Dana Were the Entitlements Met?

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Hi Dana,

I hope all is well and you are enjoying your summer.

I have several questions about how the Planning Conditions (PC) included in the Olivia entitlements were met as follows:

PC # 16 states, “This approval expires two years from the date of approval (expires March 3, 2022), unless a building permit has been issued and construction has diligently commenced thereon and has not expired,” (I do realize that an extension was granted thereby changing the date to 3-3-23.)

• Was any determination made that a building permit was issued?
• Was any determination made that construction has diligently commenced?
• How is “building permit” in PC#16 defined? Does a permit for a utility pole constitute a “building permit”?
• How is the phrase, “construction has diligently commenced” defined?
• Please provide evidence for each of the above.

PC # 35 states, “There shall be no parking of construction equipment or construction worker's cars on residential or business streets at any time. A staging area shall be secured prior to issuance of a grading or building permit as determined necessary by the City Engineer.”

• If a “building permit” was issued per PC#16, was a staging area secured as required in PC#35?
• Was a determination of the necessity of a staging area made by the City Engineer?
• Please provide evidence of such determination.

PC # 36 states, “Truck routes for the import or export of cut/fill material shall be identified and approved by the City Engineer prior to the issuance of any permits. The applicant shall be responsible for the repair of any damage to City streets (private and public) caused by the contractor's or subcontractor's vehicles.”

• Were truck routes identified and approved by the City Engineer?
• Please provide evidence of such identification and approval of truck routes.

PC # 37 states, “Prior to construction, the applicant shall ensure that the contractor shall contact the City inspector for a pre-construction meeting. Haul route shall be submitted for review and approval by the City Engineer.”

• Has a contractor been selected?
• Has a pre-construction meeting taken place?
• Was a Haul route submitted for review and approval by the City Engineer?
• Was the Haul route approved?
• Please provide evidence of the pre-construction meeting, Haul routes submitted, and approval of said Haul routes.

PC # 47 states, “The applicant shall pay all required fees at the time of building permit issuance.”

• What are the required fees?
• Were required fees paid?
• Please provide evidence of payment.

PC #54 states, “The applicant's engineer shall certify the actual pad elevation for the lot in accordance with City standards prior to issuance of Building Permit.”

• Did the applicant's engineer certify the actual pad elevation?
• Please provide evidence of the above certification.

PC # 77 states, “Prior to City Approval of the plans and issuance of permits, the applicant shall submit a signed operation and maintenance agreement. The agreement shall be the City's standard form and subject to the review and approval by the City.”

• Was a signed operation and maintenance agreement submitted to the City?
• Please provide evidence of the agreement.

PC # 116 states, “Prior to the issuance of the first building permit for the project, the applicant shall submit plans for plan check that show a minimum of 106 off-street parking stalls for the project (minimum 31 stalls at 6170 High Street, minimum 37 stalls at 6450 Marsh Creek Road and minimum 38 stalls at 6490 Marsh Creek Road), consistent with the revised site plans approved by this resolution.”

• Were plans for a plan check submitted showing the requisite number of parking?
• Please provide evidence of this submission.

I would appreciate a response from you electronically and by U.S. Mail as soon as possible.

Thanks,

Concerned Citizen

cc Bret Prebula, City Manager

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Letter from Citizen to Dana Ayers on Olivia Vesting

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Hi Dana,

Hey, just wondering did the entitlement for Olivia vest before the March 3, 2023 expiration date?

If it did, what is the evidence that the developer met the conditions of approval? Did the city document it? Can I have something that shows the evidence to satisfy the developer met the condition of approval, specifically, was a building permit issued, and has construction diligently commenced as stated in the resolution?

Has any demolition or groundbreaking activities occurred?

Was a recycling plan submitted and approved, and did the builder make a deposit as required in Planning Conditions #8?

