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October 9, 2009
October 9, 2009 - October 22, 2009
Volume XII, Issue 30
In This Issue...
Report Clears Way for Second Phase of Highway 1 Widening
Scotts Valley Commute Accident Sends Two to Hospitals
Shakespeare Santa Cruz Survives
County Recovering after Storm
Big Winter Storm Hits County
Planning Underway for Mental Health Service Transition in 2013
Central Fire Chief Bruce Clark Set to Retire
City to Rispin Hotel Developers: Deal's Off
Capitola's Chief Rick Ehle Retires, Part 2
Open Studios Artists Transcend the Decades
Soquel Creek Water Eyes Second Rate Hike in Two Years
Davenport to See Long-Delayed Water Quality Upgrade
Community Supporting New and Expanding Capitola Businesses
Potential Target Center Developer Pays Its Tax Bill
Locke-Paddon Named Conservationist of the Year
Grind Out Hunger Drive
Stuffed Animals Drive for CASA
Halloween Volunteers Needed in Boulder Creek
911
Wowak Officially Launches Campaign for Sheriff
Around Aptos
Chamber Kicks Off Fall with Look Back at Cabrillo and '89 Earthquake
Local Winemakers Recall 1989 Earthquake
Crimebeat
Crime beat Oct. 9, 2009
Watsonville Killer Denied Parole
Education
Pajaro Schools Bracing Community for More Cuts
Health
The Complications of Healthcare Reform
The Mid-County Post > 911
Wowak Officially Launches Campaign for Sheriff
Sheriff Phil Wowak kicked off his election campaign with two events in early October. He was appointed to the job this spring by the County Board of Supervisors when Sheriff Steve Robbins retired.

Wowak noted that he announced his intention to run for the position when he was nominated, and filed papers backed in April. This fall marks his public announcement of the campaign. The Watsonville and Santa Cruz kick-off activities allowed him to meet community members and begin gathering support.

"This is something very new for me," said Wowak of a political campaign.

He was a public supporter of candidates in recent campaigns, including D.A. Bob Lee, now-Judge Ari Symons and his predecessor retired Sheriff Robbins.

"It's a new side of the job. I'm actually enjoying it. … It's very humbling, the number of people who have called or written to offer support. Some of them are people I've never met, who just know someone I've worked with in the community. It's been absolutely amazing," he said.

The non-partisan county election will be June 8, 2010, but Wowak said he was taking advantage of the slight lull in law enforcement activity that happens each year after summer tourists depart and before the holiday season begins.

No other candidates for sheriff have filed an intention to run yet.

Another recent appointee, Assessor-Recorder Sean Saldavia, filed for his position in August. Other incumbents who officially filed to run are County Superintendent of Schools Michael Watkins and District Attorney Bob Lee.
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