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PETALUMA ARGUS-COURIER THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2012 A3 Candidates report funds raised Kathy Miller narrowly leads in money raising efforts Davies Healy Miller Renee Herries Kearney JOHN 0 HARAF0R THE ARGUS-COURIER Herries followed with $13,275. In the days leading up to the election, Kearney had the most money left to spend, at $5,462, with Davies having $3,183. Ren6e had the most debt at $4,850. Miller and Healy, both attorneys and running as a team, reported receiving the maximum $200 donation from many of the same sources over the course of their fundraising. Those sources include lawyers both from Petaluma and other cities, business owners, realty and construction companies, as well as principals with Basin Street Properties, the citys largest commercial property owner.

Miller, a former planning commissioner, also received donations from individuals who have supported the parks improvement initiative, Measure ture and labor interests. They also received numerous $200 contributions from employees or representatives of Shamrock Materials, one of the countys largest concrete producers. Representatives of the Deer Creek Village shopping center have contributed to their campaigns as well. Herries who works at a Marin County biotechnology company, received donations from many of the same people as Jason Davies, a business owner and chair of the Technology Advisory Committee. The two have been endorsed by many of the same people.

They have both received donations from former mayor Pam Tbrliatt, current mayor David Glass, Councilmember Teresa Barrett as wrell as State See, CAMPAIGN, page A7 FUNDRAISING TOTALS Here is how much the candidates have raised as of Oct. 20. Kathy Miller: $16,459 Mike Healy: $15,439 Alicia Kae Herries: $15,034 Gabe Kearney: $9,550 Jason Davies: $9,485 Tiffany Renee: $8,838 which Miller helped put on the ballot. Gabe Kearney, an emergency preparedness coordinator at Kaiser Per-manente, also garnered donations from some attorneys and representatives of the real estate sector. Kearney, Miller and Healy all received a $200 contribution from Sonoma County Alliance, a coalition of business, agricul- This sculpture was created in memory of Georgia Moses, a young girl who was murdered.

The sculpture was placed alongside Highway 101, but has been moved to City Hall. BY JAMIE HANSEN ARGUS-COURIER STAFF A total of nearly $75,000 has been raised by the six candidates in the Petaluma City Council race as of Oct. 20, with candidate Kathy Miller leading the FFZPt'A fundrais- ing pack, followed VOTE 2012 closely by councilman Mike Healy and Planning Commissioner Alicia Kae Her-ries as the Nov. 6 election nears. In the race for three open council seats, Her-ries, Miller and Jason Davies are challenging the incumbents, Healy, Tiffany Renee and Gabe Kearney.

In total contributions, Miller, running for the first time, leads all candidates with $16,459. She is followed closely by Healy with Herries with Kearney with Davies with and Renee with $8,838. The latest round of filings, made available on Monday, show some changes since the last filing in late September. At that time, Herries, a first-time candidate and among the first to announce her candidacy, led with $13,500 collected. She also reported having the most money left to spend heading into the election.

But in the most recent reporting period, between Oct. 1 and Oct. 20, Kearney, Healy and Miller raised more than the others. Specifically, in that period, Healy raised $8,305, Miller $7,747 and Kearney $5,560. Davies brought in $3,155, Herries $1,500 and Ren6e $1,300.

Healy reported having spent the most to date at $15,334. Miller spent the next most at $15,275 and Remembering Georgia Moses Election details: how to vote By MARSHA TRENT FOR THE ARGUS-COURIER The haunting story of 12-year-old Georgia Lee Moses so captivated some Petaluma residents that it moved them to relocate a steel angel sculpture dedicated to the slam child to a permanent home at Petaluma City Hall. The project got started around the holidays in 2011 when Maureen Mc-Guigan, who owns the Petaluma Mail Depot, heard Tom Waits song Georgia Lee on a local radio station and later learned that it was written about a young girl McGuigan knew. McGuigan said she once lived near Moses, her single mother and young sister, in a Santa Rosa low- income housing project. The nude, strangled corpse of Moses was found in August 1997 alongside Highway 101 and Petaluma Boulevard South.

The murder remains unsolved. After hearing the song, McGuigan took some friends, among them Kit Lofroos, to a roadside memorial, marked by the angel sculpture and surrounded by some trees, where Moses body was found. After a few visits to clean up the site, which had become overgrown with weeds and strewn with debris, the women found a note saying the sculpture needed to be relocated because of the pending highway inter- See, GEORGIA, page A5 can also be turned in at the Veterans Memorial Building in Petaluma on the following days only: Saturday, Nov. 3 and Sunday, Nov. 4 between 10 a m.

and 4 p.m. Address is 1094 Petaluma Blvd. South. Vote by Mail ballots can also be turned in at any Sonoma County polling place on election day. Anyone with questions can contact the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters at 565-6800 or visit the website at Election day, Nov.

6, is rapidly approaching. To learn about Petalumas six candidates for City Council, the measure to fund park improvements Measure and other local issues, visit petaluma360.com and click on the Election 2012 Coverage banner at the top of the page. How to Vote: Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on election day.

Voters can also drop off their Vote by Mail ballots on specific days at the ELECTION DAY RESULTS Follow live election results on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at petal uma360 com. following locations: The Registrar of Voters Office, 435 Fiscal Drive, Santa Rosa, has a drive-thru window. It will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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