CANDIDATES WORK TOGETHER FOR THE CAUSE COUNCIL HOPEFULS FORM GROUP TO PROMOTE VALLEY SECESSION.Byline: Harrison Sheppard Staff Writer Some candidates for new 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. city offices set themselves apart from the main secession secession, in art secession, in art, any of several associations of progressive artists, especially those in Munich, Berlin, and Vienna, who withdrew from the established academic societies or exhibitions. effort Friday by forming their own campaign committee to more aggressively promote the cause of Valley independence. The group represents an unusual element of the secession campaign - candidates who are competing against each other for the same offices at the same time as they jointly develop strategy to achieve the overall goal of Valley cityhood. ``This is a group of inclusion,'' said co-chairwoman Shaunn Cartwright. ``And it's all the candidates coming together, including each other, working for the same common goal - which is to build a better community, to make a new city and for all of us to work together to accomplish those goals.'' The group, United Valley Candidates, filed papers with the city Ethics Commission In the United States, an Ethics Commission is a commission established by State law to discourage dishonest practices by their public employees and elected officials. Almost all American states have such a commission. on Friday to form a political committee and raise funds. The group has 19 members, although it sent out invitations to all 111 candidates for city council and mayor. Committee organizers were careful not to publicly criticize crit·i·cize v. crit·i·cized, crit·i·ciz·ing, crit·i·ciz·es v.tr. 1. To find fault with: criticized the decision as unrealistic. See Usage Note at critique. the Valley Independence Committee, the main group promoting a yes vote on secession in the Nov. 5 election. Some candidates have privately admitted dissatisfaction with the lagging Lagging Strategy used by a firm to stall payments, normally in response to exchange rate projections. campaign, saying it appears to be spinning its wheels and not doing enough to promote candidates. But at the group's news conference Friday, they praised the Independence Committee and Valley Voters Organized Toward Empowerment em·pow·er tr.v. em·pow·ered, em·pow·er·ing, em·pow·ers 1. To invest with power, especially legal power or official authority. See Synonyms at authorize. 2. with bringing the movement so far in six years. Richard Katz Katz , Bernard 1911-2003. German-born British physiologist. He shared a 1970 Nobel Prize for the study of nerve impulse transmission. , chairman of the Valley Independence Committee, said he welcomes the group's formation, and noted that his committee was never supposed to promote individual candidates. ``Candidates have different priorities than the group promoting cityhood,'' Katz said. ``Our mission is different from theirs. I'm surprised they hadn't done it sooner. I think it's a very good idea, and I'm glad they're doing it.'' |
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