Peterson, Debbie: - A former Mayor, Councilmember, and Planning Commissioner, Debbie Peterson works on both sides of the dais as an advocate for good government.By the age of 28 Debbie was an award-winning entrepreneur and food manufacturer in Great Britain and has negotiated more than five hundred win-win transactions as a residential real estate broker in California.Debbie studied journalism and radio-tv, at CSU Fresno, completing a BSc in Communications with a major in Public Relations from the University of Idaho. Debbie is the author of The HAPPIEST CORRUPTION: Sleaze, Lies, & Suicide in a California Beach Town, and the California Cake & Cookie Cookbook and was requisitioned by the Scottish Development Agency to write Great Scotswomen in Business. Debbie was the Scottish 'Young Business Personality of the Year' before returning to California to raise her son. She now spends her time writing, speaking, running her real estate company, and skiing and traveling with friends and family.