By Joyce Moore
October 25, 2024 (Lemon Grove) - Progress, cooperation, competence, and compassion. In Mayor Racquel Vasquez, those qualities have served Lemon Grove for decades. Through some tough times, and meaningful achievements, she has worked to bring people together and improve the way of life in our special community.
With her more than 25 years of public service, Mayor Vasquez has successfully brought valuable experience, knowledge, and expertise to streamline municipal government. She has successfully prioritized a balanced budget, safe neighborhoods, an expanding and prosperous business environment, improvements in streets and utilities, more affordable housing along regional transportation lines, and opportunities for citizens to be part of a thriving hometown.
Mayor Racquel Vasquez is a leader with competence, cooperation, energy, a sense of humor, and far-reaching compassion. Her goals for the next four years are:
- Making significant progress in solving our housing shortage and the homelessness crisis.
- Expanding civic resources to improve public safety, support education, expand access to health services, and bringing a diverse and creative community together to keep Lemon Grove a safe, friendly, and a comfortable community.
- Creating a more business friendly environment that will attract good jobs with living wages, so as to make Lemon Grove a comfortable home for ourselves and the children who will follow us.
- Continuing to seek every available resource and funding from county, state and federal sources to address community needs to ease the financial burden on local taxpayers.
Mayor Racquel Vasquez has proven her ability to lead our city forward. The challenges we face will be better met by someone with proven experience and success. A vote for Mayor Vasquez will mean stability, continuity, and progress that fits our way of life in the city with “The Best Climate on Earth”. That means not only lots of sunshine, but also a way of life that is the envy of the nation.
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