San Mateo County Supervisor candidates, Shelly Masur vs. Warren Slocum

The Daily Journal (San Mateo), Michelle Durand, 10/5/12.  "Supervisor candidates square off." 

"As the two top vote-getters out of a six-candidate pool in the June primary, Shelly Masur and Warren Slocum are in runoff race on the Nov. 6 ballot.  .. Both also carried District Four which includes Redwood City, Menlo Park and East Palo Alto and the unincorporated areas of North Fair Oaks and Oak Knoll. Although a supervisor represents his or her district, they are chosen by voters countywide.

 Warren Slocum

Shelly Masur

.... Both Masur and Slocum favor district elections rather than the at-large system currently in play and think the county has made great strides in reining in the number of employees and associated costs. Slocum sees a future of collaboration and shared services. Masur also wants to look at areas where the county overlaps with education to find efficiencies and savings. Measure A, the county’s proposed half-cent sales tax, is backed by both candidates who noted its expiration date.

If elected, Slocum said he would request an analysis of the county’s unfunded liabilities as a step toward pension reform.  

....  Masur said her public health experience is “critical” to serving as a supervisor as is her work with nonprofits. She also pointed to her seven years as an elected board member, knowing how to understand complex funding mechanisms and restrictions while doing a good job.  Slocum, reelected five times, said his experience is countywide over a couple of decades and is noted for innovation and “thinking outside the box to get to solutions that work.”  Read article carefully.

 

Related - Vimeo video, 55:14 minutes.  Peninsula TV, 9/28/12, program "The game", San Mateo County Election Debate.  Article and  photograph of Warren Slocum above from The Daily Journal, 10/6/12.  Article and 29:26 minute Vimo video of Shelly Masur, see Fix Pacifica  Ian Butler interview with Shelly Masur, 9/14/12.  Photograph of Shelly Masur from Half Moon Bay Patch, 7/16/12, linked under her photograph above.

Posted by Kathy Meeh