RESTORE THE BALANCE

ELECT DENNIS COLEMAN to the HALF MOON BAY CITY COUNCIL

CAREER: 20 years high-tech systems development, applications and marketing. Currently, independent high-tech marketing consultant and magazine columnist.

EDUCATION: Duquesne University; philosophy/mathematics; University of Idaho Graduate Studies Program; mechanical and nuclear engineering.

CIVIC INTERESTS: President, Neighbors' Alliance; Editor, Neighbors' Alliance News Update; frequent speaker and commentator at HMB City Council and Redevelopment Agency meetings, and in local press; author, North Wavecrest referendum petition.

QUALIFICATIONS

• An understanding of the Coastside economy and quality of life issues: the balance required between HMB economic development and resource preservation
• A career record of identifying and solving complex managerial problems
• A solid understanding of Redevelopment law and its accomplishments and abuses throughout the state
• High energy, ethics, intelligence and effective communication skills

BELIEFS

• The composition of HMB's City Council represents a gross imbalance between local government direction and popular will
• Residents deserve a genuine voice - not a politically-rigged rubber stamp - in determining Half Moon Bay's future
• Voters can restore balance to the City Council and control the nature and scope of Coastside development
• Taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize private developers or the infrastructure they require
• We can do better things with North Wavecrest than building a 750-house gated community, a second golf hotel, a third golf course, and another RV park
• Creatively mixed and measured development can generate more profit for the City, and incur less debt, than simply building more houses and golf courses
• HMB's land use planning cannot exist in a vacuum; we must grow, but we must consider the impact of growth on the entire Coastside
• HMB should promote a Coastside Forum to foster communication and information sharing among Coastside communities, whose decisions increasingly impact one another

VISION

• A City Council that more truly reflects the views of the HMB electorate
• A determination to preserve and enhance what we have for the long-term, rather than selling it off for empty promises or short-term profit
• A Coastside economy that includes more high-value products and services and stimulates more high-value, local jobs with minimal or reverse commuting impact
• A City land use plan for the '90s and beyond that recognizes that businesses and residents both win from playing our strong cards of location and environment, while safeguarding our most precious asset, our unspoiled coast