DOI'IINIC

L.

CORTESE

SUPERVISOR

DISTRICT

T!.lO

SANTA CLARA COUNTY

AS l,lE ENTER THE
CLARA C0UNTY

1980's, IT

l,llLL

BEC0I1ES APPARANT THAT

hlE IN

NEED G00D GOVERNlvltNT l"i0RE NO,ll THAN EVEP. BEF0RE.

THE PAST THIRTY YEARS HAVE SEEN GRO}.ITH HERE I}NEXCEEDED

Iti

THE UNITED

TWENTY YIARS

SANTA

STATES.

AGO.

ANY}{HERE

l4Al'lY AREA RESIITENTS lrlERE i'{0T HERE TEN 0R

l^lE HAVE GRO|/IN FROI'I

A PRIiVIARILY

AGRICULTURAL

C(]I'iI{UNITY TO AN II{POP.TANT URBAN-II.IDUSTRIAL CO|V]PLEX. PROBLEIVIS

OF

URBAN SPRAWL I{OTI,{ITIISTANDING, IVIUCH OF CUR GROI^ITH HAS BEEN CLEAN
I NDUSTRY AND WELL-BU I

LT

HOi.iES

.

llE WILL

PROBABLY NEVER AGAIN SEE

,I^IE

CONTINUE TO

I'IILL

GROhI.

DESIRABLE AND DYNAI'IIC
GOVERNI{ENT

A LIKE

GROWTH

SANTA CLARA COUNTY

RATE.

HOI'IEVER,

IS A BEAUTIFUL,

AREA. IT I^JILL BE NECESSARY FOR LOCAL

TO PLAN FOR TIIAT ADDITIONAL GROHTH. }^IE IIAY SEE Ii'I

THE NEAR FUTURE

A CALL

Fc)R I4ORE EAUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL

TAX REVENUES.

PLANI,IING HOUSING

IN

CLOSER PROXII'lITY

T() PLANNED II{DUSTRIAL

GR' I^ITH

IS A FUNCTION t}F GOVEF.NI4ENT, PP.OVIDING GOOD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEIVIS
TO UNIT AREAS IN AN ECONOI'IICAL Al'lD DEPENDABLE FASHION IS A FUNCTION
OF GOVERNIVIENT. PRO|VIOTING A HEALTHY SOCIAL CLIIVIATE IS A FUNCTION
OF GOVERNI'IENT, POLICE AND FIRE PROTECTIIIN, SAI'IITATION, HEALTH,
AND

A

MULTITUDE OF OTHER SERVICES ARE FUNCTIONS OF

GOVERNIViENT.

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BEST PROVIDED BY
THESE FUNCTIONS ARE

A

I'IITII
SYSTEI'I OF GOVERNIVIENT

ABALANCEDAPPR0ACHT0THEC0NCERNS0FALLCITIZENS';OFTEN
INTEREST GROUPS '
SPECIAL
OF
ACTIONS
BY:
UPSET
THE BALANCE

IS

JUST AS ANY OTI{ER
ADEQUATE FINANCING
REQUIRES
STR()NG GOVERN|'IENT
STRONG ENTERPRISE,

FA'ITH IN GOOD GOVERIIIVIENT'
RESTORE
TO
BE
IIUST
QUR FOREI-iOST GOAL
D,) IN THE
GOVERNI'IENT ATTEI4PTED
THINGS
ThIE
IO
OVF.RZEALOUSNESS IN
PRACTICES '
TIIOSE
ATTEI{PT TO STOP
AN
OVERZEALOUS
BY
PAST I.IAS ['IET
AND NOI^I
PROPOSITION
I'IITH
COI4BINATION
PROPOSITION

JARVIS

4'

!3,IN

II, ARE $YI'IPTCIVIS OF THAT LACK OF

TRUST'

JARVISIII,IILLBE0NTHEBALL0TINJUNE.T:PASSAGE!^IILL
HAVEAtvi0REDRASTICEFFECT0NL0CALG0VERNI{ENT.I^IEING0VERNI'IENT
YOUR
RETURN bIE NEED
IN
BUT
EFFECIENTLY'
YOU FULLY AND
I4UST SERVE

SUPP0RT '
I1ORAL AND FINANCIAL

THESE

,.'^|ILL

JANUARY

1980ts'
BE yiY' GOALS FOR THE

2, 1980