Marsha Vas Dupre

<p>Opponents: Michael Allen, Eddie Alvarez, Carol Dean, Hans Dippel, Bobbi Hoff, Ernesto Olivares, Lee Pierce, John Sawyer, Don Taylor, Gary Wysocky</p><p>Age: 67</p><p>Hometown: Santa Rosa </p><p>Occupation: Retired Santa Rosa City Schools guidance counselor</p><p>Background: Santa Rosa Junior College District trustee (2004 -present); Santa Rosa City Council member (1998 - 2002); past president Sonoma County League of Women Voters; American Association of University Women member</p><p>Web site: www.marshaforsantarosa.com</p><p>Priorities:</p><p>BUDGET</p><p>Problem: A huge budget deficit and the threat of cutting critical services.</p><p>Solution: Discuss with employees where they think budget cuts could be made. Increase public fees for use of city facilities.</p><p>AFFORDABLE HOUSING</p><p>Problem: Use of redevelopment money to fund projects such as the Hyatt Hotel.</p><p>Solution: Redirect that money to subsidize construction of affordable housing for the city's service-industry work force.</p><p>JOBS</p><p>Problem: High local unemployment rate, particularly among low-wage earners.</p><p>Solution: Adopt a living wage law applicable to the City Hall work force and those contractors and companies who do business with the city.</p><embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/294377113" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=1809488863&playerId=294377113&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="510" height="550" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed>