Matthew Truxaw (Fullerton City Council District 1, California, candidate 2024)
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Matthew Truxaw (also known as Matt) ran for election to the Fullerton City Council District 1 in California. Truxaw was on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.[source]
Truxaw completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Matthew Truxaw provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on October 14, 2024:
- Birth place: Fullerton, California
- High school: St. Paul High School
- Bachelor's: California State University, Fullerton
- Profession: Consulting
- Incumbent officeholder: No
- Campaign slogan: For a Better Fullerton
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook
Elections
General election
General election for Fullerton City Council District 1
Incumbent Fred Jung and Matthew Truxaw ran in the general election for Fullerton City Council District 1 on November 5, 2024.
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Endorsements
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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Matthew Truxaw completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Truxaw's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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With over a century of history in Fullerton, my family has been dedicated to our neighbors and a belief in the promise of our community, the City of Fullerton.
My maternal grandfather was known in the community as "An Aggressive Force for Good." Despite his involvement in numerous community and civic organizations in Fullerton, he was arrested in 1924 for shouting down the speaker at a KKK rally in Amerige Park. A cross was burned on his front lawn that night.
My mother was born and raised in Fullerton. I was born in Fullerton. I raised my child here and sent them through Fullerton public schools from K-12. I graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in Economics.
I aspire to live up to my family legacy and be an aggressive force for good for the city and people of Fullerton. I will stand up for what is right and aim to bring our community together around compassion and common sense.
I bring a combination of managerial expertise and hands-on action to drive successful projects and help grow companies. I will bring the same business savvy, economic focus and budgetary acumen to the City of Fullerton.- For several decades I have worked as a technology and management expert in the business world, supporting teams of all sizes in different industries from aerospace to telephony to mortgage lending to many aspects of the medical field. For the last 11 plus years, I worked with a company focused on providing medical exams to veterans so they can get the disability benefits they deserve after their sacrifices to our country. I bring a combination of managerial expertise and hands-on action to drive successful projects and help grow companies. I will bring the same business savvy, economic focus and budgetary acumen to the City of Fullerton.
- My opponent has prioritized fund raising from large donors outside of Fullerton. I will always put the good of the people of Fullerton and the City of Fullerton as the only driver behind my decisions. I will be fact based, evidenced based and make my decisions based on the best available options, not what a large donor would like me to do.
- It is time to focus on our city, on our roads, on our infrastructure on our people. We cannot afford to ignore the will of our people. We should be aggressively searching out grants and other sources of funding to improve our infrastructure without bankrupting our city.
- Improve our roads and infrastructure,
- Handle our homeless population with intelligence and compassion,
- Save and expand pedestrian and bicycle friendly areas like the Walk on Wilshire.
Later in life, he was described as "An Aggressive Force for Good"
Transparency and openness
Willingness to listen and learn
I bring a combination of managerial expertise and hands-on action to drive successful projects and help grow companies. I will bring the same business savvy, economic focus and budgetary acumen to the City of Fullerton.
Listen to the people of Fullerton and, where possible, follow their lead more than trying to dictate to them
Other than that, I read a LOT and so it's hard to pick just one, but a few that I love:
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
- Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carrol
- The Sherlock Holmes stories by A. Conan Doyle
- pretty much anything by Robert A. Heinlein
I bring a combination of managerial expertise and hands-on action to drive successful projects and help grow companies. I will bring the same business savvy, economic focus and budgetary acumen to the City of Fullerton.
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See also
2024 Elections
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