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City mayor going for a second term
Tomzak makes mayoral campaign official
Date published: 1/31/2008
BY EMILY BATTLE Tom Tomzak announced yesterday that he will seek a second term as mayor of Fredericksburg. He will face City Councilwoman Debby Girvan in the May 6 election. Tomzak, 60, is director of clinical services for the Rappahannock Area Health District. He made his announcement outside City Hall. Girvan, 44, announced her intentions two weeks ago. About 50 people attended Tomzak's announcement yesterday. Among them were several former members of the City Council and current Councilman Matt Kelly. Former council members Billy Withers, Richard Garnett, Walt Sheffield and Joe Wilson, and former Mayor Lawrence Davies attended the event. Wilson said he was endorsing Tomzak because "I think he's done an excellent job of bringing City Council together." Davies, however said his appearance was not indicative of an endorsement of Tomzak over Girvan. "I'm supporting both of them, because I believe that either would be a good mayor," Davies said. Tomzak won the mayor's seat in 2004, the same year Girvan won her council seat. During that campaign, the two shared several campaign donors and their signs were regularly seen in the same yards. Recently, the two have bickered at meetings, often over procedural matters like what protocol should be used for communicating with boards and commissions and who could get the last word at meetings. While the vast majority of this City Council's votes have been unanimous over the past four years, recent votes where Tomzak and Girvan differed were last spring's budget vote and the recent vote on a letter of intent laying out incentives offered to Kalahari Resorts. In the budget vote, Girvan and Councilman Hashmel Turner were alone in the opposition. Girvan said the city could adopt a lower tax rate by spending from its fund balance, while five other council members said that would not be financially responsible. In the Kalahari vote, Girvan was alone in the opposition. She said the city hadn't done enough due diligence on the incentives package and on the Kalahari project, but her colleagues all said the vote was a necessary next step to moving forward with the process, and that there was still time for more study. The deadline to file for candidacy is March 4. In addition to the mayor's seat, the two at-large seats are also up for election. Vice Mayor Kerry Devine has said she'll run again. That leaves an opening, as Girvan will vacate her seat to run for mayor. Emily Battle: 540/374-5413
Read more stories about Fredericksburg Date published: 1/31/2008
Dishonest
(posted by
Mosby43
, Mar. 17, 2008 10:59 pm)
She's using a terribly dated photo on all her material, no doubt to cash in on "Concerned Soccer Mom" image. She hung around Bostonian academia too long, thinks she knows more than she does. And dishonest to boot. Image spin...
Matt kelly & Tomzak want to reduce spending, oh really!!!
(posted by
GOUSA
, Feb. 2, 2008 10:56 am)
You don't vote for every spending increase and needless, expensive contraptions and then say that you have a plan to reduce spending. Watching Kelly at meetings is like a bobble head doll rolling his eyes, shaking his head whenever someone disagrees with him. Give the guy some Ritalin please! Girvan votes to stop spending while kelly/tomzak vote to spend, spend, spend. Tomzak said he would not vote to raise taxes. READ MY LIPS...NO MORE VOTES FOR TOMZAK!
Matt Kelly...Youre a good man
(posted by
artlovinmom
, Feb. 1, 2008 9:34 am)
for writing and addressing these comments. It allows All the people who have these opinions of 'how things are'to become educated. I'm not sure you'll have much of an affect. These people are using the talking points like "thoughtfulness' and "considering all choices" that Debbie is giving her committee. I'll bet somedon't even live in the city. Tomzak brought this council together and my son now has funding for headstart &a new school bus..I think Tomzak considered US who live here in making his decisions
Gee..you know a lot for only being here one year...
(posted by
artlovinmom
, Feb. 1, 2008 9:22 am)
Fredericksburg once had a council that couldn't agree on a pizza order, let alone Maury Stadium. We couldn't afford school books, buses or any of the wonderful programs we now benifit from. She is not anymore on top of the issues than any other council member. I'm not going to call people names, but if you look at her behavior at meetings lately (the last two years) She either makes a scene to try to display leadership or says nothing and sends out emails or editorials which confuses everyone. POLITITIAN...
I An at Your Service......
(posted by
MattKelly
, Jan. 31, 2008 1:37 pm)
SWilson730—Welcome to the area. I am curious regarding your comment that the Council is, “Jumping into various deals and situations without adequate information and knowledge.” How have you come to that conclusion? I would be happy to meet with you to discuss any action this city has taken. There is a big difference between political posturing and governance.
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