Rona Marsh

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Rona Marsh

Nonpartisan

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Oregon State University, 1978

Other

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, 2011

Rona Marsh ran for election to the Virginia Beach City Council to represent District 8. Marsh lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Marsh completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Rona Marsh earned a bachelor's degree from Oregon State University in 1978. She also became certified by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners in 2011.

Elections

2022

See also: City elections in Virginia Beach, Virginia (2022)

General election

General election for Virginia Beach City Council District 8

Chris Taylor defeated John Andrews and Rona Marsh in the general election for Virginia Beach City Council District 8 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Taylor (Nonpartisan)	42.0	8,788
		John Andrews (Nonpartisan)	29.0	6,069
		Rona Marsh (Nonpartisan)	28.4	5,949
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	117

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,923
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Rona Marsh completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Marsh'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.

Certified Fraud Examiner - retired. Since retiring from doing financial audits I have been asking questions about VBGOV spending. Tax relief and responsible budgeting are priorities. Real Estate property taxes have increased much faster than incomes in Virginia Beach so Citizens want Tax Relief.

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?

• TAX RELIEF. Revenue neutral taxes.
• Flooding / Ditch maintenance.
• Support Public Safety. Police & Fire competitive compensation.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY. Having Financial Dashboard that is on-line so Citizens can see Revenue, Expenditures, Bond Debt and Debt service of VBGOV and the Development Authority. There are dashboards in many other Cities like Scottsdale AZ that help inform Citizens.

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

Experience reading financial documents and seeing trends so I ask questions. I asked about the Longwoods Report as Visitor spending reported seemed questionable. The City Auditor in 2019 reported variance of $571,451,800 for 2018 which is far more than lodging receipts. This was reported on page 3 of Nov 22, 2019 Acting Ctty Mgr letter. Reading documents and asking questions helped the City know numbers on promotional materials were overstated.

What legacy would you like to leave?

Financial Transparency with on-line dashboard Citizens can review.

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