From: Jane Heath
Morro Bay
In 2012 Morro Bay elected a new City
Council majority. We knew that there were entrenched
positions and the road to change would be as bumpy
as many of our city's streets. We also knew that
Mayor Jamie Irons would need support to turn the
tide and establish policies for all of Morro Bay's
citizens instead of focusing exclusively on
Embarcadero businesses and the friends of council
members and staff, as his opponents cynically
promoted fear and rebellion.
Since his election, Jamie Irons has
worked doggedly to improve the daily lives of Morro
Bay citizens. He resigned his job to devote more
time to the challenges of setting a bold and
courageous new course for the city's next 50 years.
He addressed aging infrastructure, initiated
acceleration of the timeline for the water
reclamation facility that had stalled in a stand-off
with the Coastal Commission, took steps toward
updating the city's decades-old general plan,
addressed drought-related issues, and asked the
always controversial question: "Do we have the right
people in the right positions to be successful."
Which the majority of the council lanswered: "No."
Doom and gloom were predicted at
fever pitch, but months later no disruption of city
services has occurred.
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From: Jane Heath (continued)
Mayor Irons endured personal attacks
and a recall attempt that was loud and bitter but
did not have enough supporters to even reach the
ballot. Through it all, he never attacked his
opponents and carried on the city's business with
grace and dignity.
Only eighteen months into his
tenure, we are well on the way to identifying a new
site for the water reclamation facility, a grant has
funded the first steps toward general plan debate,
the bridge and harbor walk extension cleared the
Coastal Commission, and streets all over Morro Bay
have been repaired. We have a new contract city
attorney, a well-qualified interim city manager, and
the sky has not fallen.
Jamie Irons has earned the
opportunity to finish what he started. He has my
vote - and my gratitude.
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