SF.Elections.CarolynSigstedt

Carolyn B Sigstedt Candidate for City Council District 2 For the purposes of this forum, sponsored by Voices of Santa Fe, candidates were requested to focus on the three core issues they believe are facing Santa Fe. Further core issues and additional comments sent by the candidate on their background, motivation, etc. are found after the section on Core Issues. Core issues: Some email confusion has arisen; we are working to get these statements from Carolyn Sigstedt. Background Information ENDORSEMENTS: Carolyn has received the endorsement of the Sierra Club. BIO: CAROLYN SIGSTEDT Email: CBSigstedt@aol.com Phone: 820-1731 Carolyn Sigstedt, 53, is the mother of three children, Sophia, 15, Dylan, 20, and Tara, 22. Since 1974, she has supported Santa Fe community social and political causes. Carolyn owns Tewa Enterprises, a local printing company founded in 1951 and works with Northern New Mexico Job Corps graduates to find these young adults local employment leading to future careers. Over the years, Carolyn has taught in the public schools, directed advertising for The Santa Fe Reporter, directed drug prevention for La Nueva Vida, lead parenting classes for Santa Fe Civic Housing residents, been a member of The Santa Fe Public Schools Citizen Review Committee and was an elected New Mexico delegate to The White House Conference on Small Business. Carolyn is committed to sensitive traditional patterns of development, wisely managed water reserves, regional partnerships and planning, an economic environment that serves all, and safe, healthy, affordable neighborhoods. Carolyn feels that keeping Santa Fe on the human scale is part of our City’s difference. She believes we have so much and will work to help us keep it. We will continue to update our information on the candidates, and plan to sponsor additional dialog, and possibly interviews for this election. If you would like to assist in keeping these pages updated, organize candidate meetings, or have other ideas for supporting democracy in our local community, please contact The Global Dialog Project at valor@global-dialog.org