Jolanda Jones speach to the Downtown Pachyderms on Thursday November 17th 2011,
claims she can work with anybody
she is a criminal defense lawyer
son is a young life leader who has never been in trouble
she is doing a good job as a parent
she is a small business owner supporting a college student
she claims to have the vast majority of the endorcements
she claims to have some elected officials who support her, but she thinks the people who need to support you are the people
She finished first in the election so the people have validated her
she does things behind the scenes when that works, but if you want government as usually you should probably should not vote her
she believes that sometimes you need to stand up when the government is trying to intrude into your life
she knows a lot of people would like for her to be quiet, but when government is trying to take your property rights, somebody better stand up, and that person is her, when the government is trying to impose taxes, first of all, without coming to the people, she has a problem with that, so she stands up, when the government is putting in all those fees, all the premitting
fees which she beleives is making business an unfriendly enviroment, somebody needs to stand up, that person would be her, when the government is trying to take our property rights with a historic district designation, which makes everything more expensive, she doesn't beleive that your neighbors should be able to tell her what she can do with her property
She is not afraid to stand up for the little guy
she campaigned against the Red Light Cameras and when the mayor turned them back on, she fought to get them truned off, she was the only elected official who went to the community meetings and help organize, she respected the will of the voters
She says if you want someone who is just going to be quiet and let the government intrude into your life, then vote for somebody else
if you want someone who is going to listen to the people, then you want Jolanda Jones
She claims she can work with anybody, she can work behind the scenes and in front
She says that there were too many unanswered questions about the drainage fee, $5 never added up, and she campaigned against Prop # 1 the Drainage Fee, but once that election came, and the people voted for it, she knew it wasn't going to be $5, but she respected the will of the voters and fought to make the fee as fair, because that what elected officials are supposed to do, advocate for the people
She says the Chronicle doesn't like her very much, they talk about her all the time, because want her to go along to get along, she will not go along to get along
She says that we aren't going to find anybody on city council that is more physically conservative, becuse she questions everything,
She knows that people complain at city council because the meeting run longer, when she is there, becuase she questions things, because she finds it obnoxious and offensive that the city council spents over $100 million dollars a week in 30 minutes
She beleives in providing the people witht the information they request, becuase she believes the public is entitled to know what the city is going to do before they do it
She syas nobody will fight for us like she will, she is unafraid
She grew up really tough, she has been shot at, she is the child of a Vietnam Veteran and the neice of a Vietnam Veteran and the grandaughter of a WWII Army Veteran and she fights really hard for Verterans, when her dad, who was an outgoing guy when he went to is, he was changed when he came back, her father blew his brains out and she was with him when he did it, becuase the military forgot about her dad and her uncle killed himself as well after Vietnam, the reason why she fights hard for Verterans because when you serve, your family serves and your children serve, and she raises money for children of Verterans because people don't appreciate them, she knows, she is one of them
She is passionate about the people
She velieves if you listen to her opponents, to the Chronicle you are going to believe she is somebody she is not, and by the way, she does not have the endorcement of Bill White or Peter
Brown because she listens to the people
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