CALIFORNIA CITY SETS ELECTION IN NOVEMBER TO FILL COUNCIL SEAT.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer California City will hold an election in November to fill the City Council vacancy VACANCY. A place which is empty. The term is principally applied to cases where an office is not filled. 2. By the constitution of the United States, the president has the power to fill up vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate. created when Paul Ingram Paul Ingram was the county Republican Party Chairman of Thurston County, Washington and the Chief Civil Deputy of the Sheriff's department, accused by his daughters of satanic ritual abuse in 1988. resigned, Mayor Larry Adams said Wednesday. The council voted 3-1, with Councilwoman Karen Benson dissenting dis·sent intr.v. dis·sent·ed, dis·sent·ing, dis·sents 1. To differ in opinion or feeling; disagree. 2. To withhold assent or approval. n. 1. , to hold an election Nov. 4 to fill the last year remaining in Ingram's term. Benson had favored filling the post by appointment. ``It's hard to appoint anyone without making everyone mad,'' Adams said. ``If they want to be a council member, they should take their chances and run like the other council members and serve accordingly.'' Ingram resigned effective July 2 because he was moving to Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, city, Argentina Santa Rosa, city (1991 pop. 80,629), capital of La Pampa prov., central Argentina. It is a modern city and road junction surrounded by a rich agricultural and cattle-raising area. . Ingram is looking to get back into law enforcement, and he and his wife, Karen, had property in Santa Rosa that needed their attention, Adams said. Ingram could not be reached for comment. Ingram, who had been chief of police for the Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern town of Williams, first came to California City in February 1991 to lead the city's Police Department. Ingram was fired in June 1993. City officials said Ingram was fired because he handled personnel matters unsatisfactorily; didn't comply with City Manager Steve West's directive to report all his contacts with council members; refused to cooperate with the city attorney; acted unprofessionally while contesting the closure of the Mojave jail; and indiscreetly in·dis·creet adj. Lacking discretion; injudicious: an indiscreet remark. in discussed his search for another police chief job. Ingram had maintained he was fired in part because he denied West a concealed-weapon permit and because he gave no special treatment to a former council member arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. Ingram filed a lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. against the city over the firing, but dropped it when he was elected in June 1994 to the City Council. That election was to fill the last five months of a seat vacated by Robert Collins. Ingram was again elected to the council in November 1994, that time to a full four-year term. Ingram ran unsuccessfully for mayor last year. |
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