Graeme Robertson
Constance and Robert Spencer
Merv Sutton
Judy Thodos
Paula and George Tipton
(Source: April 13 ballot set: three incumbents, two challengers, MARY BROWNFIELD, The Carmel Pine Cone, January 22, 2010)

2010 MUNICIPAL ELECTION: Letters to the Editor on Mayoral Candidate Adam Moniz (Challenger)

ABSTRACT: Highlights, specifically excerpts from Letters to the Editor, on and by Mayoral Candidate Adam Moniz (Challenger) are presented. Links to complete Letters to the Editor are provided.

• “Two young men with excellent credentials have thrown their hats in the ring for consideration as city councilman and as mayor. These young men bring fresh ideas and excitement to the public forum. I am speaking of Jason Burnett and Adam Moniz. They are campaigning vigorously and are willing to share their ideas and vision for Carmel’s future with you; please give them the courtesy of listening. They welcome ideas and support from the community at large. It is comforting to know that the next generation is standing ready to accept the challenges of the future.”

• “If it’s taking over one full month for our current city hall to produce responses to public inquiries along the lines of “go look it up for yourself in the library,” and if our current city hall is indeed brought to a standstill, as Mayor McCloud suggests, when it receives public inquiries such as these, then perhaps city hall needs some fresh eyes to look over its operations and efficiency.”

• “Adam Moniz’ ad in last week’s Pine Cone says he wants to, “...create superior incentives to encourage the occupancy of current vacant storefronts.” This is a noble aim. However, I would not want to see my tax dollars spent on any scheme to benefit the many landlords here who have been unwilling to adjust their rents to today’s market realities...Those landlords still charging yesterday’s rents should take notice. Moniz should look to these laggard landlords for “superior incentives,” not the taxpayers.”

• “My husband and I are going to vote for Adam Moniz for mayor of Carmel because he is intelligent, ethical and understands local issues. Our village needs a new mayor who will provide an open and transparent government...Adam Moniz will ensure that city employees have a non-threatening, nontoxic work environment. They deserve this. And Adam deserves the vote of every Carmelite who cares about the future of our village.”

• “My family and I are going to vote for Adam Moniz for mayor of Carmel because he is intelligent, ethical and understands local issues. Our village needs a new mayor who will provide an open and transparent government...Lastly, Moniz will ensure that city employees have a non-threatening, nontoxic work environment.”

• “I urge Carmel voters to support integrity in government, fair employment practices and a professional workplace for Carmel employees. Vote for Adam Moniz and Jason Burnett in the April 13 election.”

• “The truth is that Mayor McCloud has worked very hard at staying in office term after term. There have been personal vendettas against individual workers, and the mayor has worked hand in glove with the city administrator whose inappropriate and unprofessional relationships have created a city workplace imbued with an atmosphere of stress, hostility and fear. On behalf of city workers and integrity in Carmel government, I urge Carmel voters to vote for Adam Moniz for mayor.”

• “The candidates who have thrown their hats in the ring provide voters with superb resumes for public office, including national government experience, even if they have not been selected by the mayor for a board or commission. Adam Moniz is an energy consultant who was formerly with the prestigious national firm of Patton Boggs, which serves municipal governments across the country. Jason Burnett has served in the EPA, and owns and operates his own clean energy business. Carmel can benefit greatly from their intelligence, experience, enthusiasm and energy. It’s time for a change.”

• “From my standpoint, it appears to be presumptuous that two inexperienced candidates without substantial background in our community want to be at its political helm steering a course for all of us. I would suggest they “earn their stripes” by becoming actively engaged, for example, as commissioners or even officers in the Carmel Residents Association,...In other words, give all of us an opportunity to know them and to better determine for ourselves the timber of their qualifications.”

• “It’s time for a change. We CAN do better.” (“Carmel Sea Change,’’ Feb. 11-17). I support Adam Moniz for Mayor and Jason Burnett for council. They WILL do better. --

• “It’s Time For A Change. We CAN Do Better.” Vote Adam Moniz for mayor and Jason Burnett for council.

• “Neither of the challengers has served on any board or commission in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Mayor Sue McCloud and council members Paula Hazdovac and Gerard Rose have experience, knowledge, understanding and deserve to be reelected.”

