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MICHAEL HARRISON
Age: 53
Occupation: Calabasas City Councilmember, Attorney, Arbitrator
As your mayor, and
as your councilmember for the past four years, it has been my
privilege and honor to work for you in protecting our environment,
saving our schools, and
preserving our dreams.
Protecting our
environment: no candidate has a more consistent environmental
record.
I was the first
chair of the Calabasas Environmental Commission and a founding
member
of the Calabasas Tree Board.
I am the only
incumbent councilmember who voted against development on a
significant
ridgeline (St. Andrews Lane).
As a former Planning
Commissioner, I favor expediting the Calabasas Road specific plan
and removing the new billboard-sized sign zone.
Having written our
city's landmark Green Building Ordinance, I will work to expand
environmentally friendly development standards.
I have fought many
overdevelopment battles and have supported every important open
space acquisition.
Saving our schools:
I have done more to help our schools than any other candidate.
Always advocating
closer cooperation with our schools, I conceived the Calabasas
Education Commission and served on the first City-Schools
Partnership Committee.
I conceived the
Calabasas Education Fund and have supported other city programs to
subsidize our schools in this financially unstable climate.
I originated free
after-school playground use at Bay Laurel and worked
collaboratively to
establish a community park at Chaparral.
Having supported
Measure E, I support building a second Calabasas pre-school and
support the upcoming bond measure to build a new Calabasas
elementary school.
Preserving our
dreams: I care deeply about preserving our small-town quality of
life and
full citizen participation.
I initiated the new
Parks Master Plan, increasing the number of new parks and
recreational opportunities.
I campaigned for a
city prosecutor who was hired to enforce our city codes.
To foster a positive
business environment, I established the Calabasas Business
Roundtable.
As a member of the
Civic Center Task Force, I have worked tirelessly to bring
Calabasas
a beautiful "green" civic center which will proudly
serve as our new town center.
I brokered the dream
of building our own community theater.
I have supported
city assistance for renters, seniors and the disabled, to preserve
the
quality of life of all Calabasas residents.
My first term will
soon be over, but my mission is not. I would be honored to
have your
support on March 8. For more information, please
call me at 818/224-5600, or visit
www.cityofcalabasas.com
Sincerely,
Michael Harrison
Mayor of Calabasas
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