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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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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Friday, September 02, 2005

Kell Increases Her Office Budget by $29,103 to $346,471


Council Pork Report: KELL AGREES TO CUTS TO SERVICES -- BUT INCREASES HER OFFICE BUDGET TO $346,471

The City has a huge deficit. The City Council is strongly considering closing El Dorado Park Nature Center one more day per week in order to save $59,000; suspend the Discover Long Beach Parks program to save $56,947' and to close city libraries an additional day, including the North Neighborhood Library in order to save $56,924.

Do they touch their own budget? Only one of the nine -- Tonia Uranga -- actually cut their own budget. She cut her budget by $12,880.

Jackie Kell, who is termed out in 2006, increased her council budget by
$29, 103 to a total of $346, 471!! Let's see: $29,103 is more than 1/2 of what it would take to restore some of the programs that Kell agrees to cut.

Once again, I propose: that the City council's staff and expense budget be set by the voters every 4 years and adjusted for inflation; that each council member be given the same amount of money; and that the council and the mayor be restricted from out of state travel in their last 12 months in office.

The City Council together increased their budget by $281,647 for FY 2005/06. In other words it went from $3,288,986 to $3,551,533.

I guess those of us in the 5th District can be a little grateful. Council District 4 is seeing an increase in the Council budget of $58,024 to a whopping
$419, 120. While the grand prize winner in Council Pork is District 6 with an increase of $76,707 to an insulting $477,585!!

Imagine just what almost half a million (spent by just one councilwoman) could pay for in terms of public safety and neighborhood improvements!

posted by Gerrie Schipske for Council | 9:14 PM

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