Wiggins Announces His Platform for Position of Menifee Mayor

Paul Wiggins, candidate for mayor of Menifee, released his campaign platform statement this week in his bid to win election in November.

Wiggins, a nine-year resident of Menifee, said one of his goals is to preserve the rural atmosphere of the city.

"I love the rural type atmosphere and the feeling of community," he said. "This feeling is why many of us have chosen to live in Menifee. I want to preserve this rural atmosphwere and slow down the urbanizing trend affecting us all."

Wiggins said his grassroots campaign will focus on bringing representation to the people through a transparent council. He said he will not accept contributions from developers.

One of Wiggins' primary goals is to address the gridlock he says the city will face on all main intersections at final build-out.

"At that time, Menifee will have a population estimated to be about 130,000 and up to 300,000 in our surrounding areas," he said. "Therefore, the infrastructure needs to be in place before council allows more development.

"Continuing to push for higher density housing and rezoning industrial property to high density housing must stop now. The rural area faces the threat of encroachment, loss of property rights and harsh fees and fines."

Wiggins said that more light industry is needed to offer better paying jobs and that while more retail business is needed to build the tax base, housing development should stop.

Another key issue is public safety, he said.

"This means putting more police on the street," he said.

Wiggins said his 35 years in transportation management gives him unique insight into operational and financial management. He has worked as general manager for Durham School Services, which serviced school bus contracts for LAUSD, Los Angeles County, City of Paramount and City of Norwalk. He said he oversaw training and safety operations, implemented company administration policies, and developed a budget for the multi-million dollar operation.

"Every year, we exceeded our goals and rewarded the staff for outstanding performances," he said.

"Public safety, traffic gridlock, a business friendly environment and preserving the senior and rural community will be issues of importance our community needs to address," he said. "I will work with the city council to build our community the right way."