[Occupymendocino] Robin Sunbeam Press Release

[Richard Karch]

 From Agnes Woolsey: <agnes at mcn.org>


> Dear Occupy,
> As you know We have worked hard to stop fraudulent foreclosures.
> We collected 500 signatures asking the supervisors to Fund an Audit of
> foreclosure documents. We have been stone walled for two years. We finally
> realized the only way to stop foreclosure fraud was for one of us to run
> for office.  Robin , of occupy Ukiah, stepped up to the plate. Now she
> needs our support. Please make a donation to Robin Sunbeam for
> Assessor-Clerk-Recorder at P.O. Box 1133, Ukiah, CA 95482. Any amount will
> be most appreciated.
> Sincerely,
> Agnes
> 
> PRESS RELEASE:
> Robin Sunbeam will be challenging long-time incumbent, Susan Ranochak, for
> the office of Assessor/ County Clerk/Recorder.  This is Robin’s first
> foray into electoral politics.
> 
> For the last ten years, Ms. Sunbeam has worked as the School Nurse for
> River Oak Charter School, as well as in the Windsor Unified School
> District and Santa Rosa City Schools.  She is a CA Registered Nurse with a
> CA School Nurse Credential.  In 1993, Robin earned a MSN from UC San
> Francisco in Community Health Nursing, with a minor in administration.
> Her Master’s Thesis was a business plan for a rural, nurse-run clinic,
> which was put on display in the UCSF library.
> 
> Robin served as Treasurer for both River Oak Charter School Education
> Foundation and the Move to Amend Coalition of Mendocino County (MTACMC).
> She was on the team of the MTACMC that brought us Measure F in November
> 2012, which garnered nearly 75% of the popular vote.  And you may also
> have seen her many letters to the editor in our local newspapers.
> 
> When asked why she is running for Assessor/County Clerk/Recorder, Ms.
> Sunbeam replied, “When I see injustice, I feel like I must set things
> straight. As the recent historic bank settlements have demonstrated, the
> big banks have robbed us all!  And there is something we can do on the
> county level to protect the public from predatory banksters.  As Recorder,
> I will conduct a foreclosure audit to see the true extent of the fraud
> problem to date in Mendocino County.  I will carefully scrutinize all new
> foreclosure documents for evidence of fraud and demand a clear chain of
> title before recording them.  The bank foreclosure-fraud debacle has left
> countless destroyed homeowners in its wake, and there are still many more
> Mendocino County homeowners, your friends and mine, struggling to save
> their homes.
> 
> “Considering the enormity of the injustice and the avenue to ameliorate it
> through the Recorder’s Office, I was invited to run and decided to take
> the responsibility to step up and serve.”  Robin will also advocate for
> easier access to polling places, and timely property tax assessments.
> 
> She added, “I’m not waiting for ‘them’ to come and fix things.  I'm going
> to do it!  In a Democracy, we should all be saying, ‘I'm going to do it.’
> If not us, then who?  And if not now, when?”
> 
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