I could not help myself when I read the entire article authored by Ben Cantu of Ben Cantu in the Sun Post on Friday. It took up an entire page. I personally think this was a waste of money because most citizens have voted already. Those that have not typically do not read papers, they are too busy and most have made up their minds already. This is not me, it's a known fact from political consultants. Short and simple cards would have worked best, not a CV (Resume). The article did not mention it was a 'paid ad from candidate'. We have to assume this came directly from the Sun Post. Did the Sun Post pay for this out of their own pockets? It appears so, space on any newspaper costs a lot of money. I consider this a donation to Ben Cantu's campaign.
After reading the article I have to clear up some of the inaccuracies of it. I'm going to compare Ben Cantu with Samuel Anderson using Ben's statements.
Let's compare:
Qualifications to be your next councilman: Ben Cantu says in his ad that he is the ONLY candidate that brings actual working experience in municipal government operations and planning, budgeting, financing, management, infrastructure systems and design, working relationships with other agencies, knowledge of the communities adopted goals and policies and so on.
I have news for the readers! This is a lie! Ben, you've been caught! I'm calling you on this.
Response: Samuel Anderson is a Police Commander and consistently deals with municipal government operations on a daily basis. Not only this, but his company, Tekbrokers VENTURES, LLC has several clients, over 100 of them, that are all municipal clients. On top of it, some are county and state including international. Samuel Anderson has the experience as both employee and executive and both levels as THE executive itself.
Public Safety: Ben Cantu believes that Manteca has only 'occasional crime'. He has determined that Manteca is safe and free from serious crime and has supported Measure M and for that fact, Manteca being the highest taxed city in San Joaquin County. He has NO experience in law enforcement. Maybe he forgot to read the police blotter recently of all the shootings and personal attacks and robberies of personal holdups on persons. The list is long including stolen cars.
Response: Samuel Anderson has served and worked in the law enforcement community for over 20 years. From the military to all levels of service his current position has him working from local/municipal to leaders in 43 different nations and he happens to be a Commander. His current group has over 900 individuals from all over the world including the United States working with him. Samuel Anderson is not only educated and experienced in public safety, he is PUBLIC SAFETY. When shit hits the fan, who would you want in front of you? Samuel Anderson will bring executive level experience to the city council of Manteca. He will also bring down taxes. Ben Cantu has NOT mentioned anything about bringing down taxes.
Community Growth: Ben Cantu will press for the returning to the original purpose of the growth management program-managed growth and take back control of Manteca's future growth policies. Ben Cantu was responsible for this to begin with. How can you just say this when for the past 30 years you were part of this? If you didn't like it, then you should have quit and ran for city council, but hey, I guess a good paying job and now retirement is better for you. I mean, we are paying your retirement salary Ben.
Response: Samuel Anderson has stated all along the importance of balancing the budget and the need for a plan with set goals. His executive experience in achieving such items is known throughout municipal, state and FORTUNE companies. He is also mentioning as he stated in 2006 that we need to have a rainy day fund and put a lock on it.
New Jobs/Retail: I'm sorry, I could not understand what he was saying in this one. All I know is he was trying to mention something about jobs and the community. What is "maintaining a fiscally balanced community"? It just appears as if he took that right out of some book and turned it around. I'm sorry, folks, but his jobs and retail does not make sense. I just can't interpret it.
Response: Samuel Anderson has the experience of his own business, FORTUNE 500 companies, Successful Start-ups, Government accounts and positions. Samuel Anderson has been responsible for budgets in the hundreds of millions of dollars. He has personally managed several companies at the same time under one roof. He has personally hired and fired employees, what is called in the business as being a hatchet man and a headhunter. This is a trained position and calls for a very experienced person to carry out such endeavors. This is why he was one of the top recruiters in the nation at one time. And, one of the highest paid I might ad. Ben Cantu does not have a feathers experience in this area which calls for executive management and constant contact on a daily basis with such persons and investors.
Housing: Ben Cantu wants workforce housing. He wants to keep Manteca the center of low-paying wages. Manteca has already completed several studies and the people have accepted the fact that we want to attract people from the outside who are looking for larger homes to raise their children. Even though they work outside the city, this is a fact and while noble a position on workforce housing, studies have shown that keeping a city within these ranks causes more crime and blight and gangs. Hey, prove me wrong, this is a fact from the DOJ and studies of cities and their growing populations. It's a fact.
