Daniel Miller (Mayor of Pacific Grove, California, candidate 2024)

Daniel Miller

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Nonpartisan

Candidate, Mayor of Pacific Grove

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Associate

Monterey Peninsula College, 1981

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Religion

Christian-Mormon

Profession

Businessman

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Daniel Miller ran for election to the Mayor of Pacific Grove in California. He was on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.^[source]

Miller completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Daniel Miller provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on October 8, 2024:

• Birth date: July 31, 1955
• Birth place: Carmel, California
• High school: Pacific Grove High School.
• Associate: Monterey Peninsula College, 1981
• Gender: Male
• Religion: Christian-Mormon
• Profession: Businessman
• Prior offices held:
  • Pacific Grove Council Member. (2010-2016)
• Incumbent officeholder: No
• Campaign slogan: A Voice for Reason and Common Sense!

Elections

General election

General election for Mayor of Pacific Grove

Daniel Miller, Nick Smith, and Dionne Ybarra ran in the general election for Mayor of Pacific Grove on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Daniel Miller (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Nick Smith (Nonpartisan)
		Dionne Ybarra (Nonpartisan)

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Daniel Miller completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Miller's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I have lived in Pacific Grove for almost 70 years. I attended Forest Grove School, the Middle School (then the Junior High School), Pacific Grove high School and Monterey Peninsula College where I was the number one graduate on 1981.

  I am currently raising my three children in Pacific Grove and they are all attending Pacific Grove schools.  My parents and grandparents lived in Pacific Grove.
  I served on the city Council from 2010 to 2016 and the Pacific Grove Planning Commission from 2005-2008.
  I was the managing editor and senior writer for The Pacific Grove Press newspaper.
  While on the Planning Commission and I spearheaded changes to city ordinances that allowed a Farmer's Market to exist in town.  I was also instrumental in the Movie Theatre not being turned into a school for people who want to style hair.
  While on the council I made sure that the bags you buy at the grocery store would not cost more than ten cents while others were pushing for a quarter.  The savings to the people of Pacific Grove over the years has been tremendous.
 I tried to sop the small water project because it was an unknown quantity.  I was the only council member that voted against it.  It is currently losing hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and was a boondoggle that the city's taxpayers will be paying for for years.

On the same level we now have the roundabout proposed at the intersection of Congress, Cedar and Sunset. Both my opponents support this I do not.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• My history in Pacific Grove and the historical and institutional knowledge I have. I plan to make sure that the city is fiscally responsible and doesn't waste money on the roundabout which is now estimated to cost ten million dollars.
• Consultants have to actually bring something to the table. They can't just be pushing a project because they will benefit by it.
• The city is current over fifty million dollars in debt to the state pension fund. We should put aside some money every year to pay down this debt.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Fiscal responsibility, transparency and accountability.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Willie Mays. Emblematic of strength, courage and integrity.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Atlas Shrugged.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Integrity, transparency, and accountability.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Total support of the community and a history that has shown that.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

to represent the entire community to the best of their ability and to make sure that the city manager is doing the job he was hired to do.

What legacy would you like to leave?

Leaving the City is much better condition than when I took office.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

JFK assisination. I was 8.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Newspaper Boy. Three years.

What is your favorite book? Why?

Atlas Shrugged. Because of its predicting government run amok and what should be done so that it doesn't happen.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Any Clint Eastwood character in a western.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Born to Run.

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Getting people to listen to reason and common sense.

A mayor is a leader in his or her city. What does that mean to you?

That they make sure the City moves forward in a controlled and orderly way.

If the mayor in your city is a member of the city council and there's a city manager appointed to handle the day-to-day administration of the city government, what do you believe should be the mayor's top priority in office?

To make sure the City Manager is doing his job.

What do you love most about your city?

The beauty and hometown feel.

What do you perceive to be your city's greatest challenges over the next decade?

To maintain financial stability.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between your city and the state government?

For the state to leave the city alone.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between your city and the federal government?

Leave the city alone.

Tell us your favorite joke.

There isn't just one.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the mayor's office and law enforcement?

Complete and total support.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

I don't ask for endorsements.

What are your views on financial transparency and government accountability?

As I said above they are the keystones to good government.

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