VOTERS FACE STARK CHOICE IN UPCOMING CATHEDRAL CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS: ONLY ONE CHALLENGER POSSESSES THE VISION AND KNOWLEDGE TO MOVE CATHEDRAL CITY FORWARD.

Cathedral City, August 11, 2012 -- With the closure of candidate filings and qualification for the November 6, 2012, Cathedral City Council election, voters find themselves presented with a stark choice among council challengers.  Of the five non-incumbent candidates, only one, attorney and community activist Paul Marchand, has the vision, knowledge, and insight to be effective in public office.

“Three of the other four challengers have run unsuccessfully in the past, and been soundly rejected by voters on account of their extreme, ideologically driven positions,” Marchand said.  “Voters aren’t interested in candidates who offer inaccurate information, rage-driven rhetoric or culture war appeals.  In a time of significant fiscal and financial challenge to our city, voters are looking for a Council member with real knowledge and workable ideas.”

Addressing perceptions that the other council challenger is to close politically to embattled Cathedral city Mayor Kathy DeRosa, Marchand noted that his own critique of DeRosa’s performance is no secret, and that a candidate joined at the hip to such an incumbent enters the political fray not only at his own risk, but also at risk of having to account for the failures of his mentor.

“Cathedral City can’t afford, and should not accept, either do-nothing or extremist public officials,” Marchand said.  “We need pragmatic role-up-your-sleeves leadership in City Hall.  That’s my style; I’ve done it before and I’m ready to do it again.”

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MARCHAND IS FIRST COUNCIL CANDIDATE TO QUALIFY FOR NOVEMBER BALLOT

CATHEDRAL CITY, July 24, 2012 -- Paul S. Marchand, a Cathedral City attorney and community activist, qualified today for the November 6, 2012 City Council election.

Marchand, a longtime Cathedral City resident who previously served two terms on the city council, stated that his decision to seek office had been driven by his own deep concern about the City’s direction, as well as by similar concerns expressed to him by neighbors and members of Cathedral City’s beleaguered business community.

“The city’s fiscal challenges aren’t being adequately addressed,” Marchand said.  “We have a solid voting bloc on the council consisting of the mayor and her most dependable council ally, that has been content to do nothing while the city and its residents are overtaken by events.”

Cathedral City has been adrift, Marchand added, “with no sense of long-term plan or vision.”  Worse, Marchand noted, was the fact that the city had developed no contingency plan in the event that the State of California went through on Gov. Jerry Brown’s stated intention of dissolving redevelopment agencies statewide.  “I know Jerry Brown well enough to know that if he gets it in his mind to do something, he’ll make it happen,” Marchand explained.

“We can’t afford councilmembers who remain passive in the face of serious threats to our municipal well-being,” Marchand stated.  “Somebody has to keep faith with this community.  That’s why I’m running.”

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