They are businessman Ammar Campa-Najjar, U. Army Maj. The top two vote-getters will advance to a Nov. If you have comments or questions about the election or any of the candidates after reading this interview, please email Editorial and Opinion Director Matthew T. Hall at matthew. What was her biggest accomplishment? What did she most neglect? A: Mayor Casillas Salas has served our city with distinction and integrity for decades.
But Mary makes it look effortless. We are so close! We are grateful to Mayor Casillas Salas for the new outdoor library deck at the Civic Center Library, her commitment to renovate Historic Third Avenue, all of the beautiful parks and open spaces we enjoy throughout east, west, north and south Chula Vista, and her commitment to preserve the acres in east Chula Vista for our future university.
Our city was making interest-only payments at 7 percent. We were facing future escalating payments that would have sent our city into bankruptcy in Fortunately, beginning in fiscal year , we tightened our belts, employee unions linked arms and accepted a 0 percent raise for a year, and we refinanced our debt at an unprecedented rate of 2. Would you favor increasing or decreasing its budget and why? We have the absolute best officers, agents, sergeants, lieutenants, captains and police chief.
The very talented employees who support our Police Department in everything from records, fleet, information technology, police technology, training, finance, forensics and more are the best in their field. But we need more police officers. We need more boots on the ground, deterring speeding drivers, investigating smaller crimes that sometimes are low-priority, keeping our city safe at all times. In , our citizens passed Measure A, a half-cent sales tax, intended to increase police and fire staffing.
We must not let our public down. It has been almost four years since Measure A has passed, and we need to hire more police officers.
