On Saturday, candidate for County Supervisor in District 3, Doug Hardcastle announced he has received the endorsement of former State Senator and Contra Costa County Sheriff Richard Rainey and his wife Sue Rainey, former Mayor of both Walnut Creek and Moraga.
Richard served in the California State Assembly from 1992 until 1996 and then served in the State Senate from 1996 until 2000. In 1995, Mr. Rainey was named Legislator of the Year by the California Probation & Parole Correctional Association. Also, during the 1995-96 legislative session, Mr. Rainey served as Chairman of the Assembly Local Government Committee.
“We need a leader on the Board of Supervisors who knows that public safety must be the county’s top priority and is committed to being responsible with the use of our tax dollars. Doug Hardcastle has demonstrated that in his elected positions on the Oakley City Council and sanitary board. That’s why we support him for County Supervisor and encourage you to do the same,” the Raineys said.
Sue Rainey is a former Walnut Creek City Council Member and Mayor. Before moving to Walnut Creek. Rainey worked on the effort to incorporate the Town of Moraga and was on that town’s first council and served as Mayor. She was also a former elected director of the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, is founder and president of the Contra Costa Sewer and Water Agency, and was a member of the Contra Costa County Local Agency Formation Commission.
Richard Rainey was hired by the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s department in 1964 and he was promoted through the ranks as a deputy sheriff, sergeant, lieutenant, and captain before he was elected County Sheriff in 1978. Mr. Rainey was appointed by Governor George Deukmejian during the 1980’s to the State Board of Corrections and the Board of Trustees of the Robert Presley Institute of Corrections. He served until 1992 when he was elected to the Assembly.
Following his service in the state legislature, Richard served as Director of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for Region 9 for both the Bush and Obama Admininstrations. Region 9 covers California, Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, the Territory of Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa.
“Having Dick and Sue Rainey’s endorsements means a lot,” Hardcastle said. “Their service to our county provided the strong leadership we needed in Contra Costa. I appreciate their support in my campaign for Supervisor.”
Doug Hardcastle was elected to the Oakley City Council in 2012 and recently completed a year as Mayor. From 2000 to 2012 he served as a Director on the Ironhouse Sanitary District Board, for which he served as President in 2010-2011. He currently serves on both the Transplan Committee and the Tri Delta Transit Board of Directors. Doug and his wife Lyn own Hardcastle’s RV in Oakley and have for over 40 years. Doug was selected Oakley Business Person of the Year in 2006. He’s a life-long resident of Contra Costa County. For more information visit www.doughardcastle.com.
Supervisor District 3 includes Oakley, Brentwood, Discovery Bay, Blackhawk, Diablo, Camino Tassajara, Bethel Island, Byron, Knightsen and a portion of Antioch. The election is on June 7, 2016.
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Mr. Hardcastle knows public safety? It would appear the Rainey’s do not know East Contra Costa.
He has had an opportunity to help the fire district and has done next to nothing. He decided to help navigate the City of Oakley away from the sheriff’s department which will eventually cost Oakley residents a ton of money in unexpected costs, a retirement nightmare.
I am not interested in the opinion of someone who last served 15 years ago and has no clue about how poor Mr. Hardcastle’s record is on public safety.
Notice how no examples are provided on just what Mr. Hardcastle’s record is? Sorry for my rant ECT but public safety is my top priority and so far the person I least want to vote for (Harper) is the only one strong on public safety.I dislike people who talk a big game to support my brothers and sisters out there yet have done nothing and will do nothing to help them.
Why is this news ECT? Are you going to be posting endorsements anytime a candidate has submitted?
Doug is a nice man, but he doesn’t know jack about public safety and if he really cared about public safety, he would have done much more to help the fire district. He also pulled a contract from the Sheriffs Department and has thus hurt the county. Now he is going to fix the sheriffs department after causing them to lose 30 people and a contract? Sorry, he is crossed off my list.
The only thing impressive about this article is that Hardcastle is good at getting press releases out, I am not sure why ECT would even cover this.
I’d like to know just what Doug Hardcastle has done to improve public safety. Would someone please answer? Lot’s of negativity towards a man, I would just like to focus on his accomplishments so I can make up my own mind and not from the peanut gallery.
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