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| | | NEW MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER TAKE OFFICE | Chula Vista has a new look as a new mayor and councilmember enter City Hall after being elected by the voters of the second largest city in the county of San Diego.
After being sworn into office by her husband, Cheryl Cox was given a standing ovation by family, friends and supporters as the her mayoral term began.
Tuesday night, she became the new mayor of Chula Vista and began her first day by thanking those that helped her win the Nov. 7 election over Stephen C. Padilla.
“I’d like to thank collectively the volunteers who walked neighborhoods, made phone calls, sent postcards and talked with the people they met,” Cox said. “The people that let us put yard signs in their yards and contributed financially, and those that urged others to open their check books and…the people that researched the issues and helped frame them.”
She also acknowledged past elected officials for the job they have done up to this point, including former Mayor Padilla and former councilmember Patty Chavez.
“We should recognize too that the work in this community that has been left to new office holders,” Cox said.
At the end of her thank you speech, Cox congratulated newly elected councilmember Rudy Ramirez and reelected councilmember John McCann, and acknowledged current councilmember’s Jerry R. Rindone and Steve Castaneda and ended by saying, “I pledge to you my every effort to work with you and the city’s employees as part of the team whose individual and collective goal is provide the public our best effort everyday and all the time.”
The other new face in the city council is Rudy Ramirez who beat out Chavez.
Councilmember Ramirez, the owner of a small metal fabrication company in Chula Vista, started his speech by thanking his parents, who administered his oath to office, his wife and daughter. Ramirez acknowledged his wife, who is a business development manager for the Intel Corporation. He said she is a “professional powerhouse” because of her intellect and strength in the technology field.
After thanking his family for all the support they have given him, Ramirez talked about his role and the privilege it is to be part of the city council.
“As I move forward here in the next six months and then beyond, I am keenly aware of the important work ahead,” Ramirez said. “Having been elected to public office brings me great honor… but it is also a great responsibility,” he said.
He then continued to tell of his plan and goals as a council member and spending as much time listening and learning and, “at the same time, ground myself further in this community.”
Ramirez said, “I want to finish up some of the work that I started in my role as a member of the board of ethics for this city — revamping our ethics ordinance and bringing a sensible lobby registration proposal. These are modest yet important initiatives. Modest in that most of these efforts are already under way however they are important in that they will help contribute to rebuilding the trust that is so important and fundamental to the work that we will undertake as a new mayor and council.”
He talked about what would be the best way to create a working environment where excellence can flourish. “From my perspective, it is not desirable to try to micro manage,” Ramirez said. “It is more important to help create the right conditions where individuals can realize their full potential in addressing the various demands that the public will place on all of us to handle the same things as well as the large.”
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| | | | | | Published On | By | | Wednesday, December 6, 2006 23:50:31 | Carlos Rico
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