The El Dorado Hills Citizens Alliance announces these endorsements:

EDH Community Services District Director:	Justin Masters, Marc Pearl, Tony Rogozinski
EDH Fire District* Director:	John Knight, Dorothy Nesbitt, Michael Stockam

* The legal name of the Fire District is the "El Dorado Hills County Water District".

Our choices for CSD were difficult because this election has an excellent group of candidates. Attendees who reported ratings and candidate choices from the EDHCA Conversations with Candidates meeting rated all candidates very highly. We followed up separately with Marc Pearl, who was unable to attend the meeting, and we judged his qualifications to be excellent. Ray Myers stepped aside by his own choice after receiving a favorable professional change which is reducing the time he could commit to a CSD position, otherwise we would also include him with a "well qualified" appraisal.

Fire District candidates Dorothy Nesbitt and John Knight are in a class by themselves. Both have very substantial experience in public affairs and both excelled in two candidates' forums. Both are articulate and knowledgeable, staying on topic and answering questions directly. Both demonstrate the blend of honesty, discretion, and sensitivity to controversial topics that is valuable, if not necessary, for directors of public bodies. No other Fire District candidate has their depth of experience, but we believe Michael Stockam is the best of all other Fire District candidates in many dimensions. One of these is attention to the Fire District as a key part of a larger system of community services, another is ability to appraise issues under discussion with calm clarity.

Only three candidates will be elected to each organization, but the Citizens Alliance extends thanks to all candidates who have stepped forward with willingness to serve our community.

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These endorsements are based particularly on results from the Citizens Alliance's Conversations with Candidates meeting on September 21st. Additional information came from the Seniors' forum for Fire District candidates on September 26th, independent research, and personal contact with individual candidates in a few cases