Please get back to me,

Concerned Citizen

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Clayton Business and Community Association (CBCA) - Agreement Termination

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To the City Council Members,

Mayor Wan should be ashamed of his piss poor handling of the agreement between the City of Clayton and the CBCA, as should Vice Mayor Diaz and Council member Trupiano. To expedite this item to the agenda with a total lack of preparation, factual figures, and a plan shows a total lack of respect to an organization that has supported our community since 1984. The handling of the agreement termination was a total display of ignorance, inexperience and vindictiveness. Again all three of you should hang your head in shame for the shit show you hosted at the last city council meeting.

With that said, I am recalling the agreement that was set to begin on April 1st that I put forth to the city for helping to promote the Concerts in The Grove series. I cannot work with a group of council members that have nothing but their own selfish interests in mind or seek the council of creeps like Frank Gavidia, Bill Walcutt, and Gary Hood (keep pretending that the 3 of you have no connection to them, you’re only fooling your ignorant base that is rapidly shrinking). My agreement is now null and void and I will not provide or share any of my services to help promote the concert series that was also the victim of Vice Mayor Diaz' vindictiveness.

With that said I will continue to serve our community through honorable organizations like the CBCA.

Signed,

A.J. Chippero

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CBCA Master Use Agreement - Bocce Ball Committe

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Capos: (From the CBCA Bocce Committee.)

This is one of those infrequent times we feel the need to reach out to all players.  This is important.  So we appreciate you sending this to your respective Spring, Summer and/or Fall League teammates (and apologize as some of you will get multiple copies of this email).  This concerns an item on the agenda of the Tuesday March 7 meeting of the Clayton City Council at 7:00.  We know its short notice but only found out about what is below this past Friday afternoon.

The Clayton Business & Community Association (CBCA) operates and maintains the Ipsen Family Bocce Park and runs the Clayton Bocce League.  In other words, bocce is not a City of Clayton function or sponsored activity.

CBCA also puts on the Art & Wine Festival, BBQ Cook-Off, Oktoberfest and Tea With Mrs. Claus.  None of these are City of Clayton functions.

CBCA is an all-volunteer non-profit corporation.  We are an IRS approved 501(c)(3) charity.  Our members donate thousands of hours a year to put on these events.  Our community contributes hundreds of volunteers, who in turn contribute thousands of hours, annually to help us put on these events.

 
The profits from these events are invested back into this community by the CBCA in the form of grants.  Our members vote on who is awarded grants.  Since its inception in 1984, CBCA has donated well over $1 million for school supplies, sports equipment, college scholarships, event scholarships, local theater, arts, and food and clothing to those in need, to name just a few.  Those groups who receive grants help us put on the events that generate the profits to donate to these groups.  This partnership has worked very well over the years.  It is part of what makes this community a place people want to live in and raise a family.

CBCA has also donated thousands of dollars for civic improvements through the City of Clayton, in the form of grants to the City of Clayton and the Clayton Police Department.

The festivals CBCA puts on require city permits for the use of city property and to pay for city services.  Since 2008, CBCA and the City have been working under the terms of a publicly approved Master Use Agreement.  The Master Use Agreement governs how and where CBCA can hold its events, what permits and fees it is charged (and in some instances permits that are waived), insurance requirements, and how much CBCA will pay for "City direct support costs" (primarily police department overtime).  CBCA pays 50% of the estimated cost before the event and, upon invoicing from the city, the balance after the event.

Without warning, the mayor has put on the agenda for the Tuesday, March 7, city council meeting an "action item" (Item 8 (a)) titled:  Consider Termination of Clayton Business and Community Association Master Use Agreement.  The stated purpose is to discuss "the merits of continuing this agreement." 

What the city has in mind is unclear.  This is not about increased permit fees.  This does not appear to be an attempt to renegotiate the Master Use Agreement.  Is this about raising more money from local nonprofits to help the city make ends meet?  Is this about making our events prohibitively expensive to put on?  Preclude certain events altogether?  Whatever it is has the potential to significantly impact what CBCA and its many volunteers do in order for CBCA to continue to deliver on its simply stated motto:  "For The Good Of The Clayton Community."

The meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7 at Hoyer Hall (Clayton Community Library).  Feel free to show up in person and speak up! 

     
You may be asking after reading this:  What does this mean for bocce?  The answer is nothing for now, and we don't know for the future.  But it bears a reminder that bocce happens in Clayton not because the City of Clayton deemed it so, but because of the hard work and financial commitment of the private sector (the Ipsen family) and the community (CBCA).

  
Thank you.

 
CBCA Bocce Committee

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Letter to City Council - Disingenuous Peter Cloven

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Dear City Council:

I don't know Peter Cloven personally but to me it feels disingenuous to accept the Vice Mayor role without ever casting as much as one vote on any issue as a member of the Council.

Peter Cloven

It is obvious to me after watching the end of the council meeting when Wolfe took over as Mayor he has no clue on how to run a meeting. Also, the "Council Guidelines and Procedures" written by the council many years ago states: " Election to Vice Mayor and Mayor requires supporting votes of three (3) Council Members, but in the interest of harmony unanimous consensus is to be sought and encouraged." It also states: "The Vice Mayor is generally expected to ascend to Mayor." Of course if the Vice Mayor does something against the law he would not be elevated to Mayor. The only thing that Jeff Wan did was to put the best interest of the community above his personal desire to become Mayor. Pretty Honorable. Cannot say that about Carl Wolfe and Peter Cloven. I believe they missed the part about creating harmony.

Looks like devious politics have infiltrated even the smallest of our communities.

Sincerely,

Clayton Resident

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The Grove - More Taxpayer Funded Incompetence

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By Clayton Watch

Just as you thought it could not get any worse. After two plus years of neglect, the city manager decided to rehab the grass at Clayton's Downtown Park, The Grove. 

The area was fenced off, the shaded grass area was torn up, prepped and new sod was installed, the large grass area was prepped and re-seeded. The fence stayed up for months while the grass areas came back to life. The new sod was looking great.

 
Then, the new sod started dying and a lot of it was already dead. So, I sent an email to Peter Cloven, Clayton's self-absorbed Mayor, regarding this issue and several other issues that needed to be addressed at the park. 

After a week with no response from our mayor (Pretty common occurrence. I guess he is pretty busy making "Who I Am" videos), I sent him a trace. He then forwarded my email to the city manager for a response. 

Here is the city manager's response regarding the demise of the new sod:--taxpayer money. ("There has been a water line break under the turf area; water has been temporarily turned off to dry out the sod so the repairs can be made. As soon as it is fixed, the watering will begin again and we will re-plant/replace as needed. The cost for the repairs are covered from the special assessment for The Grove.") This " temporary" shutting off of water continued until all the new sod turned brown and died (they pretty much figured it was dried out when it was all dead) Great plan! 

In other words, let it die, and then fix the water pipe. After we fix the water pipe and all the sod is dead, then we will go ahead and charge the taxpayers (City leaders probably believe it is not real money because it is being paid for from the special parcel tax for the Grove) to replace all the sod. The lack of good judgement keeps getting worse and Clayton taxpayers are paying for it. What did Cloven do about it? You guessed it--Nothing.

It is no wonder Clayton is facing a budget shortfall.

Signed,

Concerned Resident

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Emails from the Clayton Community - Regarding Flyers

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To Whom It May Concern,

I am a long-time resident of Clayton since July 1996 and live in the Regency Meadows neighborhood.

 

I read the 2-page flyer that was left on my doorstep on 5/23/2022; one side titled, “A Town Divided” and the other side titled, “Weeds Gone Wild!”  Several cited claims were made in both articles, but there were no actionable items to the many claims cited.  What is your ask of Clayton residents?   

