Greg Carr added the following in a follow up email:

"Yes, it is OK to quote me about Susmita, but I ask that the entirety of my view of her be included. She is a very nice person with a lot of potential; and I do not want to either dismay her or have her not want to continue in the future, if she should not win this time. I would like to see her emboldened for future action. If she were to accept experienced advice and guidance over the next two years, I think she would be prepared and winnable in 2018."

My vote is also for Phil and Sabina. Keep Scott Perkins out of the council. He has voted and a supporter of Measure-W, Faria Project, Initial resolution for the Norris Canyon ramp of 680, City Center, Faria Project etc. He has pretty much voted for all development projects.

He claims to have straightened out the City Finances. He did not come with any magic wand and fixed the finances. He became city councilman in 2003, and Dougherty Valley was being developed then, and the city's revenue started increasing year after year, that fixed the problem, and not him. He has been around too long and is not constituents friendly either. He needs to go.

Change,

I'm not as hostile to Scott Perkins as you are, but I feel he has served the city well for many years and it is time for some new faces on the City Council. Sabina and I discussed the need for term limits on Councilmembers. The Mayor is limit to four two-year terms and Councilmembers should be limited to two or three four year terms. That would have to be voted on by residents, but could be put on the ballot in 2018.

Roz

Roz

We should have term limits for Council member as it will fix most of the problems. While the mayor who has only one vote for every issue on the council has a term limit of 8 years so should be for the councilman. Our neighboring City of Plesanton already has a term limit of 8 years for the Councilmember so should we have one one as well. I am glad you brought it up and we should have it in the ballot in the next election in 2018

I have spoken with Sabina Zafar and have reviewed her platform.
Sabina is definitely qualified and is very willing to listen to concerned residents, and therefore is a really good choice for San Ramon City Council, I will be voting for her. Our city council is in desperate need of a change so that residents will be listened by council rather than being ignored.

Scott Perkins is inflexible and will not listen to concerned residents that have viewpoints other than his fixed views. Perkins seems to be in favor of anything that Sunset Development or other developers want, to the detriment of the residents.

Past time for the Dougherty Valley to have a rep on the council. All for it.

Well I voted this morning. I voted for both Sabina Zafar and Susmita Nayak, but I'm pretty sure Phil O'Loan will win reelection and one of the ladies will be elected too. We should get the results later tonight.

The Presidential election might be close and take a day or two to find out if Trump or Hillary, or my pick, Gary Johnson, is our new President. If Johnson wins, he will be our third President Johnson, and the first one elected as President and not taking over for one who was assassinated.

Roz

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Well the two incumbents won reelection. I'm a little surprised that Sabina Zafar didn't do better, but residents like the job the current council is doing, and I agree with that.

Roz

Just because the two incumbents got re-elected does not mean that residents like the job they are doing. It simply means that the two challengers were outspent by O'Loane & Perkins on the multiple expensive color mailers that the incumbents sent out.

It would be very educational if the amount each incumbent spent on the election was made public, along with who the contributors were(strings attached anyone?). Then compare that to the amount the two challengers each spent on the election. That would really shed light on just what was the governing factor(s) in this dismal city council election.

Resident,

Yes the incumbents were able to spend more on campaign fliers because they have name recognition. The challengers are not known quantities yet, so they need to get more exposure. I hope they run again in 2018 and are able get their messages out better.

City elections aren't like State or National elections where a candidate needs lots of money to get recognition. The best way to get elected here is shoe leather -- walking the neighborhoods and knocking on doors and setting up Information Tables in shopping centers. Handouts can be printed on a home printer. They don't need to be professionally printed in color on glossy paper.

But I'm not the best person to give election advice. I ran twice for the Dublin-San Ramon Services District (DSRSD) and lost both times. I applied to be appointed twice, and wasn't either. I'm like the bad opera singer everyone wants to shut up and go away.


Roz

This is a perfect example of confused "fuzzy thinking": "Yes the incumbents were able to spend more on campaign fliers because they have name recognition."

The incumbents were able to spend more money simply because they had more money to spend; & how could that be??? Check their funding sources, very likely from special interests/developers. So maybe you're indirectly suggesting that the challengers should develop more "recognition" from special interests so they can get enough extra money to mail out multiple very expensive full color election brochures. Simply faulty thinking!

Resident,

You traced my logic correctly, but I don't get yours. Challengers cannot get elected without name recognition, unless the incumbents are so reviled voters would prefer anyone else even if they don't know what that other "name" stands for.

City elections are non-partisan, so voters don't have the R or D or I or something else to help make a decision on an unknown candidate. So most voters vote for a name they recognize.

Roz

By your "definition" challengers simply can not get elected in San Ramon period. We definitely need term limits!

Incumbents always have the benefit of the doubt and are usually re-elected unless they did something really really wrong or something that 'upset' those who actually vote. Key word there is VOTERS who actually VOTE. What happens on non-Presidential elections, hum? Voting percent goes way way down.
I think local term limits you would run out (quickly) of those willing to throw their names in and do the job.
Now if we could just get term limits for congress; THAT would work.

Term limits would not cause the city to soon run out of candidates for city council; good evidence is that for the last two S.R. city council elections, two incumbents ran (& lost) in each election. Term limits (two,4yr terms) would allow new representatives on council that would actually represent residents, not ignore residents for the sole benefit of special interests & themselves.

Correction to the above Post: "challengers" should have been used instead of "incumbents":

Term limits would not cause the city to soon run out of candidates for city council; good evidence is that for the last two S.R. city council elections, two challengers ran (& lost) in each election. Term limits (two,4yr terms) would allow new representatives on council that would actually represent residents, not ignore residents for the sole benefit of special interests & themselves.

Why is it so easy he tells you? What is the reason?
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