Candidates Video Forum
Sebastopol City Council Election 2010

The Candidates Video Forum is a new service created by Progressive Source Communications to assist voters in the democratic process by allowing them to compare short videos of candidates responding to specific questions provided to them in advance. Progressive Sebastopol, the host of this Forum, emailed questions to all six candidates for three open City Council positions. Candidates who did not respond to repeated requests for interviews after ten days are indicated by "DID NOT PARTICIPATE" over their images.

Questions

Answers

1: What would you like to achieve as a city council member?

Colleen Fernald
Sarah Gurney
Michael Kyes
Maureen Ann Shea
Ron Basso
Patrick Slayter

2: What measures, if any, would you specifically promote and support to make a Sebastopol a greener, more ecologically sustainable city?

Sarah Gurney
Michael Kyes
Maureen Ann Shea
Colleen Fernald
Ron Basso
Patrick Slayter

3: How do you feel about Sebastopol's "green" reputation, as having been the second city in U.S. history to vote for a Green Party City Council?

Michael Kyes
Maureen Ann Shea
Colleen Fernald
Sarah Gurney
Ron Basso
Patrick Slayter

4: Would you support a ban on leafblowers? Why or why not?

Maureen Ann Shea
Colleen Fernald
Sarah Gurney
Michael Kyes
Ron Basso
Patrick Slayter

5: What is your position on outdoor cultivation of marijuana in Sebastopol and why?

Colleen Fernald
Sarah Gurney
Michael Kyes
Maureen Ann Shea
Ron Basso
Patrick Slayter

6: Do you believe that the City Council should provide guidance to our Police Dept regarding the handling of undocumented immigrants that file complaints or are ticketed for misdemeanors, and if so, what guidance would you suggest?

Sarah Gurney
Micheal Kyes
Maureen Ann Shea
Colleen Fernald
Ron Basso
Patrick Slayter