• “Adam Moniz, running for mayor, and Jason Burnett, running for council, have the talents to take on the unanswered problems that lurk in city hall and that loom in our future, problems that the incumbents are not fully facing and are trying to disguise behind a façade of partial success. Solutions to these problems require a serious, fresh, inventive approach, which the challengers possess without any question. This is our chance, voters, to make a positive change into the direction of a government that respects and listens to us, the people, a government that returns to Carmel’s historic values and traditions as a completely special place.”

• “Can Adam Moniz be trusted?...Fact check the information coming from Adam.”

• “Jason Burnett and Adam Moniz, your platforms seem to primarily consist of unrelenting criticism and denigration of the current Carmel City Council...I see two loose canons, both with a deleterious lack of experience. Jason and Adam could potentially take Carmel-by-the-Sea into Lawsuit Hell.”

• "It's Time For A Change. We CAN Do Better." Vote Adam Moniz for mayor and Jason Burnett for council.

• “Seldom has our village enjoyed a candidate for mayor with Adam's intelligence, vision, grasp of the issues, experience and forward-thinking vigor. I urge the voters in Carmel to seize this opportunity for change and vote for Adam Moniz for mayor as well as Jason Burnett for City Council.”

• “Adam Moniz, running for mayor, and Jason Burnett, running for a vacant council seat, have the talents to take on the unanswered problems that lurk in city hall and that loom in our future, problems that the incumbents are not fully facing and are trying to disguise behind a façade of partial success. Solutions to these problems require a serious, fresh, inventive approach, which the challengers possess without any question.”

• “Both (Adam Moniz and Jason Burnett) are young, bright, well-educated and eager to be public servants (in the truest sense of the word). They each have an impressive background in government experience and have shown that they understand Carmel, its history, its traditions and its character. Both pledge a more open, participatory government in our city. For much too long, matters of serious community concern have been handled behind the scenes without adequate citizen discussion and input.”

• “The present City Council has been mostly reactive to events and situations, seemingly incapable of supplying new ideas and thinking. These two young men have shown the potential to inject much needed inventive, incisive ideas into what lurks as a mess in City Hall and what looms in our future as a series of serious challenges to the well-being of our community. Most importantly, they present an opportunity to restore dialogue between our citizens and the council – open government.”

• “As I (Adam Moniz) have stated since day one of my campaign, and as I stated at the recent Carmel candidates' forum, if given the honor of serving as the next mayor of Carmel, the first thing I will do will be to take a piece of City Hall stationary and hand-write a letter of apology to Hanson and his wife, Annette, apologizing for the way they were treated...I believe the way the Hanson family was treated by the current administration in City Hall was wrong.”

• “The other night at the candidates' forum in Carmel, it was obvious to all in attendance that Adam Moniz is very qualified to be the next mayor of Carmel...he clearly communicated his knowledge of the issues and his ideas for dealing with the challenges facing Carmel.”

• Adam Moniz "showed his willingness to work with the business community to create new incentives that will fill the vacant storefronts that permeate our village. He stated that he will have zero tolerance for costly lawsuits and employee dispute settlements that have been the legacy of the present administration.”

• “He understands the value and talent of our residents and will draw on those talents and expertise to solve the contentious issues that have been unresolved for too long.”

• “Probably the most striking contrast between Adam and the incumbent in the forum was the enthusiasm and new ideas he will bring to Carmel.”

• We “are very impressed with the two young men, Adam Moniz and Jason Burnett, running for city council and mayor. They seem well educated, intelligent and personable. How wonderful that two younger people are willing to step forward and take on the responsibility of helping their community.”

REFERENCES:
Good luck to the new generation, Megan Terry, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone April 9, 2010, 36A

‘Operations and efficiency,’ Adam A. Moniz, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, April 9, 2010, 38A & 39A

Look to the landlords, Michael T. Lynch, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, April 9, 2010, 39A

Two votes for Moniz for mayor of Carmel, Linda Anderson, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 04/03/2010

GO, ADAM, Linda Anderson | Carmel, MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY, April 01, 2010

BLOWING THE WHISTLE, Stephanie Pearce | Carmel Valley, MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY, April 01, 2010

Vote Adam Moniz for mayor of Carmel, Stephanie Pearce, Carmel Valley, The Monterey County Herald, 03/19/2010

