SCHAEFER FOR MAYOR November 3, 2015

 

BEST EDUCATED

Mike has a JD from Georgetown Law, a BS from UC's Haas Business School, studied engineering at University of Nore Dame and graduate tax studies at USC. His 8 years service in major positions with City of San Diego is like having a PhD in municipal government.

 

MOST EXPERIENCED

As a Georgetown student, Mike worked on Capitol Hill for US Senator Thomas H. Kuchel, R Ca., as a deputy clerk US District Court and as a financial analyst with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. He returned home to California to serve as a securities investigator for the California Corporations Commission and was Councilman. He has managed substanial real estate properties in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma and Maryland, ran a 100 room tourist hotel at Avalon, Catalina Island, was active on the San Diego Board of Public Health, was sent to visit Sister-Cities in Yokohoma Japan and Cavite City ( Phillipines ) and attended all events of the National League of Cities and League of California Cities so his City would be heard and respected. He looks forward to helping put Palm Springs on every map, much as his favorite Mayor, actor Charles Farrell, did. A mayor needs vision, worldly experience, and to be at-home with our nations most successful people all of whom need to experience our quality of life offerings.

 

CIVIC ACTIVIST WE NEED

Mike Schaefere has been a leader in both Kiwanis and Rotary civic-service groups, today is President-elect of Hollywood ( CA ) Club, and spends enough time in Los Angeles to make half the meetings. He pledges to carry the Palm Springs Story to every civic group in Southern California Counties .  His programs for his members are blockbuster, and typical of the VIPs that as Mayor he will bring to Palm Springs to invest, to live, to retire; Mike's civic speakers have included: Casino Mogul Steve Wynn, former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, Popcorn Czar Orville Redenbacher, Lt-Heavyweight Boxing Champion Archie Moore, comic Tommy Smothers,and twice presented a Cardinal of his Catholic Church to discuss the Papal Visit. People expect the best in Mike Schaefer and he strives to not disappoint.   Before coming out of comfortable retirement to rescue our desert oasis, he sought to get his friend and longtime resident Shecky Greene to run, insisting a famous Mayor has stood us in good standing with Charles Farrell and Sonny Bono, but Shecky took a pass.  Even with the Schaefer-designed slogan, "It Isn't Easy Being Greene" (thanks to Kermit the Frog) (laughter) (more laughter). 

 

PRESIDENTS:

Mike includes Bob Hope in this rare group, having worked on a USA show with him and visited his homes in Palm Springs and Toluca Lake. From his student to adult days Mike has fond memories of meeting Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, Kennedy, Johnson, Ford, Reagan and Obama. He received 2 notes from President Carter.  That's one of the Mayor's jobs, to greet the President at our Airport; the Mayor is free to concentrate on civic promotion while our $384,000 a year City Manager runs the nuts & bolts. Mike's networking in the financial, political, film & entertainment world will make us proud. Mike filed in 1998 to replace the late Sonny Bono in Congress. The Walton's Ralph Waite was Democratic nominee. Mary Bono won the race but the Schaefer candidacy went viral in a major 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals case, Schaefer v. Townsend, Riverside county registar of voters, see at 215 F3d 1031.   Mike Schaefer was a regular at Debbie Reynolds annual Thalians Charity at Century Plaza, ended up getting a street named after Debbie to assure this great lady's immortality.  Mike Schaefer was active with the Friars, never missing the late Milton Berle's birthday dinners, at Milton's 93rd and last, Mike serenaded him with "We Are The Men of Texaco" sparking a Berle smile.  His last visit with boxing icon Joe Louis was not so pleasant.

 

ISSUES FACING OUR TROUBLED CITY

We must elect a NEW FACE, someone who does not know any of our town's special interests and they do not know him!  Mike Schaefer has already asked the US Attorney and Riverside District Attorney to beef up their Public Integrity office. Mike will govern with neither fear nor favor.

 

             1. SEA CHANGE needed, our Mayor has tarnished our glitter with his $100,000 questionable consulting fees and political turmoil. Mike Schaefer does not understand how the Council let the Mayor's recusal, side-stepping, go on and on, Steve would have been explaining his mess to the public weeks into his first year if yours truly had had the microphone..

                2. TERM LIMITS. We have none. Incumbents get too comfortable with developers, special interests, with threat of serving forever. Mike will put on the ballot an 8 year and a 12 year limit and let the voters decide which, if any. We currently have 2 councilmembers in their 15th year!

                3. LIBRARY TIME. Our city is the ONLY city in the valley without Sunday library half-day. Sunday is the most popular day of the week for some people, freed of job and studies. We must have scanners, and make sure there are enough Frank Bogert valley history books to go around.

                4. COUNCIL has no office at City Hall. The new Mayor will get them a shared office and half day weekly time there to be available to our citizens to talk to, for $46,000 a year and perks our elected officials must be available a few hours at some designated place. Today we are all told just to "write them". Elected officials need to press-the-flesh now and then.

 

 

When the famous Palm Springs Follies, offering talents from age 55 to 83, closed after 22 years of putting us on the Map, Mike Schaefer talked with Riff Markowitz to explore the possibilities.   Mike will be on the look for future attractions, our Mayor has to be our chief cheerleader and talent-scout.

 

NETWORKING

It is important for our New Mayor to have broken-the-ice with our leaders everywhere.

 

Mike Schaefer writes -

 

It has been my honor to greet Frank Sinatra at a Caesars Palace and rap with his son Frank Jr. who when he performs always has a full orchestra; am longtime pal with Bob Anderson, the leading Sinatra impressionist who just returned west from partnering with the late Andy Williams in Branson.    

 

I met Gene Autry at a Thalians Charity in LA and have marveled at his financial devotion to our City's future.  I met up with Gene Qautry at one Thalian event.  Am at-home when I visit a fast food place: I knew Joan Kroc who owned McDonalds with husband Ray, I'd send her items of interest like the Moscow USSR McDonalds placemats I brought home, we'd chat at civic events; Jack in the Box was founded by San Diego pals of mine and son and I met-up with twice with Carl Karcher of Carl's Junior at events at the Richard Nixon library in Yorba Linda. His business card was good for a burger and a drink! 

 

I even knew Dr. Scholl, the foot icon, ( my Chicago Uncle lived across the hall from him at a Club ) and have spoken in-support-of corporate titan Carl Icahn at a shareholders meeting, earning his thanks. And was a big fan and friend of the late desert performer Frankie Randall, and former residents songmeister Buddy Greco and talented wife Lezlie Anders.  And Elvis' Colonel Tom Parker, negotiated an appearance for him.  And loved clown-pianist Rudy de la Mor, a national pub-performer based in Palm Springs.

 

Two of my legal cases and an Iran-immigration case were featured on national television and a scheme 56 years ago to present Soviet Chief Khrushchev(during his UN visit) with shares in an American NYSE corporation(making him a Capitalist) was featured on national radio. Have been blessed to have a network to use to bring the Nation to Palm Springs that my opponents must envy.  As the late Winston Churchill would suggest, I have a great deal to be modest about.

 

And the fact that The City and Mike Schaefer both started out in 1938 shows the path to the Mayor's office is in the stars.  And my decades of enjoying our oasis is finally paying-off for the community as well as my family.