CITY'S FILING PERIOD OPENS.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer LANCASTER - Lancaster's election season is officially under way with the opening Monday of the candidate filing period for the April 11 municipal election for the mayor's post and two council seats. The 2006 election is guaranteed to see at least a couple of new faces because Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
The two council seats up for election are the ones held by Hearns and Ed Sileo. Sileo, who was elected to his first term in 2002, is seeking re-election and was the first person to take out nomination papers Monday. The filing period for the election was to end Jan. 13. However, when incumbents do not file to run for re-election, which will be the case with the moves by Roberts and Hearns, the filing period is extended five days. The only other declared candidate thus far is Ron Smith Ron Smith may refer to:
commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle chairman, who is running for a council seat. Smith, a former sheriff's deputy and court bailiff bailiff Officer of some U.S. courts whose duties include keeping order in the courtroom and guarding prisoners or jurors in deliberation. In medieval Europe, it was a title of some dignity and power, denoting a manorial superintendent or royal agent who collected fines and , is a graphics-design instructor at Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. and has served on the Planning Commission since 2001. So far, 11 people have made appointments to take out nomination papers, said City Clerk In the United States, a City Clerk is an elected or appointed official who is responsible as the official keeper of the municipal records. In some places, the Clerk may be known as the "Village Clerk" or "Town Clerk". Geri Bryan. Hearns, who has been elected to the council four times, served as Lancaster's mayor in 1991 under the city's old system of rotating the post among council members. During most of his years on the council, he has served as vice mayor. Hearns, who serves as bishop of First Missionary Baptist Church of Littlerock, is endorsed by all four of his council colleagues for the mayor's post. Roberts said he intends to remain very politically active, but declined to say whether he would seek another elected office. |
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