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DEATHNOTICES they are violating the law, riding against traffic or on the sidewalk. This is some- thing that needs to be fixed. ROBSCHMID I've been serv- ing on the City Council for the last four years and the first four years was part of the learning experience. It's funny, people say "oh, you're a politician." No. I'm more someone who sees prob- lem in government all the way from the top to the bottom and not that I have any dream that I can fix all that, but I can at least make a stand and let people know that the working peo- ple out there, the taxpayers out there know what needs to be fixed. I made my point many times in the council meetings, many of them are unpopular, most of them are budgetary issues, but I still feel I am stand- ing for the taxpayers of the city of Red Bluff and where their money is being spent on. There's so much waste from the top to the bottom. I know that we need things in this city, but are revenue sources are running dry or are very tough. The issues at hand are difficult. I've been standing there trying to (inaudible). I will stand up to make it even more. I am for the working peo- ple of the city. With your support I will do it for an- other four years as crazy as it seems. LARRY STEVENS Yes, it's me again. I'd like to end this first portion of this eve- ning by saying how lucky we are to either want to have served you or have you served you and how fortu- nate you are that you have six people up here who will- ingly give their time and en- ergy to improve your qual- ity of life in the city and the county. We're all sort of in- terchangeable. Much of what goes on at the city af- fects the county in one way or another and what the county does obviously af- fects the city. In may cases we sit side by side in joint powers activities such as the landfill, the community center, various things where both bodies come together and that's the way it should be throughout what we do in our lives and what we do with our neighbors and what we do as an elected of- ficial. Had eight years of ex- perience serving the people of Red Bluff. Twenty-plus years serving the commu- nity as a volunteer. In the eight years I served we had some really good times. We were able to establish some new businesses in Red Bluff. We were able to create a skate park through volun- teerism and the help of the city and we were able to fin- ish the inside of the commu- nity center, it went on and on. But now we're in tough times and we have to look at alternatives. Some say tax are the way to go others say creativity, volunteerism is the other. I hope that if I'm fortunate enough to get elected to the City Coun- cil that I will have your ear, your support and you will step forward and tell me what you'd like me to do. I'm your employee and that's the way I look at this office. Whatwouldyoudo to bring jobs to Red Bluff? JACKSON This is a two- part answer. The first thing is to support our city and county staff that will help businesses grow here. Our community development director does a phenom- enal job of writing pack- ages to the different com- panies to try to bring addi- tional business to the city of Red Bluff. The main thing I can do is to support him. Then there are more things like supporting the Cham- ber of Commerce, the Te- hama Economic Develop- ment Corporation, 3Core, these are the different or- ganizations and I apolo- gize I probably forgot one that support our commu- nity and bring business and go out and actively look for new businesses and help struggling business. This is what I can do. I can give them my ear and my sup- port and any help that they need to go out and get new businesses, new people and a happy, healthy economy for the city of Red Bluff. KNOX I really don't have a clue. I'm brand new at this. What I want to do is listen to what you have to say and if you have a way of com- ing up with something then that's what the City Coun- cil should be doing I believe is listening and working for you. I will learn what I need to do, but I have to learn it. I'm new at this like I said, but what you people want and how you want me to do it that's what I will do. That's what I want to do. SCHMID The age-old ques- tion. The one that everyone asks. No easy answer. We've been trying and trying and trying the county's been pushing. A few things the city has to offer we have a great industrial park out by the airport to bring in in- dustry or businesses. We have the perspective in- terchange development on the south end of town by the hospital that opens up the whole east side of the airport, which would be a huge commercial area and all up and along that whole west side of I-5. That's something that if we can get that going a little fur- ther as you can see with the interchange at Adobe has created more develop- ment down there as would this interchange. As Dan- iele Jackson mentioned our community development department head is very ac- tive with this. He is solicit- ing all the time. He is on the job all the time with kind of stuff. As you know through- out the county there's not a lot going on, again, the age old question - how are we going to get jobs? He's try- ing hard. We're supporting him also. All we can do is put the word out, let them know that we have the fa- cilities, we have land avail- able to use. I don't want to give away too many incen- tives, I don't want to give it away cause that's where our revenues come from, but we can do what we can do to invite you. STEVENS First of all I'd like to make the statement that I said years ago and it was reported in the Daily News that a lot of people who are interested in cre- ating a business in our com- munity have the feeling that when they enter City Hall either the fees are going to get them or the process. We need to change the process. Right now the city of Red- ding is going through al- ready eight years trying to get Costco relocated. We've spent 10 years plus trying to get Walmart store open. And yes they may be jobs that are minimum wage, but by golly their jobs. I'm a lifelong retail worker. I can tell you it's difficult to be in retail because nobody thinks about it as a career, but it is. People can move up if they show their tal- ents. I think we need to look at what available inventory is on commercial buildings in and around the city and county, available property for various uses. We need to look at zoning changes if necessary. We need to re- evaluate how we look at our industrial park. It's clearly there's not a whole lot of in- dustry going on out there. I think we need to improve our airport, our infrastruc- ture and roads is one of the most important things be- cause if you drive around out town our roads need an awful lot of repair. What are the three biggest problems facing your constituency and what are your qualifications for dealing with them? JACKSON I'm going with the three biggest problems that I see continued from before I was running for council so four-plus years ago. And the three biggest problems were the econ- omy, lack of understanding and misrepresentation of what was better and what had been done. My three biggest problems prior to coming to council was I did not understand how our en- terprise and transportation fund