Challengers offer ‘intelligence and energy,’ Suzanne Paboojian, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone March 19, 2010, 28 A

Challengers should ‘earn their stripes,’ John Wm. Schiffeler, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone March 19, 2010, 31A

Barbara Livingston | Carmel, MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY, March 11, 2010

Livingston’s endorsements, Barbara Livingston, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 12, 2010, 28 A

What’s right, Corky Duke, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 12, 2010, 15A

‘Optimistic direction,’ Olof Dahlstrand, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 12, 2010, 15A

Fact check needed? Robert Ballard, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 12, 2010, 15A

Amber Archangel, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 12, 2010, 15A

Vote for Moniz, Burnett in Carmel election, Barbara Livingston, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 03/10/2010

She backs Moniz for mayor, Francyne Laney, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 03/08/2010

‘Fresh, innovative approach,’ Olof Dahlstrand, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 5, 2010, 24A

CARMEL CHANGES, Olof Dahlstrand | Carmel, MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY, March 04, 2010

Hanson, wife deserve an apology from Carmel, Adam A. Moniz, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 03/04/2010

Moniz well qualified for Carmel mayor, Michael LePage, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 02/24/2010

‘Impressed,’ Barbara and Don Burnett, The Carmel Pine Cone, February 19, 2010, 20 A

REGISTERED VOTER PETITION SIGNERS (partial list):
Mike Brown, Campaign Treasurer
Barbara and Steve Brooks
Olaf and Lucia Dahlstrand
Betty and Dick Dalsemer
James Emery
Shirley Humann
Michael LePage
Barbara Livingston and Bob Kohn
Roberta and Monte Miller
Charlotte Townsend
Ken and Jean White
(Source: April 13 ballot set: three incumbents, two challengers, MARY BROWNFIELD, The Carmel Pine Cone, January 22, 2010)

2010 MUNICIPAL ELECTION: Letters to the Editor on City Council Candidate Jason Burnett (Challenger)

Opening Statement at CRA Forum - Burnett
Duration 3:19

Forum Q and A on harassment and discrimination lawsuits - Rose and Burnett
Duration: 2:16

Forum Q and A on Budget Reserves - Burnett
Duration: 1:22

Forum Q and A on CalPERS Retirement Liability– Burnett
Duration: 1:34

ABSTRACT: Highlights, specifically excerpts from Letters to the Editor, on City Council Candidate Jason Burnett (Challenger) are presented. Links to complete Letters to the Editor are provided.

• “Carmel City Council candidate Jason Burnett spoke to the need for a forum on emergency preparedness and said the city should help us to help ourselves in those times of need. Jason Burnett is in tune to my concerns about safety. No other incumbent has addressed this concern. Jason won my vote because he demonstrated he is in touch with what residents value — a village that cares about its residents.”

• “The "old boy" and "old girl" network has run Carmel for too many years. And the problems mount — government secrecy, costly and continuing lawsuits, and a failure to solve problems. We need a new perspective in solving the issues plaguing City Hall — not more continued head-in-the-sand policies…Jason Burnett has my vote for City Council. Burnett's track record demonstrates the moral courage and political independence needed to revitalize Carmel government… He knows how to listen, reason, and offer intelligent solutions. His integrity and character will be a positive addition to our City Council.”

• “Two young men with excellent credentials have thrown their hats in the ring for consideration as city councilman and as mayor. These young men bring fresh ideas and excitement to the public forum. I am speaking of Jason Burnett and Adam Moniz. They are campaigning vigorously and are willing to share their ideas and vision for Carmel’s future with you; please give them the courtesy of listening. They welcome ideas and support from the community at large. It is comforting to know that the next generation is standing ready to accept the challenges of the future.”

• “Here are the expenditure numbers for City Council: Jason Burnett — $40,866; Gerard Rose — $6,240; Paula Hazdovac — $4,681...Does this level of spending come close to buying the election? Absolutely.”

• “You can image the satisfaction to see former student Jason Burnett graduate from Stanford University, work for the federal government, and further develop his analytical, management and leadership skills. One can appreciate that he has brought his skill set back home for the benefit of our community...He seemed to have learned that lesson well because he has demonstrated that he can bring people together to work for the betterment of the community. He has a vision that is suitable for Carmel and the vision will go a long way to insure Carmel’s future for the next generation. Carmel is fortunate to have a leader like Jason Burnett running for city council.”

