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Supervisor candidates face off in Sacramento's District 3 race
By Ed Fletcher - efletcher@sacbee.com
Published 12:00 am PDT Sunday, May 4, 2008
Story appeared in METRO section, Page B2
Sacramento County Supervisor Susan Peters played up her accomplishments – including roadway improvements along Fulton Avenue and other corridors – during a locally televised candidate debate Saturday.
Her opponent Warren Harding was on the attack.
"We have a developer-controlled Board of Supervisors; it should be a community-controlled board," Harding said in his opening remarks.
"I've been a good steward for the community," said Peters in her opening statement. "Fulton Avenue is really turning around."
The two are competing in the June 3 nonpartisan race to represent District 3, which includes Arden Arcade, Carmichael, Foothill Farms, Campus Commons, College Greens, east Sacramento, River Park and Sierra Oaks.
The debate, hosted by the Sacramento League of Women Voters and Metro Cable 14, was aired live and will be replayed several times in the coming weeks.
It's the first time that the challenger and the incumbent shared the same stage.
Peters, a former developer, was elected to the board in 2004.
Harding, a former county employee, has served on the Arden Manor Recreation and Park District's board for nearly 30 years.
Peters talked up the work she's done to improve the economic vitality of the district, including driving potential investors around personally.
Harding – though light on details – said the county is yielding to developers and encouraging sprawl.
But the debate's true focus was the 23-mile American River Parkway.
Peters spoke of her efforts to curb spring break wildness on the parkway and of her plan to ask property owners to authorize a benefit assessment district along the parkway to add funding for preservation and security.
Harding said he would be a better protector of the parkway and attacked the plan, saying those closest shouldn't pay more, a key tenet of the plan.
Peters, a Republican, is endorsed by numerous local elected officials including state Sen. Dave Cox, R-Fair Oaks; Sheriff John McGinness; and Supervisor Jimmie Yee.
Harding, a Democrat, pointed to endorsements by former Supervisor Illa Collin, Save the American River Association President Warren Truitt and the Sacramento Central Labor Council.
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