I
have lived in Twentynine Palms for 8 years. I am married and we have two children.
I am a licensed real estate broker and more recently I will be teaching a class at
Copper Mountain.
My platform is the economic development of Twentynine Palms.
I
firmly believe that we need to be more aggressive in trying to get new businesses to come
and bring jobs in. All these houses and still no retail? Small business is great and I
think that the City should play a wider role in supporting the new businesses that we do
have.
I see other Cities that really promote their town and I think that we need to do the same.
I believe that City Hall needs to be fair across the board for all. I have heard numerous
complaints from residents as well as developers, who told me that they were given one
story while the next guy is told something else. This is not a criticism of the City after
all there are two sides to every story. I have a B.S. in Political Science, so I
understand that the wheels of government take longer to turn sometimes.
Finally, we as a city, need to decide where we want to be. Do we want to be a tourist
community? A retirement community? What do we exactly what we to be?
I would like to see the city have businesses that are not mainly supported by the Base.
We need something that will stand alone, just in case we end up loosing some more troops
to the war.
When I first moved here, the town was empty and lots of businesses were closed down. It
can happen again if we do not take precautions to better our position economically.
Sherrie Gibson