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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Sunday, December 04, 2005

Feed Back from Walking the 5th

Schipske Continues to Walk the 5th

One hour to one and one-half hours. That what it takes each day to walk a full city block in a precinct. People are nice. They are thoughtful and they appreciate a political candidate knocking on their doors. That's what I have been finding since the middle of summer. 5th District residents know there will be an election in April. They know that the incumbent is termed out -- and they support term limits. They are concerned about the libraries, their broken sidewalks, not enough police, crime in the downtown area, the increase rates of poverty in pockets of the city, the bad image Long Beach gets on the news media because of frequent shootings, the libraries, crossing guards, the libraries, not enough police, cuts to the fire department...it doesn't matter which part of the 5th I walk..the concerns are the same.

I am struck by the warmth and friendliness of the people I am meeting as I walk and how much they love Long Beach and want the best...the best in leadership and the best use of their taxes.

Am bound and determined to walk the entire 5th District by next June..

posted by Gerrie Schipske for Council | 8:23 PM

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