November Election 2010
Dear Residents of Fort Bragg,
It has been an honor and a privilege to have served as your Mayor, Vice-Mayor and Councilman since 2002. I again ask for your vote so I may continue to work on the important issues that face our city.
As residents of one of the most beautiful cities in California we can be proud of what we have accomplished:
- Improving our streets, sidewalks and central business district
- Keeping our neighborhoods safe, working with the community to keep gangs out
- Acquiring land for parks, trails and open space
- Working with State to complete the Pudding Creek Trestle
All of this has been done with a balanced budget.
As we have been planning the Mill Site redevelopment you have made your desires clear:
- Coastal Access
- Marine Center
- Housing
- Conference/Performing Arts Center
- Jobs and Light Industrial
- Options for the future.
Fort Bragg is getting the job done.
We have acquired 90 acres of parkland and trail along the entire coastline. Imagine starting out at Pomo Bluffs Park and having an 5 mile ocean trail all the way out across the trestle to MacKerricher State Park.
The Noyo Center has plans drawn up and we are working on a partnership with Sonoma State. Not only will the Noyo Center create quality jobs, it will help our Community College become a destination for those interested in Marine Science. Local Community College students will be able to study Marine Science here and have the opportunity to transfer to a 4 year program at Sonoma State.
We are working on plans for an Industrial Arts Center on the mill site to provide affordable work space for our fine woodworkers as well as other industrial arts. Equally important, sitting just west of the Skunk Train, it will provide a venue for visitors to see (and buy) the incredible fine work done here on the coast.
Despite the work yet needed to be done, you can trust me to make sure the budget is balanced. I will continue to bring a business sense to city government. Together we will move into our future. My wife Anne and I, along with our children (Katie, Dewey, Packie and Bryna), moved back to my hometown to live in a community that looks out for each other.
Eight years ago I said: “Focus on the Future.” We are focused! Please re-elect Dave Turner.
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About Dave Turner
| Dave was born at the old Coast Hospital in 1951. His father, Ft. Bragg attorney Dewey Turner, was active in Fort Bragg politics. He served on the School Board starting in 1953 and as Fort Bragg School Board president in 1958 until the family moved to the Bay Area in 1960 |
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Dave attended Stanford University where he majored in “Social Thought
and Institutions,” a political science honors program. While
attending Stanford, he opened a specialty sleep shop to help pay the bills.
The sleep shop business took off and Dave left before completing his
degree.
Dave and his wife Anne will celebrate their 31st Anniversary in September. They moved back to Fort Bragg in 1992 to raise their four children in a town where the community watches out for kids.
“We
came home to a place where our children would have the freedom to develop
into individuals in the security of a community that cares. I like
it that I see my dentist and doctor across the soccer field or in the
market.
This is a town built on a human scale.”
Dave
and Anne have four children. Katie graduated from
UC Santa Cruz and came back to Fort Bragg to open Pippi'sLongstockings on Laurel selling Sock, Hats and Handbags. Dewey attended Sonoma State and came back to help run FloBeds.. Packie is
a senior at Holy Names University in Oaklandand Bryna is a junior at Mt Holyoake in Massachusetts.
Dave, Packie & Bryna
Paul Bunyan Parade 1993
Shortly after returning to Fort Bragg, Dave joined the just formed Fort Bragg General Plan Economic Development & Tourism Committee where he began to see what could be done in Fort Bragg.
Dave’s
business on East Redwood Ave, FloBeds, has grown from a 1 person business
to a 9 member company. They build their unique beds here in Fort
Bragg and ship 85% of their sales across the United States. Most
of FloBeds’ sales are made via their web site at www.flobeds.com.
Dave holds two patents on sleep systems.
The Turners are members of St Michael’s Episcopal Church here in Fort Bragg, where Dave has served three terms on Vestry, 2 year as Senior Warden and was Church Treasurer. Dave was also treasurer of a National Trade Association for two terms. “ I like to see the numbers work out. This is one of the strengths I bring to city government… a real business sense.”
“Fort Bragg is the best place in the world to live, and it is the job of the council to make sure we can still say that 50 years from now. We need to move forward with a clear vision.”
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