Dear Friends,

The race is on! Just two hours before the filing deadline two candidates filed to challenge me in my run for re-election for 1st District County Supervisor. They represent very different visions about how to move our community forward and I am gearing up to launch a vigorous campaign.

I want to invite you to become part of my campaign to effectively represent our neighborhoods, protect the environment and ensure that local government meets the needs of our community, including our most vulnerable residents.

Over these next few weeks I will be working hard, going door-to-door and continuing the ongoing conversations that began during my more than 20 years of community service. Since my election to office, I have created regular opportunities for community members to engage in local government and help shape the direction of policymaking and funding decisions. Hundreds of community members have joined me to make the First District an active and vibrant outpost for effective democracy. I believe government works best when people get involved and I will continue to work to give our community a voice in local decisions.

Community members have worked with me to create effective regulations for vacation rentals to support the health of our residential neighborhoods and hundreds came out to help secure the rail line through our county. Local residents are now having a say in the future of our criminal justice system.

I hope you will support my effort to complete this campaign in June. Your financial contribution will be leveraged by hundreds of hours of my time as well as the work of many dedicated volunteers. Even effective grassroots campaigns need resources to supplement on-the-ground efforts with a targeted mail campaign. Your donation will help ensure that I have the funds necessary to get the message out about how hard I have worked to represent the community and how committed I am to continue to engage residents in my next term.

With two open seats on the Board of Supervisors in this election I plan to continue to play a leadership role in setting the direction of the Board of Supervisors. Please help me in this campaign.

Sincerely,

John Leopold