BRAIN PLANS RUN AGAINST FEUER FOR COUNCIL SEAT.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer Sherman Oaks real estate broker Jeff Brain plans to formally announce today that he will challenge City Councilman Mike Feuer in the April 1997 election for the 5th Council District. Brain, who finished fourth in a four-person vote in the 1995 primary, said Feuer has done a poor job of representing the council district that extends from Sherman Oaks to West Los Angeles
``I think there's tremendous dissatisfaction with Mike Feuer through his first year,'' Brain said. ``I think I can do more and better for the community.'' Brain faulted Feuer for his vote to scale back the buildup of the police force and for voting to oppose legislation by Assemblywoman Paula Boland which would have made it easier for 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. to secede from Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . ``I think he's been very much for the status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy. ,'' said Brain, who plans to announce his candidacy today at City Hall. Feuer reacted to the news that his first challenger has emerged by saying he is looking forward to the campaign. ``I'm very proud of my accomplishments, and I think my constituents are, too,'' Feuer said. Feuer, 38, is a graduate of Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (colloquially, Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Law is considered one of the most prestigious law schools in the United States. . He served as executive director of the Bet T'Zedek legal organization before he ran for the seat vacated when Zev Yaroslavsky Zev Yaroslavsky (born December 21, 1948) is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D. Edelman. became a county supervisor. Feuer has chaired the council's Rules and Elections Committee, where he has pushed for ethics and charter reform. Brain, 37, is a real estate broker and consultant who has headed a citizens advisory panel overseeing the Ventura Boulevard Specific Plan. |
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