Gerrie Schipske for City Council.

The voters of Long Beach wisely approved a limit of two terms (8 years) for members of the City Council. As a result, in 2006, the voters of the 5th Council District will have the opportunity of selecting a new councilmember. Gerrie Schipske is a candidate for the 5th Council District in 2006. This site will provide information on Gerrie's campaign for City Council. You can contact Gerrie Schipske at gerrie@schipske4council.com.

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Name: Gerrie Schipske
Location: Long Beach, California

Local Roots. Local Values. Gerrie Schipske's grandparents came to Long Beach in the late 1940's. Her parents met at the Pike and married at St. Lucy's Church. They held their wedding reception in Silverado Park. Gerrie was born in 1950 at the Long Beach Naval Hospital. She has worked and lived in Long Beach for 29 years. Her three children attended Long Beach public schools and Long Beach City College. Gerrie has a distinguished career of public service at the city, state and congressional levels. She has served for over 15 years on Long Beach City committees, commissions and boards -- including the Board of Health and Human Services, the Joint Powers Authority for the CSU Headquarters, and the Queensway Bay Committee that guided the development of the Aquarium of the Pacific. In 1992, she was elected to the Long Beach City College Board of Trustees. She has won the nomination of her political party three times for state and federal offices. Gerrie Schipske is the founder of Long Beach Cares... and RxforLongBeach.com.

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Gerrie Schipske for City Council. She's running. For us. For Long Beach.
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Saturday, July 16, 2005

9 Steps to Bring Accountability and Efficiency Reforms to City Hall




Candidates for public office should not just be another "pretty face." They should have substance and ideas. That's why I am putting together "9 Steps to Bring Accountability and Efficiency Reforms to City Hall."

The 9 steps are basic and common sense approaches to really dealing with the fiscal problems facing the City of Long Beach. They include:
  1. Balanced Budget & Accountability Initiative.
  2. Establish a Whistleblower Hotline to Expose Waste & Fraud.
  3. Conduct an Independent Audit of City Enterprise and Special Funds.
  4. Reorganize the City Government & Streamline Overhead Costs in Each Department.
  5. Establish an Employee Incentive Fund to Encourage Ideas for Cost-Savings.
  6. Prevent Unfunded Liabilities in City Pensions.
  7. Reduce Corporate Welfare & Subsidies to Special Interests.
  8. Cut the Mayor and City Council Expenditures and Staff and Stop Automatic Pay Increases.
  9. Enact a TINCUP Campaign Finance Reform Ordinance.

I am putting the final touches on the details of each of these steps and will post them on this weblog and my campaign website.

Most importantly, I am encouraging residents of Long Beach to bring forth their own ideas on how we can make Long Beach even better!

posted by Gerrie Schipske for Council | 3:05 PM

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