City Council: George Lowry
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The Clay Street Bridge/roundabout project, Lowry sees as an example of ”a colossal failure of marketing and public engagement. So the message was lost and the public wasn’t educated about the value of the project,” said Lowry. “The Clay Street Bridge wouldn’t pass a 100 year flood — so that’s an issue, but I think replacing the old bridge on Placerville Drive might have a bigger impact on the town.”
“One of Placerville’s greatest assets is that it’s a real place, not a fake French Provincial village,” said George Lowry, Placerville City Council candidate. When Lowry and his wife, Jan, moved to El Dorado County in 1993, they drove all around the Sacramento area looking for a home. “We couldn’t find any real towns and then we came to the rolling hills and live oaks of El Dorado County and it was like coming home.”
Lowry, 58, is assistant chief of the telecommunications branch of the California Emergency Management Agency. It was the behavior of members of the public at the City Council meetings he began attending a year ago that decided him to run for Council. “I was struck by the utter lack of civility of the people in the audience.We can’t go on this way. Council members have limited meeting time and people’s uncivil comments take up too much time. Everyone who has something to say should be heard, but no one should be allowed to dominate the dialogue. I have no tolerance for bullies.”
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