Dianne Lenning: City’s future is in business

RACE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL

Name: Diane Lenning

Age: 55

Occupation: High School Teacher

Family: Husband of 35 years, Jerry; two children, four

grandchildren.

Community Activities: Kiwanis; Chamber of Commerce; ‘60s Decade

coordinator of Huntington Beach High School Alumni; Amigos de Bolsa

Chica; membership chair of Orange County Learning for Life

Education: Orange Coast College; bachelor’s degrees in history and

music at Cal State San Luis Obispo; teaching credential; credential

in traffic and safety from Cal State Long Beach; master’s in

secondary education from Cal State Long Beach; administration

credential; Tier I and resource credential from Cal State Fullerton.

Favorite Leader: Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and Ronald

Reagan.

Contact Information:

www.Lenning4hbcitycouncil.com

www.smartvoter.org

e-mail: diane@lenning.com

phone/fax: 960-4455

PO Box 4306, Huntington Beach 92605-4306

LENNING ON:

* City Council districts:

Since I favor lower taxes, smaller government and fiscal and

environmental accountability, I favor districts. It reduces taxes,

downsizing government; your council member will share your priorities

and advocate for you; it brings accountability closer to the people;

100 Senators are enough for the United States, five council members

are enough for Huntington Beach; and it more fairly represents you.

* Proposition 50:

Although I am in favor of preserving a portion of the Bolsa Chica

Mesa, I believe it needs to be purchased by private funds and grants.

No matter how you look at it, Proposition 50 is a “general obligation

bond” that increases our taxes. We cannot afford more taxes. We pay

too much already.

* Development:

We need the kind of development that will bring in much-needed

income giving Huntington Beach the cash flow to continue to provide

the premium services essential to maintain our high quality of life

we so much enjoy.

Consideration must also be given to integrate business with our

community in a balanced approach, “bringing all of our community

together in a united plan.”

* Water Quality:

In 10 years, water from the Colorado River will be redirected to

other states per federal mandate. We will have a water shortage,

unless we prepare for the shortfall. We need to consider various

alternatives in order to have enough water in the years ahead.

Water quality will be an important issue as we decide on our newly

incorporated water sources. Salination plant, ground percolation,

replenishment of groundwater -- what shall it be? I believe we will

find we may need all these methods in order to meet our needs. A

monitoring

and evaluation process must be operative in order to assure the

continued high quality of our water in Orange County.

* Biggest Issue facing the city:

We face looming budget deficits with five major landmark lawsuits

in the next 10 years that may dramatically reduce municipal income

statewide. We must join together in a united goal to meet our budget

needs. We need to work with businesses that want to serve Huntington

residents and visitors, providing a “business-friendly” environment,

allowing incentives to attract businesses, and providing the

appropriate infrastructure, transportation and municipal services to

support our future business-income-based economy.