 

I have known Peter Cloven since 2018.  Peter is about Peter and was an ass-wipe when I met him and remains an ass-wipe today in his role as Mayor of the City of Clayton. I have no insight nor have I interacted in any way directly with Ms. Schwartz, Ms. Tillman, or Mr. Wolfe.  If there is interest to establish a united front in the Clayton community seeking Peter Cloven’s resignation as Mayor of Clayton, I would support and volunteer my time with this effort since Peter’s term in office doesn’t expire until 11/2024.  It is my position that Peter’s views on what is best for the City of Clayton aren’t aligned with this Community’s views.  With that said, I don’t know if Ms. Tillman, today’s Vice Mayor, would be the worse of two evils as Mayor in the event Peter resigned as Mayor of Clayton.

 

I agree with the claim that the City’s landscaping needs immediate attention.  Parties that drive into the City’s limits accessing from Clayton Road and Oakhurst Drive are under impressed and I find it personally embarrassing as a long-time resident of Clayton.  The matter of the Landscape Maintenance District fund being potentially co-mingled with the General Fund is distressing and should be addressed ASAP.  How can I help?

 

I believe the claim of “…44% of Clayton residents do not trust our elected officials” is understated since I did not participate in any survey related to City of Clayton elected officials and I have firsthand knowledge that many of my personal friends who are Clayton residents also did not participate in any recent survey in connection with questions related to trust of the City’s elected officials.

 

Sincerely,

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Fri, May 20, 1:18 PM
to ClaytonWatch94517

Bill and Gary,

I agree with your assessment of the city.  The landscaping and overall condition of Clayton is a disgrace.   Both the city manager and assistant city manager should resign, and new council members should run for election.  It is time for a change. 

Sincerely

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Bill and Gary

As a triathlete, I spend a lot of time training—which includes over a dozen hours running and biking each month—and what I see while I am out has truly reached the level of being disgusting.

In addition to chest-high weeds on the medians, trails and next to sidewalks, there is also trash and graffiti popping up on a regular basis and the roads are in terrible condition.

In that regard, the bike lanes are in such bad shape (due to a combination of poor road surface and debris) that there are parts that are unsafe to ride—which has forced me (and presumably others) out into traffic.  The city will really learn its lesson when a cyclist gets hurt or injured due to those conditions (and, as a defense attorney, I know a thing or two about the subject). 

For what it’s worth, I did some math and, putting aside what they already have in the landscaping budget, for the $30K spent on that ridiculous survey, they could pay someone $15/hr on a full time basis for nearly a year just to pull weeds.

Their inefficiency and incompetence really is remarkable.

Anyway, as someone who has not been shy about voicing my displeasure in the past, I mainly just wanted to say that appreciate your guys’ efforts.

Sincerelyl

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Sat, May 21, 9:50 PM
Gary and Bill,

I just received the door flyer and agree with the points mentioned.   I currently live in the Peacock Creek neighborhood of Clayton and have lived in Clayton for 25 years.  I have noticed an abundance of weeds growing in all of the sidewalk areas and curb seams throughout Clayton.  Our Peacock Creek entrance sign was so overgrown with weeds that I went and pulled out all of the weeds myself last week.

 

As stated in the flyer, our city council seems to be eager to throw our tax dollars at costly and wasteful surveys, consultants and studies.  I am totally against these expenditures.  Furthermore, I have never been asked to provide my vote on any of these surveys, making me wonder how legitimate they are.

 

Another issue I am also strongly against is the proposed renaming of Kirker Pass because the name Kirker was supposedly a bad individual (not proven).  I realize that this is more of a county issue than a Clayton issue, but I have expressed my opinion in an email to county supervisor, Karen Mitchoff.   She stated that county Measure X ($200 million) will cover the renaming expenses.  When we voted on Measure X, it was stated to be a health/safety-related measure and makes no mention of street renaming.  Just another example of diverted/wasteful spending by our local politicians. 

 

Getting back to Clayton-specific issues, I strongly agree that Clayton is not being managed correctly and would like to help in any way.

