The VOTERS UNION
 Third District Supervisor Candidates

• HOLLY MADRIGAL
holly.jpgHolly Madrigal was raised in Willits, and returned to the area in 2000 with her husband, Gabe, after graduating with a degree in Business Management and Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
    Madrigal serves on numerous boards and community organizations, including the coordinating committee of Willits Economic Localization (WELL), Willits Shop Local First, the Economic Development and Finance Corporation (EDFC), and Common Wealth Community Farm at Howard Hospital.
    She currently serves on the Willits City Council and is a former mayor. She also is an alternate on the Mendocino Council of Governments.
    She recently changed her party registration from Green to Democrat. She has a full time job at Sparetime Supply and was a vocal advocate for Mendocino County Measure B in 2008. You can contact Holly Madrigal by phone at 459-0447, or via email at holly4supervisor@gmail.com.  •










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• TONY ORTH
Tony Orth is from Weston Mass. where he worked for a bond issue to purchase 2,000 acres for a commons organic farm in the 1970's. He is a longtime peace and environmental and sustainable energy activist and Democratic Party member  in Mendocino County. He has been elected to the Brooktrails Township board of directors for six terms, and he is a member of the Local Agency Formation Commission.  He was defeated for superviror in 1998 by Tom Lucier. He recently was thwarted in attempting to form an Area Community Energy Authority to get grants for sustainable economy projects.  459-1445, tony4supervisor@starband.net • 1454 Casteel Drive, Willits, CA 95490.












Fifth District Supervisor Candidates
• NORMAN de VALL
devall.jpg    I grew up in Laguna Beach and Hollywood and learned in junior high school how to pour molten aluminum.  I graduated from Hollywood and after a year at LA City College sailed on a freighter to Japan returning to the California Maritime Academy in Vallejo.  Two years later I graduated from San Francisco State's School of World Business and International Development having worked as a tug boat deckhand as a member of the Inland Boatman's Union. 
    I was 23 when America confronted the Cuban missile crisis, a Stevedore Superintendent managing longshore gangs on the night shift on the Oakland docks.  The Bay Area was ringed with Nike missiles and the threat of attack was imminent. With friends, I made my first trip to the Mendocino Coast.
    We did most anything to make a living, digging water wells, salvaging barns and railroad bridges, building big beam houses and watching the coast change.
    We opposed PG&E's desire to build a nuclear power plant just north of Pt. Arena in the mid 60's.
    Returning to sea in the late 1960's, I ventured to Denmark, purchased the sailing ship FRI, and brought the last cargo under sail from north Europe to San Francisco.  Returning to the coast in the early 1970's I joined the efforts to preserve the Town of Mendocino, attempted to develop our first General Plan, supported Proposition 20 forming the California Coastal Commission, sought controls for sustainable logging, and as my first foray into politics, I ran for the Mendocino Coast Hospital Board of Directors in 1972.
    We were pretty independent, building what and where we liked, and I was probably one of the first to get a Red Tag on my cottage just north of Fort Bragg.  I worked for Baxman's spreading asphalt, fished for salmon and continued my night job on the waterfront in Oakland.
    The Building Code Wars were fully engaged by the early 1970's when Bruce Levene ran for Fifth District Supervisor in '74.  It was such a well organized campaign that the Board of Supervisors passed the "Boogie Ordinance" in an attempt to prohibit large groups of people from gathering together.
    As destructive logging practices continued, the salmon season was shortened, oil derricks threatened our coast and again this new generation organized to run a candidate in the 1978 election.  Through a convention process, platform planks were drafted and Cresida Campbell was chosen as our candidate.  For health reasons she had to drop out two weeks later.  We reconvened to select a new candidate and I was chosen. With the support of both Democrats and Republicans we carried the day.
    I went to office in 1979, serving four terms; and since 1995 I've volunteered on various county boards and commissions; appointed by the Mendocino County Juvenile Superior Court, as a volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), I've mentored wards of the Court.  I've chaired the Ocean Protection Coalition and the Mendocino Art Center boards and now serve on the Elk County Water District Board and chair the Redwood Coast Watersheds Alliance.
    The issues today are similar to those of the 1980's and '90's.  After 30 years, Prop. 13 has drained our budget while at the federal level we bailout the banks, bankrupt our schools and continue fighting wars without end. 
    We're headed in a new direction to form our local economy and must work together to maintain our growth.  The Local Coastal Program and the Mendocino Town Plan, elements of our General Plan, need revision to represent how we live here.
    I'm running for office again because I want to contribute with my experience, energy and willingness.  I've asked for your trust before, and I'm asking for it again. 
    If you want more access to your government, please entrust me with your vote.
Norman L. de Vall • norman5@mcn.org •  wwwnorman5.org  • 877-3551   877:1861   357.5555 • P.O. Box 3   Elk  95432
 