worked. I did not un- derstand how council meet- ings worked and agenda items and (inaudible) is not necessary the truth. That has been my biggest thing my biggest obstacle to over- come is to learn what needs to be done, what needs to be said how things need to get brought about in a coun- cil meeting to show what is best for the city of Red Bluff. My honesty, which you want the honest answer whether you like it or not you'll be getting it. And my loyalty, I was born and raised in the city of Red Bluff and I will continue to live until I die in the city of Red Bluff. KNOX One of the things is our children's safety. Going to and coming from school. And one of the other big problems is jobs. There's not a whole lot of good paying jobs. We get more and more minimum wage jobs, but no $12 to $14 an hour jobs. (In- audible). What are my quali- fications again? She said four years ago she didn't know. I don't have any of those an- swers yet, but I'm an honest hard-working man. I worked almost 30 years with the Bu- reau of Reclamation. Yeah the Bureau of Reclamation, three nasty words. I worked with them at the diversion dam and at the Shasta dam. (Inaudible) I ran a crew of six men and women on oc- casion. I had more student aides (inaudible). I'm a good listener, a hard-worker and what you want is what I will fight for. SCHMID I think everybody's complaints are the homeless and derelict population and how they affect downtown businesses, residences in the downtown area. Hand in hand with that is our crime rate - burglary, theft. (In- audible) So we have a prob- lem with that, those are two main things, the other main thing is the economy. Every- one says its a problem. How am I qualified in handling this. I'm a common thinker. I try to resolve, try to get to the end of a problem. Some- times there is no reasonable end. All I can do is go with what I think is the right di- rection to go with. Again, anybody out there who has a suggestion with something else. STEVENS For one thing everyone is talking about jobs. Well we don't neces- sarily have to have jobs here, but we have to have access to jobs where they are and that's to the north and to the south. A lot of our popu- lation does not have vehicles. They need public transporta- tion. When I first moved to Red Bluff Barbara McIver appointed me to the Social Services Transportation Ad- visory Board, a long name, but what we did was we cre- ated vanstran. We created ultimately TRAX. We have a limited transportation sys- tem, but we need to expand it to the north and the south. That means contracting to the county lines in both di- rections having to pick up points to other forms of transportation. Housing. Af- fordable housing for renters and first-time home owners. Your average rent right now for a house in the neighbor- hoods is running anywhere from $800 to $1,100 per month. That's awfully hard to live on, especially if you're on social security or if you have a large family and an apartment's just not suitable. Lastly of course is the same old thing access to commu- nity services, parks, recre- ation, the things that add to the quality of life. What I can do is like when I helped with the creation of the skate park. Pastor Anderson and a bunch of kids made that come true. I was the catalyst withtheCityCouncil.It'sget- ting involved, it's doing and working together. None of us can do anything alone. Even the council, board of supervi- sors, each of us has one vote. But it's the action of working together on the board and in the community. Debate FROM PAGE 1 By Don Thompson The Associated Press SACRAMENTO California's fleet of air tankers was tem- porarily grounded Wednes- day after one of the planes crashed while battling a wildfire in Yosemite Na- tional Park, killing the pilot. The grounding left the park service with a single contract helicopter to as- sist firefighters tackling the blaze that had grown overnight to 210 acres and prompted the evacuation of 60 homes in Foresta on the western boundary of the park. However, the commu- nity was not in imminent danger and was benefiting from containment lines cre- ated during a previous fire, park spokeswoman Kari Cobb said. There was no contain- ment on the current Yo- semite fire that forced the closing of the major west- ern entrance to the heart of the park. It was not clear how long CalFire's grounding of the S-2T aircraft will last as the agency checks the safety of its aircraft and pilots, Cal- Fire spokeswoman Alyssa Smith said. Four California Depart- ment of Forestry and Fire Protection aircraft had been fighting the fire on Tuesday, including three air tankers dropping retar- dant as the fire climbed a steep canyon wall north of the Merced River, depart- ment spokeswoman Lynne Tolmachoff said. One of the planes hit the canyon wall and disinte- grated, spilling pieces of the twin-engine aircraft onto State Highway 140, which remained closed Wednes- day. The body of pilot Geof- frey "Craig" Hunt was re- covered Wednesday. It was draped with a flag and ac- companied by an honor guard as it was turned over to CalFire officials. Hunt, 62, of San Jose was a 13-year veteran pilot of DynCorp International and flew the air tanker under a contract with the state. "We know wildland fire- fighting is an inherently dangerous job, but Craig made the ultimate sacri- fice," CalFire Director Ken Pimlott said in a statement. Gov. Jerry Brown added his condolences in a state- ment, while ordering that the Capitol flag be flown at half-staff. Michael Sansbury, dep- uty chief ranger at Yosem- ite National Park, said sev- eral search units converged at the crash scene that was almost a quarter-mile long. The recovery was difficult because of the active fire, he said at a news confer- ence. The Federal Aviation Ad- ministration and National Transportation Safety Board were investigating the crash. Officials said the weather at the time was clear and the winds were calm. Tolmachoff said it was unclear if smoke from the fire or isolated updrafts or downdrafts created by the canyon walls may have played a part in the crash. "That's a huge part of the question that the investiga- tors are going to be looking at," she said. DynCorp International provides pilots for all Cal- Fire planes and mainte- nance for the department's aircraft. The precautionary stand- down of the tanker fleet affects 22 S-2T air tank- ers, Smith said. It came in the midst of a fire season that has been extended by drought and unseasonably hot, dry weather. Department helicop- ters were available to help fight wildfires, she said, as is a DC-10 on standby and capable of dropping large amounts of chemical fire retardant. The agency can also call on aircraft under contract to the U.S. Forest Service and other federal agencies, or call out spe- cially equipped California National Guard helicopters and air tankers. YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK California grounds air tankers a er deadly crash AL GOLUB — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Yosemite National Park Rangers transfer the body of a Cal Fire pilot who was killed in an airplane crash in Yosemite National Park on Wednesday. By Juliet Williams The Associated Press SACRAMENTO Gov. 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