ASSEMBLY CANDIDATES FIND PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - Two of the four candidates vying for the 37th District Assembly seat failed to show for a public forum Friday, but that didn't stop the others from engaging in friendly debate and fielding a range of questions from the audience. Democratic challenger Jon Sharkey squared off with Libertarian lib·er·tar·i·an n. 1. One who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the role of the state. 2. One who believes in free will. [From liberty. hopeful Willard Michlin in the forum that drew about 30 people to the California Lutheran University Mission statement The University's mission statement is as follows: "California Lutheran University is a diverse, scholarly community dedicated to excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies. campus in Thousand Oaks. The two are running in the March 7 primary, as are incumbent Republican Tony Strickland and third-time challenger Roz McGrath, whose representatives said short notice and busy schedules prevented them from attending. Sharkey's platform centers on fighting sprawl in Ventura County by eliminating tax incentives for what he calls irresponsible development. The Port Hueneme Port Hueneme (wī'nē`mē), city (1990 pop. 20,319), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; founded 1870, inc. 1948. It has an artificial deep-sea harbor and is the site of a huge naval construction-battalion (Seabee) center. city councilman also said he strives to reform the financial relationship between state and local government. ``We need to start investing back in the neighborhoods,'' Sharkey said. ``If you're going to get housing people can afford, a chunk of that property tax should come back into the community to pay for police and services that preserve property values.'' At the core of Michlin's debate was fiscal autonomy, based on the idea that the people know best how to spend their money. ``The Democrats said they weren't going to spend money and spent it. The Republicans said they weren't going to spend it and did,'' the business consultant said after the debate. ``If you think you know how best to spend your money, vote for me.'' The candidates fielded a range of questions - from general queries about why they are seeking office to specific concerns about land use and financial matters facing the district that stretches from Thousand Oaks to Oxnard. The forum was sponsored by the League of Women Voters League of Women Voters, voluntary public service organization of U.S. citizens. Organized in 1920 in Chicago as an outgrowth of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, it had as its original nucleus the leaders of the latter organization. and the Thousand Oaks chapter of the American Association American Association refers to one of the following professional baseball leagues:
CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour Conejo edition only) 37th Assembly District candidates John Sharkey, top, and Willard Michlin share a light moment during Friday's public forum. (2 -- color in Conejo edition only) Audience members get a kick out of the candidates forum Friday at California Lutheran University. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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