Why should we vote for you?
I will take a hard look at what is being spent by whom: between allegations among the highest Alameda City officials and money misused courting SunCal, among other scandals ….

Alameda deserves clear leadership over the direction the Point will take into the future. I was among the over 85% who voted against Measure B and the disastrous effects it would have had upon our City. I have many specific ideas about the adaptive reuse of the buildings already located on the former NAS, and how they can be harnessed to generate income for the City’s coffers while the Navy completes its job cleaning up the site in anticipation of turning the land over to the City on or around 2017.

What do you think is the most pressing issue you would face if elected and what would you do to address it?
It’s clear from the robocalls that are taking place leading up to this election and from other candidates’ stances that SunCal is still attempting to exert unwanted influence on our City. It is up to all of us to make sure that this doesn’t happen.

How to proceed at the Point is our most pressing issue and we need to develop a clear plan. The former NAS covers nearly a third of our island and represents a huge opportunity for additional revenue for Alameda. It also represents our proud history and I believe that history should be preserved for future generations. As your City Councilmember I intend to work closely with citizen and community groups who have already begun outlining those potential solutions to synthesize them into a clear, actionable plan for we can support and move forward with.

I am 100% against SunCal, and I will always stand with the over 85% of Alamedans who voted for them to leave the City. I agree with the four City Councilmembers who ended the ENA, and as your City Councilmember, I will take every action possible to prevent SunCal from ever laying any sort of claim to Alameda Point or any other piece of this city.

What do you think needs to be done with Alameda Point – and what steps would you take to make that happen?
We cannot support building more housing right now, with hundreds of homes for sale and even more for rent on the market. There are so many complications with building on the Point, and no plan satisfactorily takes into account all the myriad issues at the former NAS. Fortunately concerned citizen groups, like the series of community group meetings called “Moving Forward” and City task forces like the one proposed by ICM Gallant called “Going Forward” are already evaluating potential solutions, based on years of research and experience at the Point.

Unlike other candidates, I have been to these meetings and listened to these citizens and experts, and taken the tour of the buildings on the site. These groups and I agree that it makes more sense to reuse the existing structures and leverage the existing assets to generate income for the City, rather than bringing in mercenary developers who are more interested in lining their own pockets than doing what’s best for Alameda.