Rick’s Endorsers from the 2014 Election

Past Mayors:

Jerry Carlson
Malcom Dudley
Didi Fisher
John Fisher
Jim Janz

 

Other Elected Officials:

Congresswoman Anna Eshoo

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Maryan and Steve Ackley
Gail Alberti
Karen and Ellis Alden
Bianca and Jamie Alexander
Muffie and Fred Alvarez
Colleen and Grant Anderson
John Anderson
Tom and Tami Arrington
David and Marty Arscott
Alan and Marianne Austin
Melissa and Jim Badger
David Bagshaw
Rafi Bamdad
Ilda and Carl Barbieri
Elyse and David Barca
Ildiko and Robert Barker
Scott Barnum
Bill and Kay Bates
Todd and Inna Beardsley
Margaret and Daniel Beltramo
Eric and Edith Bergstrom
Rebecca and Jeff Berry
Cameron and Tito Bianchi
Susan Bird
Kerry and George Bischoff
John and Linda Bolger
Lori and Steve Bouret
Joni and Tom Brown
Beverly Browne
Kelly and David Burke
Suzanne and Bill Burrows
Sandra Buscemi
Shawn and Brook Byers>br />
Ferne Calcaterra
Peter Carpenter
Jennifer Carrico
Armando Castro
Shirley Carlson
Leslie Coleman
Chris Darwall
Liz and Mark Daschbach
Christine and Mike David
Jean and Duncan Davidson
Patti and Mark Davis
Kathy and Norm Dewitt
John and Susan Diekman
Michelle and Gary Dillabough
Dimitrios Dimitrelis
Betsy and Don Dixon
Dave Dollinger
Steve Dostart and Sharon Meers
Julie and Mark Douglass
Jim and Mary Drake
John Duane
Peter Drekmeier
Cosette Dudley
Elizabeth and Bruce Dunlevie
Louise El-Sum
Alain and Rosemary Enthoven
Kyle Enright
Carolyn and Scott Feamster
Claire Feder
John and Chris Fennell
Sandra Ferrando
Judi and Jerry Finch
David Fleck and Elaine Wong
Mark Flegel
Jill and Norm Fogelsong
Diana and Freeman Ford

Laura and John Foster
Karen Francis
Keiko Franklin
John Friedenrich
Liz and Doug Fritz
Marilee Gardner
Valerie Gardner
Dominic and Eva Geraghty
Diane and Charlie Giancarlo
Margaret Gill
Betsy Glikbarg
Ernie Goiten
John and Marcia Goldman
Bianca Gonzalez
Edward Goodstein
Peter and Carol Grassi
Josh and Judy Green
William and Susan Grindley
Bob and Anne Gunderson
Susan and Steven Hailey
Sherman and Jane Hall
Jim and Marsha Hannay
Griff Harsh
Ken Hausman
Bob Hellman and Holly Cao
Sarah and Stephen Herrick
Margaret Hinman
Tom and Kathy Holt
Susan and Joel Hyatt
Frauke Janssen
Kathy Janz
David Jones
Anita and Chris Joy
Kent and Linda Kaiser
Alyce and Steve Kaplan
Guy and Beth Kawasaki
Chris Kelley
Elizabeth Kerrigan
Nancy and Andy Kessler
Ed King
Leslie and Charles King
Jill and John Kispert
Fred and Gail Kittler
Kris Klint
Ross Koningstein
Vivian Kral
Denise Kupperman
Kathy and Michael Ladra
Rajeeva and Sangeeta Lahri
Randy and Lisa Lamb
Joan Lambert
David Lampert
Janet Larson
Lois Larson
Gary and Laura Lauder
Linda and Skip Law
Herb Lechner and Kay Clarke
Jeffrey Lee
Bren and Larry Leisure
Darcy and Mark Leschly
Ginger and Doug Levick
Sandy and Dave Levison
Joe Lewis
Linda and Sid Liebes
Debbie and Mike Linton
Joyce and Phil Lively
Connie and Robert Loarie
Greg Loew
Larry and Jennie Lowry
Connie and Bob Lurie
Helen and Dick MacDonell
Jillian Manus
Jim and Judy Massey
Susan Masetti
Louis Matas
Anne and William McNertney
Janice and Kevin Meier
Janice and Kevin Meisel
Clive Merredew
Alan Miller
Bill Miller
Suzanne and Indra Mohan
Russ and Kate Moore
John Moragne
Mark Moriconi

