112 DECLARE CANDIDACY FOR CHARTER PANEL : CHARTER COMMISSIONER CANDIDATES.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer Declarations were filed by 112 candidates by Monday's deadline to run for a charter reform commission on the April 8 ballot, as Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. , city unions, neighborhood activists and other groups were lining up behind candidates for rival slates. Studio City attorney David Fleming
David Fleming , who with Riordan co-sponsored the initiative creating the commission, said he was surprised and overwhelmed by the large number of people who filed declarations of intent to run for the unpaid panel. ``I'm really delighted at the outpouring of people interested in this,'' Fleming said. On the last day for candidates to declare their intent to run, 62 people filed papers Monday, including City Treasurer J. Paul Brownridge, community college board member Gloria Romero Gloria J. Romero is currently the Democratic majority leader of the California State Senate and the first woman to ever hold this leadership position. Romero grew up in Barstow, and earned her associate's degree from Barstow Community College. She went on to a B.A. , school board member David Tokofsky and police union director Dennis Zine. If voters approve the initiative on the April 8 ballot, the same ballot will allow voters to elect a member of the charter reform commission from each of the 15 City Council districts. By the close of filing Monday, every council district was contested, with an average of more than seven candidates per district. The heaviest interest was in the 2nd, 5th and 6th districts, which combined represent parts of the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. and West Los Angeles
Council members have said they likely will endorse candidates in their districts. Riordan has begun considering endorsements and may help finance the campaigns for a slate of candidates who share his concern about the gridlock Gridlock A government, business or institution's inability to function at a normal level due either to complex or conflicting procedures within the administrative framework or to impending change in the business. at City Hall, Fleming said. In the San Fernando Valley, a loose-knit group of homeowners leaders including Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association President Richard Close and Van Nuys Homeowner President Don Schultz For the Marketing expert, see . Don Schultz is a former president and a former vice-president of the United States Chess Federation. He was born in New York in 1937 and currently lives in Florida. He was elected vice-president on August 14 2005. are lining up behind a slate of candidates. California Common Cause is helping a group of West Los Angeles homeowners leaders put together a slate of candidates. City employee unions also are lining up support for a slate of candidates, according to union representative Julie Butcher. ``It's an alternative to the folks who are bought lock, stock and barrel by the mayor,'' Butcher said. Close noted that it was a coalition of city employee unions that defeated the last charter reform initiatives in the 1960s and '70s. He said he is concerned that it will happen again. Butcher released a poll conducted by a private firm for the unions, that found that 68 percent of voters have seen little or nothing of the efforts to reform the charter but 59 percent probably or definitely would vote for the initiative to create an elected charter reform commission. However, a majority of those polled said they oppose giving the mayor more power. List of people who filed declarations of intent Saturday and Monday to run for charter commissioners. The list of candidates is likely to be pared some in the coming weeks. To qualify for the ballot, those who filed declarations still must collect 500 signatures on nominating petitions and pay a $300 fee or collect 1,000 signatures on a nominating petition and pay no fee. 1st District: Gloria Romero, professor, college trustee; Sal Castro, high school teacher; Khalil Khalil, engineer; Juanita Dellomes, retired social worker; J. Paul Brownridge, city treasurer, lawyer; Ferd Eggan, city AIDS coordinator; and Sandra Antonia Villalobos, social service director. 2nd District: Sadhana
Sadhana (Sanskrit Jean Carol Johnson, holistic health holistic health, n a concept in which concern for health requires a perspective of the individual as an integrated system rather than as a collection of parts and functions. practitioner; and John Joseph Bunte, retired electrical supervisor. 3rd District: Dennis P. Zine Dennis P. Zine is a Los Angeles City Councilman of Lebanese descent and represents the city's 3rd Council District. The 3rd District includes: Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Reseda, West Hills, Winnetka and Canoga Park. , police sergeant, teacher; Floyd Glen-Lambert, businessman, community activist; and Michael W. Collins, businessman. 4th District: Garry S. Shay shay n. Informal A chaise. [Back-formation from chaise (taken as pl. )] Noun 1. , attorney; Bill Weinberger, attorney, community advocate; Charley M. Mims, administrator, community leader; Tony J. Lucente, community leader, businessman; Bob Burke, public law lawyer; Gary George Hendrickson, no occupation listed; Seymour M. Rosen, director police reserves; Christopher Steins, editor, Planning News; and Angus McBain, investment banker Investment Banker A person representing a financial institution that is in the business of raising capital for corporations and municipalities. Notes: An investment banker may not accept deposits or make commercial loans. . 5th District: Andrew N. Tilles, television program producer; Howard S. Raphael, businessman; David Bischoff, airport plumber; Michael S. Bohlke, deputy county supervisor; Clive Hoffman, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most counsel; and Bill Christopher, urban planner, activist. 6th District: Chester A. Widom, architect and planner; Sal Grammatico, constitutional-citizen activist; Terry Conner, business consultant; Carl F. Davis Jr. government, businessman; Larry J. Kosmont, city commissioner, businessman; and Jeffrey H. Stark, urban planner. 7th District: Sam K. Kimura, independent contractor A person who contracts to do work for another person according to his or her own processes and methods; the contractor is not subject to another's control except for what is specified in a mutually binding agreement for a specific job. ; J. Eric Freedner, paralegal, landlord, songwriter; and Michael McGarrity, community volunteer. 8th District: Sandra G. Baker, L.A. County employee; Benetta Johnson, community organizer; Anthony Willoughby, civil rights attorney; and Mervin Evans, cable television executive. 9th District: Christine M. Robert, community outreach consultant; Geoffrey L. Garfield, businessman; and Keith T. Manns, county central committeeman com·mit·tee·man n. 1. A man who is a member of a committee. 2. A man who is a party leader of a ward or precinct. Noun 1. . 10th District: Sharon Butler, businesswoman, community leader; Casey Peters, Democratic elections activist; and Horace Nick Stewart, actor, producer, director. 11th District: Ed Hale, Los Angeles homicide detective; Rob Glushon, attorney, community activist; Pamela S. Aronoff, architect, businesswoman; James A. Thomas, businessman, civic leader; Maureen Kindel, businesswoman, civic leader; Susan T. Lord, manufacturer; Neil Margolin, lawyer; and Bea Stotzer, no occupation listed. 12th District: Arthur R. Otero, businessman. 13th District: John Philip Harris, teacher; Lorri L. Jean, center executive director; Cesar A. Portillo, governmental affairs manager; Kitty Hedrick, special education teacher; and James R. Hunter, consultant. 14th District: David Tokofsky, school board member; Sylva syl·va n. Variant of silva. Noun 1. sylva - the forest trees growing in a country or region silva timberland, woodland, forest, timber - land that is covered with trees and shrubs E. Blackstone, urban forestry instructor; Alvin D. Parra, business license commissioner; Gilbert Cedillo, labor, community organizer; Nick Pacheco, deputy district attorney; and Sylvia Robledo, hospital administrator. 15th District: Janice Hahn, businesswoman, community leader; and Linda Louise Forster, businesswoman. CAPTION(S): Box Box: CHARTER COMMISSIONER CANDIDATES (See text) |
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