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City Council Candidate: Marcia Rudolph
I believe in the future of Lake Forest rooted in sound fiscal management and community values of family, home and church.
I am a founding member of the MCAS El Toro Restoration Advisory Board, member of Orange County Child Care and Development Planning Council, Vector Control and Insurance Authority. I also serve as the League of Cities’ Employee Relations and Environmental Quality Policy Committees and graduated from their Leadership Academy.
As we celebrate 20 years as a city, we must be ever vigilant to protect our safety and quality of life.
I seek your vote to:
Continue improving our roads and intersections
Monitor animal control services
See City Hall, sports park, community center and recreation centers built
Protect and encourage businesses
Expand recreation opportunities for all ages
Monitor school district projects
Work with the Sheriff on Musick jail
Assure citizens are kept informed of all construction projects for review and comment
As a member of the first City Council with a proven record of independence and accountability, I believe that public service is service to you, our citizens.
As a mother, grandmother, retired teacher and homeowner, I ask for your most precious possession as an American citizen--your vote.
Yesterday:
Tomorrow: City Council candidate Adam Nick
First, thank you for your many many years of service. But don’t you think it’s strange that most of your fellow Council members are not endorsing you. If you don’t have the confidence of the people who work with you, how do you expect to gain our confidence?
Have you ever declared bankruptcy? Has a business you owned or managed ever declared bankruptcy? Have you ever been arrested? Have you ever been convicted of a crime? Are you currently involved in any lawsuit as a defendant or plaintiff? If the answer is "yes" to any of these questions, could you please supply more information.
What you have said in your current ballot statement is what you have been running on for the last twenty years while you have been paid by our tax dollars in salary almost $200,000.00 and in benefits tens of thousands of dollars, not the least of which is your taxi rides costing taxpayers seven to eight thousand dollars each and every year (I do understand that you cannot drive but why should we pay for your cab fare??). Once I learned this, I realized why you voted against Term Limits!! Even putting all that aside, you are not even truthful in your statements and standing. Specifically (the text in CAPS is yours word for word taken from your current ballot statement): CONTINUE IMPROVING OUR ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS. This is while with you in charge for 20 years Bake Parkway received an “F” grade several months ago and Alton Parkway’s completion took twenty years. I guess if we just leave things alone, EVENTUALLY a lot happens anyway (either good or bad). C next post.
SEE CITY HALL, SPORTS PARK, and COMMUNITY CENTER AND RECREATION CENTERS BUILT. Then, what exactly have been doing for the last 20 years?? PROTECT AND ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES. What have you ever done to encourage business? The answer in “NOTHING”. EXPAND RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AGES. 20 years and we don’t even have a real Senior Center for God’s sake, let alone everything else that Lake Forest does not offer, unlike many other cities in the area!! MONITOR SCHOOL DISTRICT PROJECTS. Since when the simple “MONITORING” of things accomplishes anything? What specifically can you attribute to yourself when it comes to education in the last twenty years? C next post.
ASSURE CITIZENS ARE KEPT INFORMED OF ALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT. Another big lie. Over the years you have allowed so many re-zoning aimed to appease and assist developers on their raid and rape of Lake Forest go through that those who have followed the matter (including myself) have lost count. Obviously, many of these previous constructions today are the very cause of our ever-increasing crime, traffic, and pollution. And this is while you have received contribution personally from some of these developers. So, ENOUGH is ENOUGH. I can only hope voters begin to realize all you have done TO this city and how little you have done FOR it, if any. C next post.
I will look forward to your response.
I'm glad you realize that Marcia Rudolph has been offering the same baseless platitudes for years. Her use of the word "monitoring" is ridiculous, but her biggest fault (among many) has been her failure to stop the expansion of Musick Jail which not only introduced the ICE felons but is now being fitted for a maximum security addition. This threatens the safety of everyone in Lake Forest. As you rightly point out, Irvine has opposed this expansion and they don't even have residents living near Musick while we have people living right across the street.