• “Jason Burnett has an impressive range of professional and nonprofit experience that exceeds the incumbents in a number of important respects. Think of your vote as a decision to select executive talent. Carmel city government badly needs someone with demonstrated management competence, energy, imagination, analytical skills and effective people skills...I would unequivocally select Jason Burnett. All Carmel voters should do no less.”

• “I urge Carmel voters to support integrity in government, fair employment practices and a professional workplace for Carmel employees. Vote for Adam Moniz and Jason Burnett in the April 13 election.”

• “He (Jason Burnett) might have discovered that the CRA needed him far more than he needed them. Burnett had a great opportunity to go to voters as an attractive, "independent" candidate with no political baggage or obligations. Too bad it didn't happen.”

• “You’ve decided that it’s important to hire a new manager who brings to the table demonstrated management competence, integrity, energy, imagination, analytical skills, and effective people skills. The ability to work well with teams is a critical skill, but you also want an independent thinker who is open to new ideas from a variety of sources…Carmel voters have the rare opportunity to “hire” an exceptional addition to the city council, Jason Burnett.”

• “Many of our fellow residents have reported their impression of Jason ís intelligence, vitality and commitment. I have heard his views, and I’m impressed, too. But I wonder why change is frightening? Please join me in voting for Jason Burnett!”

• "I found him to be a great listener, and he genuinely valued my contributions to the dialogue. He also demonstrated that one of his visions for Carmel is the right one—to bring openness and responsiveness back to the council…With Jason's imposing credentials and experience, I have every confidence that his commitment to fiscal responsibility will lend a steady hand to navigating the course ahead for Carmel."

• “I am thrilled to vote for Jason because he has a natural ability to connect with people of all ages and interests. I have found him to be a good listener, open-minded and respectful of all viewpoints.”

• “I feel that Jason will guide Carmel with a fresh, intelligent and level-headed approach.”

• “The candidates who have thrown their hats in the ring provide voters with superb resumes for public office, including national government experience, even if they have not been selected by the mayor for a board or commission. Adam Moniz is an energy consultant who was formerly with the prestigious national firm of Patton Boggs, which serves municipal governments across the country. Jason Burnett has served in the EPA, and owns and operates his own clean energy business. Carmel can benefit greatly from their intelligence, experience, enthusiasm and energy. It’s time for a change.”

• “I agree with Jason Burnett’s approach that putting money aside for a rainy day is a fiscally responsible way to begin addressing the looming Public Employees Retirement System obligation…It’s time to bring a fresh, intelligent, level-headed energy to city council by voting for Jason Burnett. It’s time to abandon stagnation and restore Carmel’s reputation as a model city that is admired and emulated around the world.”

• “Burnett will be an energetic city councilman. He has already demonstrated at the two candidate forums that he has realistic, fresh ideas to bring to bear on the challenges ahead. And his dogged determination and problem-solving approach will be a great asset to the other council members as they explore solutions to complex problems...Let’s move forward together by voting for Jason Burnett make all generations proud and excited once again to be a part of the Carmel community.”

• “Carmel residents have a unique opportunity to elect one of the most charismatic, articulate, energetic, intelligent and committed individuals that I have ever had the pleasure of meeting...I also recognize the value of Burnett’s ideas and willingness to work on mending the critical relationship between the city and our chamber of commerce. He understands the synergism and economies of scale that we can achieve by working together… Burnett brings back that energy to our village by the sea. He is passionate about working with the residents, the city employees and the business people in order to move forward together.”

• “From my standpoint, it appears to be presumptuous that two inexperienced candidates without substantial background in our community want to be at its political helm steering a course for all of us. I would suggest they “earn their stripes” by becoming actively engaged, for example, as commissioners or even officers in the Carmel Residents Association,...In other words, give all of us an opportunity to know them and to better determine for ourselves the timber of their qualifications.”

• “...I can speak for his exceptional integrity, intelligence and his unique talent for problem-solving. He has gained invaluable leadership skills and experience in government, business and nonprofit sectors and is committed to giving Carmel the benefit of those skills. I have every confidence that Burnett will handle competently and prudently the fiscal responsibilities shouldered by all city council members. He has the ability to see the bigger picture while staying in tune with local issues.”

