First Debate Down: Council Candidates Talk Growth, Business & More

Thursday night's city council debate focused heavily on business and economic issues. The debate was hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and featured incumbents Sue Greenwald, Stephen Souza and Dan Wolk as well as newcomers Brett Lee and Lucas Frerichs.

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 Here’s a bit more from the Chamber and its Political Action Committee:

The Davis Chamber of Commerce does not relish engaging in local politics; it would much rather focus on policy, projects, and job creation to improve our quality of life.  However, it would be irresponsible not to act.  “Business as usual” is no longer a viable course of action.  It is imperative that the Davis community has political leadership capable of fostering a community that is not only socially and environmentally sustainable, but also economically sustainable.

Our community deserves elected officials and government staff who are willing and able to work constructively with community organizations and private industry to find solutions for today’s problems.

We intend on mobilizing our resources to encourage our community to support or oppose ballot measures and elect a city council that will focus on already identified community challenges, craft effective strategies to meet them, and execute those strategies in a timely fashion. 

The Chamber PAC has been charged with:

• Crafting and executing electoral strategies that result in improvement of our members economic vitality and the quality of life for the entire community.
• Interviewing all council candidates in a debate conducive to properly assessing their grasp of economic matters and the critical role a robust local economy has in fostering a sustainable community.
• Considering recommendation and possible support of a council candidate or slate of candidates that support the mission of the Chamber.
• Raising funds to support PAC activities.
• Forming a broad-based, business community coalition to support these efforts.

These efforts are not intended to start and end with the June election.  Rather, these efforts shall be ongoing to ensure we do not lose sight of the critical importance a robust, local economy has in sustaining the well being of the community.