As the former Community Resources Director for San Anselmo, I am intimately connected with all aspects of the Town: events, traffic, flooding, finances and viability of all businesses.

Workiing as a community partner has always been my focus. As an educator, I am proud to have founded the Leadership program at Drake High school and to have participated in the openingof their Wellnss Center. 

In working as a department manager for the Town, I started many of San Anselmo's community events which, today, continue to bring residents together: the Picnics on the Plaza, Goblins' Parade, Beatles in the Park,Creekside "Q." and many more. In addition, I coordinated the many volunteers who helped in the recovery after the flood of "05.

Strong Leadership is about involving people; taking the time to listen, getting their input, and asking them for options and ideas. This is community engagement. Being a community partner is what I am and what I do.

Assemblyman Marc Levine said of me:

"Kay is not afraid to tackle the hard issues in San Anselmo. She believes in community-based governance and I am proud to support her candidacy for San Anselmo Tow Council."

I am proud to have over a decade of service in San Anselmo. I first became involved in Town affairs through civic groups such as Sustainable San Anselmo and later stepped up my engagement as a member of the Town's Parks & Recreation Commission where I have served for the last six years. I was proud to help bring the skate park and basketball plaza to Memorial Park when I was chair of the Commission in 2015 and equally proud of the many Town events our Commission has helped lead. I have also served on the San Anselmo Community Facilities Master Plan Advisory Committee and the Memorial Park Community Advisory Board. I have a passion and a belief in local government and public service, and I take just as much pride in my employement as an public safety information officer for Contra Costa County as I do in my 10 years of volunteer service to the San Anselmo.

Serving on the San Anselmo Parks and Recreation Commission, as well as the Community Advisory Committee and Community Advisory Board, has given me the opportunity to share my passion for parks and our environment, and has prepared me to represent our community on the Town Council. 

With 15 years in public policy and local government, I promise to remain open and accessible, and listen to all sides in order to be an advocate for our entire community. I believe public service and volunteerism are essential to a thriving community, and have spent the majority of my time in San Anselmo walking that walk. For nearly a decade, my time in San Anselmo has been spent serving our community in the following capacities: 

- San Anselmo Parks & Recreation Commissioner

- Community Facilities Master Plan Advisory Committee

- Memorial Park Skate Park Steering Committee

- Memorial Park Master Plan Advisory Board

- Charter Member of Sustainable San Anselmo

My priorities include: maintenance and planning for roads, parks, and town facilities; public safety and flood protection; open space and environmental preservation; prudent fiscal oversight and economic sustainability so that we can continue to support a fresh and thriving downtown and improve basic services. 

I bring a wealth of experience, passion, and dedication to the table and look forward to working together to ensure that San Anselmo remains vibrant, family-friendly, sustainable and safe. I am proud to be endorsed by the Marin Democratic Party and the Sierra Club. To learn more about me and my candidacy, please visit burdoforsananselmo.com

With nearly two decades in public policy and local government, his time on the San Anselmo Parks and Recreation Commission, and love for the Town, Steve Burdo brings a wealth of experience, passion and dedication to the table.

You’ll often find Steve hiking one of our phenomenal local trails or playing basketball at Memorial Park. His love of the outdoors is what fuels his passion for preserving, maintaining, and upgrading our Town’s open spaces and recreation areas, and inspired him to join the San Anselmo Parks & Recreation Commission.

Steve has also served on the Community Facilities Master Plan Advisory Committee, and the Memorial Park Master Plan Advisory board, helping to ensure the future of San Anselmo’s infrastructure, parks and recreational programming.

Steve is dedicated to a community-based approach to addressing challenges, building a stronger economy, and protecting the local Town feeling that is the pride of San Anselmo.

Please join the Marin Democratic Party, Sierra Club, Marin Professional Firefighters, SEIU 1021, the Marin County Young Democrats and Marin Women’s Political Action Committee in supporting Steve Burdo for San Anselmo Town Council.

Hello Everyone.  I’m Tom King and I’m the newcomer here.  I’m going on my 2^nd year here in San Anselmo, but I know Marin very well as my family has lived here since 2003 – nearly 15 years.  My son went through the Tiburon public schools and went on to Redwood High School where my daughter also attended.

I’m a writer and also very involved in the charity world.  As the founder and president of the first and only charity to ever offer donors a money back guarantee, I believe I have a good balance of a private sector focus on Accountability and Results with the public / nonprofit commitment on empathy and compassion.

I’m running for town council because I believe we can and should make many improvements.  Improvements for our health, environment, our seniors, and our overall community.

I support Expanding Democracy with Term Limits of 1 Term Only for elected officials, public financing of elections, and lowering the voting age to 15.  A permanent solution to our flooding issue, lowering the sales tax and other ideas to help our local merchants, improving traffic with a roundabout at the Hub and a parking garage downtown, protecting our most vulnerable seniors who live alone, better protecting our pets, improved pedestrian and bike safety, a ban on smoking (except in one’s home), no GMOs, no fluoride in our water, and about 85 more ideas on my website – TomKing2017.com.

I believe democracy and a candidate’s platform should be both specific and innovative.

Thank you.

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Our democracy has a serious flaw.  One which perhaps only someone objective and new to government can identify and take note of.

San Anselmo, like thousands of towns and cities across the nation, does not pay its town council members.  It’s a volunteer position.  Think about that:  The most important job in town – being a member of its elected ruling body – is unpaid.  So who can apply for a volunteer job?  Only people with money, and/or those with a great deal of time – someone retired, very flexible schedule, etc.  Well, that leaves out about 80% of the population.  That’s not democracy.

Let’s expand our local democracy by making the Town Council a modestly paid position so that all of us can have the option to run for local public office.

Our Congress has about a 5% approval rating, yet an astounding 95% re-election rate.  There’s a big disconnect there.  Also, about 94% of all elections are won by the candidate who has or spends to most money.  That’s not democracy either. 

It’s hard to get money out of politics when money is politics. 

Money may also be the reason why I may not win this election.  I’ve run out of it, you see.  Unless I receive campaign donations, I can not put yard signs or door hangers up, since I can’t afford to buy them.  If you support my campaign and my ideas, please consider making a donation to help keep me in the running.

I have 100+ ideas for San Anselmo on my website, and I believe I am the only clear choice for change and innovation on the Council.  I respectfully ask for your vote. 

Thank you, and please visit my website TomKing2017.com for all my ideas and platform.  You may also call me anytime at my home number:  415 860-2908.

Tom King

TomKing2017.com

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