Brief Personal History and Positions

Responses to Final Encinitas City Council Candidates Survey

NAME> Paul "Pablo" Martens

AGE> 48

EDUCATION> Bachelor of Science, cum laude, Accounting and Finance, University of Southern California, 1980 / Dale Carnegie Course, 1991 / Diploma, summa cum laude, Huntington (New York) High School, 1976, emphasis in math and sciences (SAT, N.Y. State Regents, Achievement Test scores available upon request).

MARITAL STATUS> Single

POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION> NP

ELECTED/APPOINTED OFFICES HELD> None

CIVIC AFFILIATIONS> Member, Planetary Society

WORK EXPERIENCE> Photographer/Consultant, Treasurer - Martens Photo & Graphics, Inc. Former professional experience including Loan Agent, Stockbroker, Asset Management Coordinator

POSITION SOUGHT> Council Member, City of Encinitas

LAST BOOK> "The DEATH of FREE SPEECH" by John Ziegler

LAST MOVIE> "An Inconvenient Truth" featuring Albert Gore, Jr.

FAVORITE PLACE> Break zones, 50 yards south of "Secrets" through 50 yards north of "Bamboos"

TOP THREE ISSUES IN ENCINITAS AND HOW YOU WOULD RESOLVE THEM>

1> Flooding problem in Leucadia -- Immediately combine "Beacons" Overhaul Project with Gary Murphy's Drainage Control Program.  Also, channeling more run-off towards Cottonwood Creek.

2> Management of the Second Most Important Rail Corridor in the U.S.A. -- a>>Trestle over Leucadia Boulevard; b>>Trench under Chesterfield in Cardiff by the Sea; c>>Accomodation for eventual two-tracking from Los Angeles through San Diego.

3> Safety/Communications -- a>> Fix Leucadia "repeater" to eliminate cell-phone reliance by Police and Fire Departments; b>>New Fire Substation and cellular tower for Olivenhain; c>>Pedestrian overpasses and tunnels with ramps and steps for safely crossing tracks.