 

Thanks, Sincerely

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Bill and Gary,

 

I just received the door flyer and agree with the points mentioned.   I currently live in the Peacock Creek neighborhood of Clayton and have lived in Clayton for 25 years.  I have noticed an abundance of weeds growing in all of the sidewalk areas and curb seams throughout Clayton.  Our Peacock Creek entrance sign was so overgrown with weeds that I went and pulled out all of the weeds myself last week.

 

Sincerely

 

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As stated in the flyer, our city council seems to be eager to throw our tax dollars at costly and wasteful surveys, consultants and studies.  I am totally against these expenditures.  Furthermore, I have never been asked to provide my vote on any of these surveys, making me wonder how legitimate they are.

 

Another issue I am also strongly against is the proposed renaming of Kirker Pass because the name Kirker was supposedly a bad individual (not proven).  I realize that this is more of a county issue than a Clayton issue, but I have expressed my opinion in an email to county supervisor, Karen Mitchoff.   She stated that county Measure X ($200 million) will cover the renaming expenses.  When we voted on Measure X, it was stated to be a health/safety-related measure and makes no mention of street renaming.  Just another example of diverted/wasteful spending by our local politicians. 

 

Getting back to Clayton-specific issues, I strongly agree that Clayton is not being managed correctly and would like to help in any way.

 

Best regards,

 

Sincerely

 

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	Tue, May 24, 8:55 AM
Bill and Gary,

Hello,

 

Thank your support and interest in our community. As a long-term Clayton Resident and Business owner, I have noticed many changes in our community. I would argue that we should add to the list: litter, noise, speeding as “Quality of Life” issues that that should be given the highest priority by our government, including the Clayton Police Department. Our small town may be “growing up,” but these are basic quality of life issues that require our immediate attention.  As Wilson and Kelly demonstrated in their 1982 paper, Broken Windows Theory, there is a tangible link between disorder in the neighborhood and incivility and crime. We should avoid mistakes of the “big cities” and address our quality of life crimes now.

 

Thank you,

 

TSincerely

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                                                                       Tue, May 24, 11:55 AM

to Claytonwatch94517@gmail.com

 

I was so happy to receive your green letter on my doorstep. I could not agree more with how rundown with weeds our city has become!!! I called the landscaping dept one week before Easter complaining how over run with weeds our center median is at the corner of Regency and Marsh Creek! I left a msg and it took a week for someone to reply. When they did they promised me they would take care of the weeds the following week. STILL WAITING!!! I’m going to have to call again. Soooo disappointing!!!

Thanks,

 

Sincerely

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Wed, May 25, 9:01 PM
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Thank you so much for your recent newsletter.  I have had my suspicions about this latest council for some time now.  It is common knowledge that the certain council person has a major racial chip on her shoulder.  I have been a Clayton resident for almost 30 years and I have always found our Police Department to be some of the most courteous, respectful and  helpful Officers anyway.  If this certain council person doesn't like it here, I would say to her that Concord is just down the road, Pittsburg is  over the hill and Antioch can be driven to in just 30 minutes.  We, the long-time Clayton residents, moved here and continue to live here because we find Clayton to be little slice of Heaven and we want to keep it that way.  I, for one, don't want anything to change, including building "affordable housing" that will do nothing but bring unwanted criminal activity and clogged streets.   Thank you again for your newsletter!!  Keep them coming!!!!

