The Mayor of Orange has never been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in salary. As Mayor, I actually take home less then any other member of the City Council in compensation including my opponent. When the employees at city hall were asked to take a 5% cut in pay, I voluntarily took the same cut. The only member of the city council to do so.

Unlike my opponent, I am not a full time government employee and I will not receive an "abusive" pension. In fact, I have started working to change the current policy in Orange so that elected officials will never be placed into a pension system at all.

I was the leader in initiating comprehensive pension reform in city government ensuring that employees pay their fair share for pension benefits. I also worked with our city employees to roll back salaries when we needed them to do so.

Mayor Cavecche & U.S. Representative Ed Royce

We face many challenges in the

future. Your Mayor needs to focus on keeping Orange the kind of community that we have been for over 122 years. A city with safe neighborhoods, a strong business climate and a high quality of life for our residents. Those have been my priorities from the beginning and why I first became involved in public service.

Like many of you, I am a homeowner raising a family in Orange and there is nothing more important to me than ensuring that your family and mine live in a safe and nurturing city.

I am campaigning for my last term as Mayor with respect for the office and for you, the voter.