Meet the Roseville City Council Candidates: Bonnie Gore

Editor's Note — This is the second in a series of Roseville City Council candidate profiles. Seven people are running in the Nov. 6 election; three seats are available. Read more about candidates in our Election Guide here.

If you asked Bonnie Gore years ago if she ever planned on running for local election, her answer would probably have been ‘no.’

“Running for office was not on my 10- to 15-year plan at all,” she said.

 But that plan has changed, as Gore is one of seven candidates hoping to nab one of three open seats on the Roseville City Council during the Nov. 6 election.

Gore has lived in Roseville for more than 15 years and immediately got involved through the Roseville Chamber of Commerce and City commissions, she said.

“I love living in the City of Roseville,” she said. “It’s a great community, it’s a welcoming community.”

In 1999, she knew she wanted to officially call Roseville her permanent home.

“Hands down, this is where I’m connected to the community. I love being here,” she said she told her husband when they were looking at where to settle down.

Through her volunteer work involving the City, Gore said she liked what she saw.

“Roseville’s done really well,” she said. “The City has been well planned.”

Gore previously worked on other candidates’ campaigns such as a local senator and says she knows how much work goes into running, as well as how important it is to select the right person for the job.
“It really does matter who we elect in office,” she said. “I’m running because I want to maintain the quality of life that we have.”

In order to maintain that quality of life in Roseville, Gore said her top three priorities, if elected, would be to help stimulate the economy, maintain core services and maintain “a lean and efficient budget.”

She says she would find ways to “hold the line on spending” and work toward attracting and retaining businesses here.

“It’s really what our city council should be focused on,” Gore said.

One strategy she would implement would be regular audits of City departments to make sure money is spent wisely, she said.

As a councilmember, Gore said she would also be fully supportive of working toward attracting a university to the area — something Gore calls an “economic engine.”

Her support for the idea stems from the benefits that would come with having a four-year university in Roseville, such as job creation, businesses growing around the university, the opportunity for educated youth to stay local and land jobs within the City, as well as the cultural aspects a school brings, like theater and sports, she said.

Gore currently works in government relations for Kaiser Permanente and has held positions with the Roseville Transportation, Grants Advisory and Centennial commissions and committees. She is also a Leaderships Roseville graduate.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in business management from Santa Clara University.

When Gore isn’t working or campaigning, she said she can be found hiking, camping, spending time with her family and traveling. She spent a semester abroad in Italy and said a return trip to Europe has been on her radar ever since.

In the meantime though, she says she has been campaigning and meeting residents in an effort to get their vote. She says she brings a “base of experience plus fresh ideas and perspectives” to the table and isn’t afraid of working hard.

“I am committed to working hard to do what needs to be done,” Gore said. “If you care about something, then you’re not afraid of hard work.”

To learn more about Gore’s campaign, visit her campaign website here. You can also follow her on Facebook here.

You can read more about Gore in a candidate-provided profile here.

For more local election coverage, see our Election Guide 2012 topic page here.
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