• “What sets Burnett apart are his leadership skills and experience: Leading a team of several hundred people at the Environmental Protection Agency, acting as trustee overseeing millions of dollars for a benevolent nonprofit organization, running a clean energy business, and sitting on the Overall Economic Development Commission for Monterey County. Burnett’s candidacy has brought this community together like no other candidate’s has...Burnett’s appeal reaches to a broad spectrum of residents, businesses, everyone. He has the ability to bring everybody together to work on the best solutions for us all.”

• “I recognize the value of Jason's ideas and willingness to help mend the critical relationship between City Hall and our Chamber of Commerce. Jason understands the synergism and economies of scale that we can achieve by working together.”

• “What is missing from Carmel is a spirit and vitality that once thrived. Jason brings back that energy to our village by the sea. He is passionate about working with residents, city employees and business people in order to move forward together.”

• “It’s time for a change. We CAN do better.” (“Carmel Sea Change,’’ Feb. 11-17). I support Adam Moniz for Mayor and Jason Burnett for council. They WILL do better. --

• “It’s Time For A Change. We CAN Do Better.” Vote Adam Moniz for mayor and Jason Burnett for council.

• “I would argue that what we need to meet the challenges of a stressed economy is an independent with fresh ideas and creative solutions for problem solving. I am confident that person is Jason Burnett, who will work together with all city council members to move us forward...I urge you to vote for Jason Burnett, who will be a good complement to the existing city council.”

• “..., there is an enormous discrepancy between amounts contributed by Carmel residents and individuals living outside the town. This is because of a very intense effort by Burnett’s campaign to gather contributions from outsiders...Is this what the future of Carmel elections looks like, namely more and more outside contributions? I hope not.”

• “Neither of the challengers has served on any board or commission in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Mayor Sue McCloud and council members Paula Hazdovac and Gerard Rose have experience, knowledge, understanding and deserve to be reelected.”

• “Adam Moniz, running for mayor, and Jason Burnett, running for council, have the talents to take on the unanswered problems that lurk in city hall and that loom in our future, problems that the incumbents are not fully facing and are trying to disguise behind a façade of partial success. Solutions to these problems require a serious, fresh, inventive approach, which the challengers possess without any question. This is our chance, voters, to make a positive change into the direction of a government that respects and listens to us, the people, a government that returns to Carmel’s historic values and traditions as a completely special place.”

• “Jason Burnett and Adam Moniz, your platforms seem to primarily consist of unrelenting criticism and denigration of the current Carmel City Council…I see two loose canons, both with a deleterious lack of experience. Jason and Adam could potentially take Carmel-by-the-Sea into Lawsuit Hell.”

• "It's Time For A Change. We CAN Do Better." Vote Adam Moniz for mayor and Jason Burnett for council.

• “Adam Moniz, running for mayor, and Jason Burnett, running for a vacant council seat, have the talents to take on the unanswered problems that lurk in city hall and that loom in our future, problems that the incumbents are not fully facing and are trying to disguise behind a façade of partial success. Solutions to these problems require a serious, fresh, inventive approach, which the challengers possess without any question.”

• “Both (Adam Moniz and Jason Burnett) are young, bright, well-educated and eager to be public servants (in the truest sense of the word). They each have an impressive background in government experience and have shown that they understand Carmel, its history, its traditions and its character. Both pledge a more open, participatory government in our city. For much too long, matters of serious community concern have been handled behind the scenes without adequate citizen discussion and input.”

• “The present City Council has been mostly reactive to events and situations, seemingly incapable of supplying new ideas and thinking. These two young men have shown the potential to inject much needed inventive, incisive ideas into what lurks as a mess in City Hall and what looms in our future as a series of serious challenges to the well-being of our community. Most importantly, they present an opportunity to restore dialogue between our citizens and the council – open government.”

• "The rapid groundswell of support for Carmel council candidate Jason Burnett is evidence that people quickly recognize qualities of an articulate and natural leader."

• “...Jason demonstrated analytical skills, understanding and ability to manage budgets and commitment to fiscal responsibility."

• "He outshines others whose experience cannot hold a candle to Jason's qualities and expertise."

