Norm Westwell: Reduce city government

RACE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE OCEAN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT

Name: Norm Westwell

Age: 43

Occupation: Huntington Beach sportswear manufacturer

Family: Wife; son, 11, and daughter, 8.

Community activities: Chamber of Commerce; AYSO referee; community

activist.

Education: Associate’s from Orange Coast College; electronic

technical certificate from OCC.

Favorite leader: Thomas Jefferson.

Contact information: (714) 596-4764; [email protected];

www.smartvoter.org/2002

/11/05/ca/or/vote/westwell_nm/.

WESTWELL ON:

* STUDENT SAFETY:

Armed teachers.

* RAISING STUDENT TEST SCORES:

Increase school hours.

* FISCAL IMPROVEMENTS THE DISTRICT:

Increase teachers salaries.

* BIGGEST ISSUE FACING THE DISTRICT:

Money

* CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS:

Strongly opposed.

* PROPOSITION 50:

Opposed. Nearly all bond measures deserve a no vote. Bond means:

Buy it now and make your children pay for it.

* DEVELOPMENT:

Keep government out of the redevelopment business altogether. This

is not the role of government. When developers discover all the

regulations, permits, inspections, conditional use restrictions and

such, and the time required to deal with it all, it is no wonder they

simply walk away.

* WATER QUALITY:

Comprehensive testing and examination of the wetlands for possible

sources of contaminants needs to be done.

* BIGGEST ISSUE FACING HUNTINGTON BEACH:

The budget. Increased revenue streams predicted by the hot shot

outside consultants are not working. This places the tax burden on

residents. Government must stop meddling in the redevelopment

business. Let business conduct business. Our leaders must work to get

government out of the way. Taxpayers can no longer afford the size of

our city government. Staff and services must be cut or taxes must be

raised yet again. Taxpayers currently pay nearly 50% of everything

they earn in cumulative taxes. And government cries, “It is not

enough.” The size of our government must be corrected. I understand

the only way to reduce government, is by reducing it’s revenue.