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Jake Mackenzie

Candidate for Council Member, City of Rohnert Park


Published: Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 12:20 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 12:21 p.m.

Age: 69

Hometown: Rohnert Park

Occupation: Retired U.S. EPA pesticide regulator

Background: 12 years on the Rohnert Park City Council; serves on eight county and regional boards

Web site: www.jakemackenzie.org

Priorities:

1. Revenue. Protect revenues from sales-tax-generating businesses and from hotel taxes; protect the city from the sewer-rate rollback initiative; build out to the General Plan limits and increase city income.

2. Safest City on Highway 101. Maintain a stable Public Safety Department with full complement of officers trained and on the streets with continuing excellent response times and a fine enforcement record.

3. Sustainability. Continue sustainable actions and ordinances. We will build a city that is truly "green" and economically viable to hand on to our successors.


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