Jeff Morris
Merv and Roslyn Morris
Elissa Murphy
Susan and Gib Myers
Ben and Alex Narasin
Maaike Neves
Lorrie Norrington
Pejam and Mania Nozad
Sue and Bob O’Donnell
Michelle and Erik Olsen
Marion and Bob Oster
Robert Oyster
Hana and Peter Palecek
Lori and Vic Para
Roslyn and Lisle Payne
Wendy Petersmeyer
Bill Peterson
Barbara and Ron Peyton
Jack Phillips
Laura and Mark Pitchford
Bob Polito
Barbara and Charles Preuss
Linda and Eric Protiva
Russel and Helen Pyne
Andrea and Geoff Ralston
Jan and Neil Rasmussen
Jenny Redo and Kevin Brown
Earl Rennison
Jack Ringham
Walter and Judith Robinson
Mindy and Jesse Rodgers
Sharon and Bob Roeser
Danielle and Mario Rosati
Debbie and Stuart Rosenberg
Shelley and Bernard Ross
Peter Rukavina and Wendy Adams
Kim and Henry Sabet
Mansour and Liza Salame
Steve and Lisa Schatz
Randy and Kelly Schmitz
Lee and Bill Schroeder
Bobbie Schumacher
Alicia and Jim Seebold
Susan and Richard Seiler
Anne Senti-Willis
June and Mario Sevilla
Hildy Shandell
Sheri and John Shenk
Mark Silverman
Howard and Susan Slayen
Carol and Ned Spieker
Madeline and Isaac Stein
Mary and Mark Stevens
Margaret Tao
Barry Taylor and Libby Tyree-Taylor
John and Debbie Thibault
Jonathan Tiemann
Marylue Timpson
Paul Tonelli
Tom Toy
Carolyn and Todd Tuomala
Roxanne Velez
Loren Viegas
Stephanie and Gregg von Thaden
Anne Yvonne Walker
Ray Walton
Don and Sylvia Way
Betty and Michael Weinstock
Heidi and David Welch
Steve Westly
Catherine and Robert Westover
Zachary Whitman
Barb and John Windham
Jeff Wise
David Wollenberg
Keith Wollenberg
John and Margaret Worthing
Elizabeth Wright
Marsha Wythes
Patricia and Newt Yaeger
Amy and Geoff Yang
Kim Young
Tricia Young
Ingrid and George Yule
Barbara zuPutiz

Rick Receives Almanac Endorsement

On October 21, 2013 Rick received the endorsement of the Almanac’s editorial board. We are pleased to reprint the article below, or you can see it on the Almanac’s website here.

ALMANAC

Viewpoint – October 23, 2013

2013 Editorial: Rick DeGolia for Atherton Council

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Besides deciding whether to renew the parcel tax (see below) Atherton residents will select one of three City Council candidates to replace Jerry Carlson, who resigned in July.

Of the three candidates running, our choice is Rick DeGolia, vice chair of the Civic Center Advisory Committee and a high-tech business executive and lawyer who has some fresh ideas that we believe could improve the council’s relations with the community. His opponents are Greg Conlon, a former state Public Utilities Commission member who now serves as chair of the town’s finance committee, and Diane Sandhu, who is now that committee’s vice chair.

In our opinion, Mr. DeGolia stands out in this race due to his insights as a longtime business executive and corporate board member and his willingness to listen, respectfully, to all ideas and try to come up with creative solutions to problems before the council and of concern to residents. His decision to get involved in town government was sparked in the last election, when he was dismayed that the proposal to build a library in Holbrook-Palmer Park was pushed “from the top down” by a slim council majority, he said.

Mr. DeGolia notes that the town was recently able to pay $2 million toward its long-term pension obligation, which he says is due in part to the influx of many young families who are moving to Atherton and paying higher property taxes. Mr. DeGolia says these families will want playing fields, bike lanes and a safe way for pedestrians to cross El Camino Real, where several fatal accidents have occurred recently.

Mr. DeGolia did not accept support from the police union, and said he believes there is almost no possibility that the town will outsource police services. He did say that police costs and pensions, which take up more than half the town’s budget, are worthy of discussion.

Mr. DeGolia is a candidate who will make sensible decisions as a council member. He vows to listen to residents and says he will try to make the council’s decisions as transparent as possible. He is not endorsed by any current council members, who split 2-2 on many issues, so Mr. DeGolia could be a swing vote. We urge voters to elect Rick DeGolia to the Atherton City Council.

[To read the endorsement as posted on  the Almanac Online, click here!]
Reprinted in its entirety with permission.