On
Saturday morning, May 15, 2010, San Mateo County Community College Trustee,
Richard Holober, will join 3rd District Supervisorial Candidate, Don
Horsley, in addressing the monthly breakfast meeting of the Pacifica
Democrats in the rear banquet room of the Sharp Park Golf Course Restaurant. The
9:30 - 11:30 a.m. meeting will conclude a series of Spring Campaign
Forum presentations to the Pacifica Democrats. Holober:The
latest addition to the Democrat's May 15th Forum, Richard Holober,
is Executive Director at Consumer Federation of America and a Trustee of
the
San Mateo Community
College District. He will speak to the Pacifica Democrats on
Measure G, the Education Parcel Tax of the
San Mateo County Community College District.
Measure G's tax would provide
College of San Mateo,
Skyline College and
Canada College with local funds that the State cannot take away and
would ensure affordable quality education for students, including
training for careers in nursing, healthcare, technology, engineering,
sciences, police, firefighting, maintaining core academics in reading,
writing, math, preparing students for universities, and keeping
libraries open. If Measure G is approved by the electorate of San Mateo
County, the San Mateo County Community College District would levy $34
per parcel annually for four years and establish Citizens' Oversight,
exempt seniors, and prohibit proceeds for administrators' salaries.
Holober,
a long time advocate for education and working families, has more than
16 years experience on the
San
Mateo County Community College Board and the Millbrae School
Board, and has dedicated himself to making sure that schools and
colleges are once again a top priority in
California. His other past and present
affiliations include: President, San Mateo County Community College
Board, Legislative Advocate for the California Nurses
Association(2000-2002), Trustee of the Millbrae School Board
(1993-1997), Founder of the Californians for Privacy Now(2001-2002),
Founder of the Livable Wage Coalition , which raised the minimum wage in
1995-1996, Legislative Advocate of the California Labor
Federation(1987-1999) and
Executive
Secretary of the San Mateo County Central Labor
Council(1981-1984).
Holober, a Peninsula resident for 19 years
and Bay Area resident for 29 years lives with his wife Nadia in
Millbrae, where they have raised two sons. He is a graduate of Rochester
University and has dedicated his career to improving education and
healthcare and winning justice for working families and consumers.
Horsley:The
second Forum participant, 3rd district Supervisorial candidate Don
Horsley, after earning a
Bachelor's
degree with Honors from
San Francisco State University in
1969, worked as a juvenile counselor with the San Mateo County Probation
Department and as a classroom teacher for
middle school students. Subsequent to that
experience, Horsley decided to dedicate himself to a career in law
enforcement.
No stranger to Pacifica, Horsley has made several
visits to San Mateo County's northernmost coastal city this past year,
in an attempt to find out both the current concerns and issues of
Pacifica residents and also to work with the leadership of the Pacifica
Community Coalition To Save Sharp Park Golf Course (PCC), in their
efforts to help save Sharp Park Golf Course as a viable and
affordable recreational opportunity for both
San Francisco and Pacifica golfers,
including a great number of senior golfers and high school golfing
students.
Presently, the Director and President of the Sequoia
Healthcare District, Horsley was a former Sheriff of San Mateo County
for nearly 14 years. His initial law
enforcement experience included positions as both a
Daly City police officer
and a Pacifica police officer, before going to the San Mateo County
Sheriff's Department, as a patrol deputy in the City of
East Palo Alto in 1972.
Horsley then rose through the ranks and spent extensive time upgrading
the training of deputy sheriffs and
correctional officers throughout the
County.
Later in his career, Horsley was instrumental in the
planning and building of a new correctional facility, which resulted in
changing the way the County Correctional system was managed. The new
facility included mental and medical healthcare
facilities and
Horsley was responsible for the adoption of a new management called
Direct
Supervision, which resulted in a sharp, near total, decrease in
incidents of violence among the jail population. With the dubious
reputation of one of San Mateo County's cities, East Palo Alto, being
dubbed the "murder capital of the United States", Horsley, upon his
election to the Sheriff's office, took up the challenge to combat
violence, drug dealing and gangs and organized a multi-
jurisdictional law
enforcement "gang task force" effort that was highly successful in
helping East Palo reduce the number of homicides dramatically.
Other
affiliations of Horsley's include: Co-chair of the
Attorney General and
State Superintendent of Public Instruction's Safe Schools Task Force,
1998-2000 Chair of the American Heart Association's San Mateo County
Executive Board of Directors, Board member of Advocates for Children,
2000-2009 Board member of Garfield Charter School, Past Chair of the
World Community Service Committee for the
Redwood City Rotary Club, previous Vice Chair of San
Mateo County's Narcotic's Task Force, Past President of the 100 Club of
San Mateo County-an organization dedicated to assisting the families of
peace officers slain in the line of duty, past Chair of the 2000-2001
San Mateo County Criminal Justice Council, and
Board of Director memberships in the
California Peace Officers
Association, the California State Sheriff's Association and the
High Technology Crime Task Force.
Don Horsley lives with his
wife Elaine and one of their adult children, Matt, a
community college student, in
Emerald Hills, in the hills above Redwood City. He has two other adult
children, Christine, a legal secretary in Redwood City and David, an
Associate Professor of
Mechanical
Engineering at the
University of California at Davis, who is
married to Meng-Hsuing Kiang. They are the parents of Don's
granddaughter, Juliette.
Meeting Info:
All
Pacifica Democrats meetings are open to the general public. One neither
needs to be a club member, nor even a Democrat to attend. A full
breakfast is offered for $12; continental for $6 and coffee for $3.
RSVPS are recommended. Doors open at 9:00 a.m. and seating is between
9:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Meeting begins at 9:30a.m. and runs until 11:30
a.m. For further information or to make an RSVP for this presentation,
please contact Barbara Arietta, President, at 415-246-0775 or email
barietta@hotmail.com
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