Response: Samuel Anderson has told us back in 2006 when he ran for city council that we need to slow it down and stop the massive growth because it's going to hurt our community later on down the road. He was right on target. Guess what? Forget about your socialistic dream of workforce housing and work on the budget as Samuel Anderson has stated since 2006. I call this fantastic vision.
$8 Million Budget Deficit: Although Ben Cantu has his ideas on the budget and some of them make sense, he's not saying anything that all the others are and have been saying all along. He also does not have experience in budget deficits.
Response: Samuel Anderson has experience in budgets and in this case, he was hired as the hatchet man and headhunter to take HEAD-ON budgets that were going into deficit mode. He knows what to look for and where to cut back without sacrificing quality and service. This isn't inherited experience, it's trained leadership.
Council Leadership: Ben Cantu says nothing about why he should be the one on the city council in his ad. Nothing. He does say that he intends to keep office hours during the week so he can be accessible to citizens and businesses throughout the week. Uh, really? That is a task to behold. And, it would cost money to have you there daily. And, the municipal code also mentions that the city council members can NOT have interaction with the city employees as to such conduct business with them. You must do it with the City Manager and he will then instruct his department heads to carry out any orders. If I recall, Ben Cantu also has a business of his own consulting on planning projects that he happens to be a client of the City of Manteca. Is he planning on shutting down his business? It would be impossible to sit at city hall every single day of the week and run a business. Even if he uses his own mobile phone to take calls and make calls, he is still using city amenities such as the office, the grounds, etc...to carry out personal business. Pick one, Ben.
Response: Samuel Anderson is all about leadership. Over 20 years experience as a U.S. Marine involved in intelligence and communications. Law enforcement experience and is a Commander. Fortune 500 experience on all levels of executive management. Visionary and partner in several successful start-ups and venture capital firms. Owns his own personal businesses, more than one. Has been an executive leader in all these areas and is currently serving as the President of the Safe Surrender Baby Safe Haven that was integral in establishing laws in all 50 States for newborns. This is experience in dealing with all 50 States legislatures.
There you have it. I personally spent time with Samuel Anderson on his path to the Manteca City Council. He went door to door and NO OTHER candidate has done this. The Sun Post should be ashamed of themselves because they purposefully over-looked this person because they know he means business and he is a threat to the establishment including others. He's all about business and he's the people's man for the job. I think he will get the position on the council because he took it where it matters most, to the people. His map of the city is impressive and if he does not get it, well, Manteca, you will have lost a golden opportunity to have someone of this high-caliber to serve you and bring back justice to our city.
Samuel Anderson is the candidate and people's choice for Manteca City Council.
After reading the article I have to clear up some of the inaccuracies of it. I'm going to compare Ben Cantu with Samuel Anderson using Ben's statements.
Let's compare:
Qualifications to be your next councilman: Ben Cantu says in his ad that he is the ONLY candidate that brings actual working experience in municipal government operations and planning, budgeting, financing, management, infrastructure systems and design, working relationships with other agencies, knowledge of the communities adopted goals and policies and so on.
I have news for the readers! This is a lie! Ben, you've been caught! I'm calling you on this.
Response: Samuel Anderson is a Police Commander and consistently deals with municipal government operations on a daily basis. Not only this, but his company, Tekbrokers VENTURES, LLC has several clients, over 100 of them, that are all municipal clients. On top of it, some are county and state including international. Samuel Anderson has the experience as both employee and executive and both levels as THE executive itself.
Public Safety: Ben Cantu believes that Manteca has only 'occasional crime'. He has determined that Manteca is safe and free from serious crime and has supported Measure M and for that fact, Manteca being the highest taxed city in San Joaquin County. He has NO experience in law enforcement. Maybe he forgot to read the police blotter recently of all the shootings and personal attacks and robberies of personal holdups on persons. The list is long including stolen cars.
Response: Samuel Anderson has served and worked in the law enforcement community for over 20 years. From the military to all levels of service his current position has him working from local/municipal to leaders in 43 different nations and he happens to be a Commander. His current group has over 900 individuals from all over the world including the United States working with him. Samuel Anderson is not only educated and experienced in public safety, he is PUBLIC SAFETY. When shit hits the fan, who would you want in front of you? Samuel Anderson will bring executive level experience to the city council of Manteca. He will also bring down taxes. Ben Cantu has NOT mentioned anything about bringing down taxes.
