You certainly couldn't do a worse job. I'm torn between supporting her bid just to get her out of the Mayor's seat, and hoping she fails so she doesn't destroy the entire county.
no need to be torn, i seriously doubt she will be running for mayor (her term will be up!) at the same time she is running for supe! so she must be putting all her eggs in the supe basket. how could she run a convincing campaign for the supe race if she is simultaneously running for mayor?
this shall be a very, VERY interesting supe race. who will be next to announce they are running? healy? oh what a race it will be.
Unfortunately, she can run for both. The supervisor election is in June. Unless she is involved in a runoff, which would go to voters in November at the same time as the mayoral race, she can lose the supervisor race and still run for mayor of Petaluma again. Based on her previous attempts at higher office, I'm not sure anyone will put up with her other than the voters of Petaluma (who need to pay better attention). Really, to get her out of elected office (which is my goal), she needs to be involved in a runoff for the supervisor race so she can't run for mayor and then she needs to lose the runoff election for supervisor.
i believe healy will run....and that will prompt a runoff into nov because i don't think any of them will get the % necessary to wrap it up in june. just my thought on how things will go.
She can run on a platform of fiscal responsibility...no that won't work the city finances are in ruins.
She can run on a platform of public safety...wait that won't work because public safety has suffered tremendously under her leadership.
She can run on a business platform...hold on, even the usually Council friendly Chamber of Commerce isn't happy with the Council's anti-business antics.
Her web-site says she will work in the public interest not for special interests. Does that mean that feral cat supporters will no longer get personal meetings? Just what can she point to as a success?
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Maybe she will run on a platform of open government. She can point to how she fired the Petaluma Planning Commissioners without so much as a public hearing - the ultimate backroom political hack job.
I know, she can run on a platform of improving the infrastructure. Heaven knows that our streets, city facilities, parks are all top notch. They could have been even better if that Kentucky Fried Chicken pothole thing had worked out.
I believe Pamela Torliatt has done a great job as Mayor. These are crazy times and we have a mayor that is actively trying to balance two worlds, that of an historic town (a treasure of a downtown & and well preserved 1900's homes) and that of a growing town of young families (busy, convenience shoppers, etc).
From what I can see things are begining to happen in regards to new development and I wish her the best as Sonoma County Supervisor and will be sad to see her go.
Petaluma Insight - where is the balance again? Where is the new development again? All we here is shop downtown, yes all these young families can afford to get their basics from downtown! Common sense is lacking - there is no balance and there is no new development, none, nada, zilch!
What we do need is balance - that is our only hope for the future of this City of our size - Ms. Torliatt seriously needs to listen to the majority of the peeps living in our community - really listen, and represent -
Just last night we were talking about Rainier - wouldn't been nice WHEN it was supposed to be built - oh tell me again, why was Rainer built with the 4 lanes again? Who lives in that area that didn't want it built?
Petaluma Insight, you are kinda correct. These are crazy times and who better to lead us than a crazy woman. She has successfully driven Petaluma into the ground and she has without a doubt killed any future "sustainability" in this town. She needs to go back to work on her cattle ranch with her boyfriend of 8 years, yeah right. Hell if he won't commit to her, why should we?
"get things done", "build a sustainable future"? Seriously...just like she has done for the City of Petaluma. Pam Pam has ruined our city.She and her band of libs have had 4 years to get things done and the city is on the brink of failure.
more bs spewing from the mouth of d2. i love this statement with regard to healy - "healy probably doesn't even have enough supporters to mount a serious mayoral campaign". how much did pam win by in 2006? and who was she running against? saying he won't have enough support is just a ridiculous statement (as is most items coming out of d2's mouth or keyboard).
also, who doesn't know that harris is a high-ranking member of the republican party? everyone knows that?
the other statement from d2's post here that is classic is this - "Like we need another supervisor that would disregard public opinion". that sure does sound like pam doesn't it? someone who simply disregards public opinion? she listens to her keller's/mcguires/petaluma tomorrow and that is about it....everyone else be damned.
d2, you are a funny, funny man, you humor me with the ridiculousness of your statements and beliefs.
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