• “Jason Burnett displayed his leadership skills in answer to the question how would you address the looming Public Employees Retirement System unfunded obligations that the city is going to have to pay. Jason’s response? Rather than wait for Sacramento leaders to solve the problem, Carmel should take control of its own situation. Get a handle on the estimated cost and start putting money aside to meet what will likely become a multi-million dollar obligation.”

• “He will provide the common sense leadership we can count on.”

• We “are very impressed with the two young men, Adam Moniz and Jason Burnett, running for city council and mayor. They seem well educated, intelligent and personable. How wonderful that two younger people are willing to step forward and take on the responsibility of helping their community.”

REFERENCES:
Senior raises concerns in case of disaster, Anne Bell, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 04/10/2010

Burnett will revitalize Carmel's government, Bonny McGowan, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 04/10/2010

Good luck to the new generation, Megan Terry, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone April 9, 2010, 36A

‘Political bombshell,’ Dale Hekhuis, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone April 9, 2010, 36A

A lesson well learned, Ethyl E. Radowicz, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone April 9, 2010, 36A

Vote Burnett for Carmel City Council, James Emery, The Monterey County Herald, 04/03/2010

BLOWING THE WHISTLE, Stephanie Pearce | Carmel Valley, MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY, April 01, 2010

Not career politicians, Dale Hekhuis, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 03/29/2010

‘The choice is obvious,’ James Emery, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone March 26, 2010, 26A

‘Change isn’t frightening,’ Louise Stuart, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone March 26, 2010, 26A

Burnett is the man to break the bloc, Cavan Hardy, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 03/24/2010

Vote Jason Burnett for mayor of Carmel, Barbara Stiles, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 03/20/2010

Vote Jason Burnett for Carmel council, Maria Sutherland, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 03/19/2010

Challengers offer ‘intelligence and energy,’ Suzanne Paboojian, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone March 19, 2010, 28 A

‘Restore Carmel’s reputation,’ Maria Sutherland, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone March 19, 2010, 29A

‘Make all generations proud,’ Barbara Stiles, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone March 19, 2010, 29A

‘We are at a crossroads,’ Richard M. Ely, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone March 19, 2010, 29A & 31A

Challengers should ‘earn their stripes,’ John Wm. Schiffeler, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone March 19, 2010, 31A

‘Exceptional integrity and intelligence,’ Samuel Melton, M.D., Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone March 19, 2010, 22 A

Double standards? Carolyn Hardy, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone March 19, 2010, 22 A

Burnett highly qualified to represent Carmel, Dick Ely, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 03/17/2010

Barbara Livingston | Carmel, MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY, March 11, 2010

Livingston’s endorsements, Barbara Livingston, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 12, 2010, 28 A

White likes Burnett, Ken White, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 12, 2010, 28A & 29A

Outside money, Dale Hekhuis, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 12, 2010, 15A

What’s right, Corky Duke, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 12, 2010, 15A

‘Optimistic direction,’ Olof Dahlstrand, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 12, 2010, 15A

Amber Archangel, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 12, 2010, 15A

Vote for Moniz, Burnett in Carmel election, Barbara Livingston, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 03/10/2010

‘Fresh, innovative approach,’ Olof Dahlstrand, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, March 5, 2010, 24A

CARMEL CHANGES, Olof Dahlstrand | Carmel, MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY, March 04, 2010

Burnett right for Carmel council, Francyne Laney, Carmel, The Monterey County Herald, 02/28/2010

‘Scary’ proposal, Cavan Hardy, Carmel, The Carmel Pine Cone, February 26, 2010, 22 A

‘Impressed,’ Barbara and Don Burnett, The Carmel Pine Cone, February 19, 2010, 20 A

REGISTERED VOTER PETITION SIGNERS (partial list):
Jean Grace, Honorary Co-Chair
Charlotte Townsend, Hononary Co-Chair
Ken White, Hononary Co-Chair
Greg D’Ambrosio, Campaign Treasurer
Maggie Hardy, Campaign Coordinator
Melissa Burnett
Olaf and Lucia Dahlstrand
Carolyn Hardy
Carol and Don Hilburn
Vinz Koller
Francyne Laney
Michael LePage
Matt Little, Jr.
Roberta Miller
Tom Parks
Carrie Theis
(Source: April 13 ballot set: three incumbents, two challengers, MARY BROWNFIELD, The Carmel Pine Cone, January 22, 2010)