Thank you,

 

Sincerely

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Sun, Jun 5, 11:50 PM
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Hello,

 

I received your flyer that was placed on my doorstep by someone recently.  After reading it I felt compelled to respond concerning a couple of things that I consider to be inaccurate about your flyer.  Your flyer states that one candidate publicized that our city residents are racist.  You claim that this could not be further from the truth.  Only a non-minority person could possibly come to that conclusion.  I have lived here for 22 plus years and as one of the few African American citizens in this city I must inform you that there is a strong smell of racism here.  Why would I say this?  Well, let start with last year.  There were two occurrences of someone putting an effigy of a hanging Black man in one of the parks.  I know this is true because I found the first one and called the police.  Although they did come and cut the effigy down, there was no follow up investigation and they didn't even do a police report on it as far as I know.  If they did, I was not even interviewed.  In addition to this, I have been doing a 5 mile walk in clayton everyday for many years now.  One day I was walking and a White guy in a van pulled up behind me and asked why I was walking in his neighborhood.  When I refused to answer he threatened to call the police because I was suspicious.  It wasn't until I threatened to kick his ass if he didn't leave me alone that he burned rubber while hurling "N" words out his window at me.     Around about 2015 I was walking across the street on Indian way.  I was in the crosswalk and the light was Green for me.  There was a car stopped waiting to go.  As I passed by the front of that car I heard the engine rev up and I got hit so hard that I flew over his hood and hit the ground hard.  There were witnesses who worked at the golf course who saw what happened.  When the police arrived they told them what they had seen as I was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.  The driver of the vehicle claimed he didn't see me because I am dark.  He was allowed to leave without even being ticketed for hitting me in the crosswalk.  I wound up having to have brain surgery (craniotomy).  I can't help but wonder what would happen to me if I ran over a White person in the crosswalk during the day and claimed I didn't see him because he was bright.  There are many other instances I could site but I won't bore you with it because it is obvious by your flyer that you are biased and living in an entirely different town than the Clayton I live in.  I have had bottles and trash thrown at me by vehicles passing by while they yelled the "N" word.  I have encountered people who I have spoken to that ignored me and I have even known other minorities that have encountered the same things I have.  So, because you have made this error about racism not being in Clayton, a town that even the newspaper reported that there were people from here that travelled to Charlotte for the tiki torch Nazi extravaganza that took place in 2018.  On several occasions I have had to ask Safeway to remove racist graffiti that was painted on its fence in the back which happens to be right next to my house.  On one occasion I was walking home and passed a group of teen boys.  As I passed them I heard one of them ask "When did niggers move in here?"  So, clearly, from a minority standpoint, there is a racist problem in Clayton.  Because of this I consider the rest of your flyer to be less than reliable and have discounted it as more political lies and dribble.  Any future flyers will be thrown in the trash without being read.  By the way, I have never replied to a political newsletter before but this one so disturbed my peace that I had to write back.

 

Regards  

 

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Sun, Jun 12, 4:38 PM
to Claytonwatch94517

I appreciate the info and it disturbs me. I really don’t have an answer and I don’t know what to do. I hate that some of our government doesn’t even live in Clayton. I feel that they want to hurt Clayton cause they can’t afford to live here. It took me and my spouse a lot of hours past the 40hr to earn money to be able to get here. I want to say to them to grow up!  It scares me what they are doing.

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	Tue, Jun 14, 4:56 PM

Hello Bill and Gary,

 

My husband and I are Clayton residents and have been here since 2013.  Not a long time, compared to some residents, but we certainly call this our home sweet home.  We have noticed a dramatic change in Clayton’s landscaping maintenance, or lack thereof, particularly around the library close to where we live.  We are also alarmed by the graffiti, which these days seems to be everyone (check out the new comments using the “f” word above the creek at the corner of Clayton and Marsh Creek Road.  We are also shocked by all of the garbage around town.  I emailed the City back in March wondering if they were planning to host an Earth Day Clean Up Day in the City, as they had in the past and they said no and when I asked why they said “don’t know.”   I almost thought about organizing an informal clean up around town, but I’m working woman who was particularly busy that month.

 

If you are a group of volunteers who need more voices, please let me know and would love to meet up with you if you host any get togethers.  I was a big supporter of Jeff Wan (still am) and I’m still waiting for him to become Mayor one day.  Hopefully that will happen soon!

 

Looking forwards to chatting/meeting with you in the future!

 

Best regards,

 

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