Home 2016 Election Supervisor Mary Piepho Endorses Lamar Thorpe for Antioch City Council

Supervisor Mary Piepho Endorses Lamar Thorpe for Antioch City Council

by ECT

ANTIOCH, CA – Decorated U.S. Navy veteran, community activist and former city commissioner Lamar Thorpe today received the endorsement of Contra Costa County Supervisor Mary Piepho in the November race for Antioch City Council. Piepho joins a growing number of bipartisan, regional public officials endorsing Thorpe.

“I believe Lamar Thorpe has the ethics, the leadership and the community interest necessary to serve the Antioch community. When important issues come up, people are often alarmed because they don’t feel their elected leaders are listening. Lamar listens, and as a young family man, he understands the issues facing current and future generations. I believe Lamar is the person who can and will provide not only the ear but the voice for citizens, and represent them on both the local level and the regional level,” said Piepho.

Besides Piepho, other East County public officials who have endorsed Thorpe include Diane Burgis, East Bay Regional Park District director and candidate for County Supervisor; Greg Enholm, vice president of the Contra Costa Community College District Board of Trustees; Connstance Holdaway, Contra Costa Water District director; and Keith Archuleta of the East Bay Leadership Council and Antioch Economic Development Commission chair to name a few.

Thorpe is running on a platform to hold city leaders accountable to their promise of hiring 111 police officers and ensure Measure C funds are not spent for administrative purposes. He also supports collecting 100 percent of Measure O funds owed to the city, attracting high-end employers through tax incentives, reforming local campaign finance rules and creating a community event space in downtown Antioch similar to Todos Santos Plaza in nearby Concord.

Thorpe is also running to repair a growing divide between Antioch voters and city hall, which became sorely evident during this year’s Measure E campaign. Concerned about the public safety issues involved with gambling, Thorpe joined a successful petition effort to place restrictions on card rooms in Antioch. The City Council refused to act, even though new rules were later approved by nearly 70 percent of the city’s voters.

“I am deeply honored to receive Supervisor Piepho’s support,” said Thorpe. “The fact that Mary is a Republican and I am a Democrat suggests that this race is not about what side of the political fence you’re on. It’s about who is willing to step up and do the right thing for Antioch, regardless of how difficult it may be. For too long, people in the community have voiced their concerns to city hall only to watch them fall on deaf ears. We deserve leaders who truly listen and who will do whatever it takes to make a good city great, and that’s exactly what I’m prepared to do.”

For more information about Lamar Thorpe’s campaign or to ask Lamar a question, visit his Facebook fan page at www.facebook.com/lamar.thorpe.52 or his campaign website at www.lamarthorpe.com.

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