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BOB CASHMAN – BIOGRAPHY
I am Bob Cashman and I hope you will vote
for me on February 5, 2008.
I am running for a
seat on the Wildomar City Council.
Wildomar has been my home for the past 29
years. My wife, Diane, and I
were married in 1972 and have raised five children in Wildomar; Crystal,
Beth, Kimberly, Jennifer, and Robert. I work as an aerospace
engineer
In a
new city, the ability
to get things done is invaluable.
I believe that my ongoing efforts and accomplishments speak for
themselves and I hope that you will allow me to continue to accomplish
great things for Wildomar.
- Chairman Wildomar Incorporation
Committee(WIN) 2003 – 2007 This is the committee which successfully
brought the issue of Wildomar cityhood to a vote.
- Wildomar Municipal Advisory
Council, 1994-1997. In
that capacity, I promoted and helped write the proposal for designating
Wildomar as an Unincorporated Community.
- Elected to Lake Elsinore Elementary
School Board --1985-1989. This gives me
experience with the budget, facilities, and other complex issues of a
public organization.
- Founding member , formation board of the
Wildomar Chamber of
Commerce, 1990 and elected President of the Wildomar Chamber of
Commerce three times.
- Cartographer, Wildomar Map, 2001, Chamber
of Commerce
- Chairman, Wildomar Community
Council, 2003-07
- President Wildomar Historical
Society, 2005 - present (saving and moving the historical Brown house,
historical inventory, restoration of Wildomar bell)
- Volunteer activities including past PTA
president, cub scouts, boy scouts, library, church events, and community
organizations and special events.
Click here to read more about
Bob.
Link to Candidate Bob Cashman's
website: http://www.BobCashman.info
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Wildomar, CA
United States
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 Saturday, December 15, 2007 |
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| Bob Cashman Was Attracted To Area's Passion For Community Service |
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By: AARON CLAVERIE - Staff
Writer - The Californian
WILDOMAR -- Bob Cashman drove into the Wildomar
area nearly 30 years ago while looking for a place to build his house.
"I
thought, this looks like a place. Then I met the people and I knew it was the
place," said the 65-year-old city council candidate.
The people Cashman
met were interested in what was going on in their community, he
said.
"There were way fewer people out here at the time, but when I came
out here I noticed a group talking about the future development of Wildomar," he
said. "It was a grass-roots group, which I can relate to. It was a group that
wanted to do something."
At the time, the big issue in Wildomar was
flooding, and the group eventually got the county to dredge drainage channels to
divert potential flood water.
"It was a small nonprofit that didn't get
any benefit except for themselves and the area," he said.
Area voters
will decide Feb. 5 whether to incorporate and, if so, which of the 14 candidates
should serve on the inaugural five-person council. Voters also will decide if
the council members should be elected on an at-large or a district
basis.
The other 13 candidates on the ballot are Sheryl Ade, Gary Andre,
Steve Beutz, Martha Bridges, Harv Dykstra, Scott Farnam, Roger Le Clerc,
Bridgette Moore, Darrell Ruff, Marsha Swanson, Michael Tierney, Tim Underdown
and Paul Williams.
Cashman, a retired aerospace engineer and former Lake
Elsinore Unified School District board member, is running on a slate with Moore
and Underdown.
He teamed up with those candidates because they share his
passion for working to make their community a better place, he
said.
Critics contend the trio would dominate the council if elected
because they would have the necessary three votes to push an agenda that
includes building a Wal-Mart on the east side of town.
Cashman said those
critics were doing little more than taking "potshots" from the protective cover
of Web sites.
Regarding the Wal-Mart, Cashman said the proposed site,
east of Interstate 15 off Bundy Canyon Drive, is a major intersection with
inevitable growth. The force of economics, not any candidate, is driving
development there, he said.
As for the claim there is some sort of master
plan guiding the slate, Cashman said each candidate is independent and there are
issues that probably will spark disagreement.
Cashman's civic involvement
includes serving as president of the Chamber of Commerce, founder of the
Wildomar Historical Society, on the Wildomar Municipal Advisory Council, as
president of the Elsinore High PTA and as the chairman of Wildomar Incorporation
Now, the committee that helped put incorporation on the ballot.
The top
priority facing the area, he believes, is securing the self-determination and
independence of Wildomar through cityhood.
"We have to have that to get
the local control and make the right decisions for the people of Wildomar," he
said.
Residents of the area, not officials in Riverside, know what is
best for the area and how they want their tax money allocated, he
said.
As for those who fear cityhood would irreparably change Wildomar
for the worse, Cashman said, "The fact is, Wildomar has already changed and it's
going to continue to grow."
By becoming a city, Wildomar can preserve the
rural areas and make sure they don't slowly vanish into rows of houses, he
said.
Another important issue is public safety, Cashman said.
If
incorporation is approved, a dedicated police force will allow residents to
target specific problems in Wildomar and that dedicated force shouldn't cost the
residents more than they are already paying to the county for police service, he
said.
Talking about the condition of area roads, Cashman said a city
council can use tax money that is going to Riverside County for local
improvements and select where the money should be spent and bring in grant money
for special projects, such as making dangerous corners and intersections
safer.
Managing the effects of growth is another important issue, he
said.
As the area grows and more people move in, Cashman said there is a
corresponding strain on the infrastructure -- overpasses, feeder roads and the
area's traffic circulation plan. By becoming a city, Wildomar will be able to
manage the cumulative effects of growth and make sure, for instance, that five
developments aren't built at the same time along one road.
The key is
having the right mix of residential and commercial development so that people
can live where they work and shop, he said.
Cashman said that when a city
of Wildomar achieves that balance it will be complete.
Contact Aaron
Claverie at (951) 676-4315, Ext. 2624, or e-mail
aclaverie@californian.com.
Source:
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/12/15/news/californian/wildomar/5_07_9012_14_07.txt
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