• DAN HAMBURG
dan.gifI am running for the Board of Supervisors in the upcoming June 8 election.  Thirty years ago (yes, 30 years ago!), I won a seat on the Board from the Second District, an area that at the time encompassed most of the Ukiah Valley and the small town of Hopland.  I served four very eventful years, and even survived a recall!
    I later served a term in the U.S. Congress where I worked hard to balance the environmental and economic needs of our far-flung first district.  I had planned to serve more than one term but alas, the political winds changed.
    After a year working as a consultant to the newly formed government of South Africa, I returned to California and became the director of Voice of the Environment (www.voiceoftheenvironment.org)--a non-profit organization dedicated to environmental and social justice.  Over the past decade, I have also taken leadership roles in local political undertakings, including the ground-breaking Measure H campaign that outlawed   genetically modified crops in Mendocino County.
    I decided to run for political office again because I believe I can effectively represent the people of the Fifth District in times that are especially challenging.  If ever the saying that “crisis is opportunity” had relevance, now is that time.
    Local jurisdictions and counties in particular are at the bottom of the food chain when it comes to accessing tax dollars.  We are all painfully aware of the enormous waste that characterizes federal expenditures. Our government spends more for war annually than all state governments combined spend for the health, education, welfare, and safety of 308 million Americans.  Meanwhile, counties remain on the front lines when it comes to delivering vital services upon which our families and communities rely.
    Over half of Mendocino County’s $230 million budget comes directly from state and federal dollars.  The balance is collected mostly through taxes and fees.  All of these funds are shrinking.   Over the next eighteen months, Mendocino County is facing a deficit of nearly $8 million dollars.  Because counties, unlike the federal government, are not allowed to run deficits, repairing this condition will be my highest priority.
    Mendocino County is a rare and unique treasure—few places on the planet match our rich combination of human ingenuity and natural beauty.  Shaped by traditions of self-reliance and stewardship of the land, the Fifth District’s many small communities have led the way for renewable energy and sustainable living.  Our abiding “can-do” spirit, along with wise leadership, will insure ensure that this county will not only survive, but will thrive as we meet the challenges ahead.
Contact: Call 467-0329 • P.O. Box 111, Point Arena, CA 95468 • dan@votehamburg5.org   • http://www.votehamburg5.org/index.htm

(Note: At a recent meeting of the Voters Union, Hamburg said: "I have not changed my Green Party registration to run for supervisor. I believe the Green Party is the last best hope, and the Ten Key Values are a road map to get Mendocino County's economy back on its feet."
    He advocates taxing marijuana sales in order to generate $25 million in additional annual revenue for the County.)



• JIM MASTIN
    Jim Mastin is chair of the Mendocino Transit Authority and former mayor of Ukiah, and a 36 year resident of Mendocino County with many years of service to amastin.jpg wide range of local non-profits and government  agencies.
    With his strong support, the MTA implemented the BraggAbout service in Fort Bragg and the daily CC Rider connecting the coast with Ukiah and Santa Rosa, increased service to the South Coast, and helped to stabilize all senior center transportation services throughout the county. He spent many years on the Ukiah Planning Commission and City Council, and chairing the Mendocino County Democratic Central Committee.
    As chair of the Ukiah Community Center board, he was instrumental in establishing the Ukiah Food Bank, Plowshares and West Company. Serving as the first chair of the Economic Development & Financing Corporation he worked closely with all areas of the county to provide coordinated economic development opportunities previously unavailable in the area.
     Mastin also served six years on the Ukiah Players Theatre board and as a founding member of the Pride Alliance Network he helped coordinate the first countywide Pride Week events. For the past 29 years he has been employed at Mendocino College, overseeing the purchasing and duplicating departments as well as contract management for the bookstore and food service operations in his current position as Director of Auxiliary Services. Over the years he has held leadership roles in both the classified and management employee groups at Mendocino College.
    There are several critical issues that Mendocino County needs to address. As the Fifth District Supervisor Mastin plans to focus his efforts on job creation, coastal protection, clear planning direction for the county and financial stability.
    He can be reached via email at mastin@mcn.org or by calling 707.468.8809. You can also visit his website: mastin4supervisor5.com.


• WENDY ROBERTS
wendy.jpg    "I believe there needs to be a balance between enhancing our community's economy and protecting the environment.  I'm a trained nature educator and a UC Extension certified Master Gardener.  I understand that effective environmental protection is BOTH heartfelt AND science-based. I also hold a Masters in Business Administration and have small business experience through my consulting practice and property management. I understand the word "balance" and believe that this balance in my qualifications will serve the public well.
     "Since 1989, I have volunteered and consulted with local schools and non-profits.  Early on, I served board terms for Mendocino Art Center and the Mendocino Coast District Hospital. Since relocating to the coast full-time, I have supported our local school foundation and completed the Master Gardener Program at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens.  I currently volunteer as a Master Gardener and serve on the board of the historic Temple of Kwan Tai and as a member of the Mendocino Historical Review Board.
    "I recently completed two year-long terms on the Mendocino County Grand Jury during which I contributed to investigative reports on several public schools, special districts, government agencies and non-profit agencies that receive public funding. This experience caused me to spend many hours in Supervisors' meetings and provided an indepth tutorial on county government.  Each day that I served, I found myself more committed to finding ways to contribute to more balanced and effective governance of our county.
    "We have huge challenges ahead.  We must revitalize and enhance our economy with jobs that will support families and sustain our rural communities. We must also protect and restore the environment that brought, and keeps most of us here.  This is a time for leadership, not politics.  It is a time to focus on a common vision and to work together to make that vision a reality.
    "I welcome questions addressed to me personally by phone at 937-4702 or  by email at wendy@mcn.org or through my website at www.wendyforsupervisor.com"
    (Note: Wendy describes herself as “a socially liberal Democrat with a business and non-profit background,” but various observers call her the developers’ candidate who will vote for big power on land use issues. They cite a position she took publicly advocating development on the Albion headlands.)