MARCHAND2012

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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