Community Growth: Ben Cantu will press for the returning to the original purpose of the growth management program-managed growth and take back control of Manteca's future growth policies. Ben Cantu was responsible for this to begin with. How can you just say this when for the past 30 years you were part of this? If you didn't like it, then you should have quit and ran for city council, but hey, I guess a good paying job and now retirement is better for you. I mean, we are paying your retirement salary Ben.
Response: Samuel Anderson has stated all along the importance of balancing the budget and the need for a plan with set goals. His executive experience in achieving such items is known throughout municipal, state and FORTUNE companies. He is also mentioning as he stated in 2006 that we need to have a rainy day fund and put a lock on it.
New Jobs/Retail: I'm sorry, I could not understand what he was saying in this one. All I know is he was trying to mention something about jobs and the community. What is "maintaining a fiscally balanced community"? It just appears as if he took that right out of some book and turned it around. I'm sorry, folks, but his jobs and retail does not make sense. I just can't interpret it.
Response: Samuel Anderson has the experience of his own business, FORTUNE 500 companies, Successful Start-ups, Government accounts and positions. Samuel Anderson has been responsible for budgets in the hundreds of millions of dollars. He has personally managed several companies at the same time under one roof. He has personally hired and fired employees, what is called in the business as being a hatchet man and a headhunter. This is a trained position and calls for a very experienced person to carry out such endeavors. This is why he was one of the top recruiters in the nation at one time. And, one of the highest paid I might ad. Ben Cantu does not have a feathers experience in this area which calls for executive management and constant contact on a daily basis with such persons and investors.
Housing: Ben Cantu wants workforce housing. He wants to keep Manteca the center of low-paying wages. Manteca has already completed several studies and the people have accepted the fact that we want to attract people from the outside who are looking for larger homes to raise their children. Even though they work outside the city, this is a fact and while noble a position on workforce housing, studies have shown that keeping a city within these ranks causes more crime and blight and gangs. Hey, prove me wrong, this is a fact from the DOJ and studies of cities and their growing populations. It's a fact.
Response: Samuel Anderson has told us back in 2006 when he ran for city council that we need to slow it down and stop the massive growth because it's going to hurt our community later on down the road. He was right on target. Guess what? Forget about your socialistic dream of workforce housing and work on the budget as Samuel Anderson has stated since 2006. I call this fantastic vision.
$8 Million Budget Deficit: Although Ben Cantu has his ideas on the budget and some of them make sense, he's not saying anything that all the others are and have been saying all along. He also does not have experience in budget deficits.
Response: Samuel Anderson has experience in budgets and in this case, he was hired as the hatchet man and headhunter to take HEAD-ON budgets that were going into deficit mode. He knows what to look for and where to cut back without sacrificing quality and service. This isn't inherited experience, it's trained leadership.
Council Leadership: Ben Cantu says nothing about why he should be the one on the city council in his ad. Nothing. He does say that he intends to keep office hours during the week so he can be accessible to citizens and businesses throughout the week. Uh, really? That is a task to behold. And, it would cost money to have you there daily. And, the municipal code also mentions that the city council members can NOT have interaction with the city employees as to such conduct business with them. You must do it with the City Manager and he will then instruct his department heads to carry out any orders. If I recall, Ben Cantu also has a business of his own consulting on planning projects that he happens to be a client of the City of Manteca. Is he planning on shutting down his business? It would be impossible to sit at city hall every single day of the week and run a business. Even if he uses his own mobile phone to take calls and make calls, he is still using city amenities such as the office, the grounds, etc...to carry out personal business. Pick one, Ben.
Response: Samuel Anderson is all about leadership. Over 20 years experience as a U.S. Marine involved in intelligence and communications. Law enforcement experience and is a Commander. Fortune 500 experience on all levels of executive management. Visionary and partner in several successful start-ups and venture capital firms. Owns his own personal businesses, more than one. Has been an executive leader in all these areas and is currently serving as the President of the Safe Surrender Baby Safe Haven that was integral in establishing laws in all 50 States for newborns. This is experience in dealing with all 50 States legislatures.
There you have it. I personally spent time with Samuel Anderson on his path to the Manteca City Council. He went door to door and NO OTHER candidate has done this. The Sun Post should be ashamed of themselves because they purposefully over-looked this person because they know he means business and he is a threat to the establishment including others. He's all about business and he's the people's man for the job. I think he will get the position on the council because he took it where it matters most, to the people. His map of the city is impressive and if he does not get it, well, Manteca, you will have lost a golden opportunity to have someone of this high-caliber to serve you and bring back justice to our city.
Samuel Anderson is the candidate and people's choice for Manteca City Council.
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