Paid for by Bob Marsh for City Council, Approved by Bob Marsh Photo credit: Victor Moreno
Endorsements
Endorsement From Dale Brinkman, Maricopa
Endorsement From Ted & Kathy Yocum, Maricopa
Endorsement From Ted & Kathy Yocum, Maricopa
To the Maricopa Monitor:
There is one candidate in my opinion running for the Maricopa City Council with qualifications that make him stand above the rest. As a retired engineer and business owner, I endorse Bob Marsh for the 2020 City Council as the candidate with an exemplary technical and business background who can immediately contribute to the decisions before City Council. Bob’s extensive engineering and management experience enable him to address infrastructure solutions to guide the growth and development of Maricopa.
A 10-year Maricopa resident, Bob has served on the Planning and Zoning Commission; is up to date on current City Council issues; and is working with the Maricopa Flood Control District for a FEMA grant to bring remaining Desert Cedars residents out of the flood zone.
As Councilman, Bob could extend his FEMA experience to alleviate other subdivisions currently within flood zones, eliminating homeowners’ mandatory flood insurance.
Bob recognizes the City’s infrastructure limitations and is uniquely qualified to bring solutions for transportation, flood control and prevention, water management, Internet bandwidth, and solar energy necessary to attract large, anchor employers to Maricopa.
On August 4th, please join me in selecting the best candidates for City Council and Vote for Bob.
Dale Brinkman, 14-year Maricopa resident
Endorsement From Ted & Kathy Yocum, Maricopa
Endorsement From Ted & Kathy Yocum, Maricopa
Endorsement From Ted & Kathy Yocum, Maricopa
To the Maricopa Monitor:
My wife Kathy and I very strongly endorse Bob Marsh for Maricopa’s City Council. I hope all Maricopans will consider voting for Bob in the Primary Election on August 4th. Check out his website: maricopavoteforbob.com.
When Bob and I first met, almost a decade ago, I told him of my volunteering with the City. At my suggestion he attended the Maricopa Citizens’ Leadership Academy. Then he got appointed to the Board of Adjustment.
We served together on Maricopa’s Planning and Zoning Commission for years. I can attest that he knows his stuff and that he has a track record of getting to the core of each issue, zeroing in on the right decision, even when most of the rest of the Commission was going in other directions. He was instrumental in helping get the APEX motor park approved, and the upcoming Anderson-Russell village in southeast Maricopa got approved by City Council based on Bob’s defense, even when a majority of the P&Z Commission had voted against it and recommended that Council disapprove the project.
I’ve worked with Bob on the board of directors of the Maricopa Senior Coalition, where Bob has worked to keep the need for a Maricopa senior center on the front burner, even when City Council members told us repeatedly that Maricopa will never have a bricks and mortar senior center. Well, guess what? We’re going to have a senior center, thanks to our creative City Manager and his staff – and persistent citizens like Bob.
One more thing: While serving on the Desert Cedars HOA board, Bob worked with the Maricopa Flood Control District to go after a FEMA grant to get the subdivision out of the flood hazard zone. The MFCD was successful and got a large FEMA grant to perform an engineering study to fix the problem. The study is now complete – with a great solution. Once the fix is complete, our homeowners will no longer be forced to pay for flood insurance. A huge win. And the MFCD can use that experience to go after grants for other subdivisions in flood zones – including the Heritage District.
Like the signs say: Vote for Bob
Endorsement
Endorsement From Ron Smith, Maricopa
To the Maricopa Monitor:
As an Aging-in-Place advocate, I would like to endorse both Nancy Smith and Bob Marsh for Maricopa’s City Council. I’ve worked with both of them over the past year and have been impressed with their commitment to senior needs and issues. Vice Mayor Nancy Smith has a proven record of championing senior events and support, such as the senior citizen Lunch and Learn program and her work with the Age Friendly Advisory Committee. Bob is on the Board of Directors of the Maricopa Senior Coalition, Inc., a non-profit that is focused on bringing senior services and resources to Maricopa. Bob’s persistence has been instrumental in working with our City Manager and city staff to find a permanent solution to our need for a senior center.
Vice Mayor Nancy Smith brings the passion and enthusiasm needed to help shape a young city like Maricopa. She loves her work and her city. She pays attention to what is needed and does her homework and she is quick to respond when there is a need. In the midst of the pandemic she was fielding a lot of requests from constituents needing services and supplies. In the stretch of about a week and a half she put together a nonprofit alliance, CopaCares2020, to serve the community with food and supplies that people were unable to obtain on their own. She brings all of her project planning skills from her professional career and her get-it-done attitude to focus on community needs that will help us be a dynamic and senior friendly city. She knows that the city must have a great economic development program to expand both services and create a sustainable tax base to stay within budget and find ways to lower tax rates.
Bob Marsh brings an engineer’s perspective to everything that he does. I have engineers in my family and I have always admired their ability to ask the right questions. Asking the right questions makes Bob a great problem solver. Every good team needs this kind of insight to be productive and effective. He is retired and available to give as much time as is necessary to bulldog a problem and bring senior insight to the City Council. Being on a fixed income he knows the importance of keeping taxes and spending under control. His experience on Maricopa’s Planning and Zoning Commission, the Desert Cedars HOA Board, the senior center and work with the Maricopa Flood Control District has demonstrated the immense contributions that he has already made to our community. His engineering and IT experience will be invaluable as we tackle major infrastructure projects, such as, transportation, expanded health services, flood control and prevention, water management, solar energy and internet bandwidth. He is superbly skilled to help the city navigate all of these services needed to support our economic development needs and the quality of life within Maricopa.
Maricopa seniors need to vote for both Vice Mayor Smith and Bob Marsh on August 4th.
Ron Smith
Aging-in-Place Advocate
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