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Jeffrey Kaskey, former member of Livermore’s Downtown Steering Committee and longtime community leader, is running for Livermore City Council District 3.
A Livermore resident for over 40 years, Kaskey said he is committed to preserving Livermore’s open spaces and agricultural heritage, growing the city’s tech industry, addressing housing and food insecurity and spotlighting diverse cultural arts.
He plans to serve Livermore’s people and businesses by combining his experiences as a volunteer and board member for nonprofits and city commissions with his background as an engineering manager and director.
“In both the business and the nonprofit world you have a team with different priorities and political positions, and it isn’t an option to leave conflicts unresolved. Instead, the goal is to build a team that knows how to find common ground and gets things done,” he told Livermore Vine. “In my various leadership roles I have often been the place where the buck stops, so I am used to accepting that responsibility constructively, including both the positive and negative feedback.”
Kaskey is among a total of three candidates who will compete in November for the seat being vacated by Brittni Kiick. His competitors are city planning commissioner and engineering supervisor Steven Dunbar and physicist and business owner David Farley who also holds a seat on the airport commission.
Kaskey is currently the curator at the Livermore Heritage Guild, the city’s historical society that manages Hagemann Ranch, the Duarte Garage and Lincoln Highway Museum, among other historic locations in the city. He also previously served as president of the guild for 10 years.
He spent another eight years on Livermore’s Historic Preservation Commission and he’s been vice president of the Livermore Cultural Arts Council.
In terms of campaign values, Kaskey stresses the importance of protecting the city’s urban growth boundary.
“The citizens of Livermore have been consistent in their support of preserving our rural perimeter for agriculture, ranching and wildlife preservation. We need to make sure that is honored,” he said.
Also of high importance to Kaskey is dedicating more resources to help people who are food and/or housing insecure, he said.
Additionally, he’s interested in continuing to reduce the use of leaded aviation fuels; supporting the Arts, Heritage and Culture community and promoting Livermore as a travel destination.
For more information about Kasey’s run for Livermore City Council District 3, visit his website at jeff4livermore.com.
