4th District Supervisor Warren Slocum, 25 years of public service

The Daily Journal (San Mateo), Michelle Durand, staff, 1/8/12.  "Slocum sworn in as supervisor."

"Warren Slocum is no stranger to being sworn into office — after more than two decades as the county’s chief elections officer and assessor-county clerk-recorder, he has raised his hands several times to accept another term.

.... District Four includes Redwood City, Menlo Park and East Palo Alto and the unincorporated areas of North Fair Oaks and Oak Knoll. ....  Slocum takes over from Supervisor Rose Jacobs Gibson, who was termed out of office after serving since 1999 and will receive a formal sendoff from the board at Tuesday morning’s meeting. The board will also meet in Pacifica that night to reorganize and install Supervisor Don Horsley as president.

....  During his campaign, Slocum listed the county’s budget and ongoing deficit a top priority and backed Measure A, the county’s half-cent sales tax measure which passed on the same ballot.  Last night, Slocum reiterated his support for the tax, saying the electorate and government have entered into a bargain for which the county must act responsibly with the money.

Slocum, who promoted technology in his former elected office, said he also wants to use the same spirit of innovation as a county supervisor. As examples, Slocum suggested streamlining billing for health care reimbursement costs to create an estimated $10 million annually in revenue, publish the county’s checkbook online so the public can see where tax money is spent and create a variety of online dashboards to display economic indicators and performance measures. “People should know how their government is performing, if it’s achieving its goals and at what cost,” he said.

During the campaign, Slocum also said he would follow Horsley’s lead in not accepting a supervisor salary while simultaneously receiving his pension. Horsley recently announced he was again taking a paycheck after two years of waiving it; Slocum has not placed such a cap on his promise."   Read article.

Related - Belmont Patch, 1/8/12, Jennifer van der Kleut, "Patch clips: Warren Slocum sworn in to standing ovation."  Photograph above from this article, which includes a 1:16 minute video.

Posted by Kathy Meeh