COUNCIL INCUMBENTS MAKE STRONG SHOWINGS.Byline: Cecilia Chan Staff Writer Incumbents in two local city council and school board races were leading as early election results were released Tuesday night. Westlake Village City Councilmen Iraj Broomand and Mark Rutherford
Slavin raised the most money, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the latest campaign disclosure documents. Challengers Susan McSweeney and Ron Klamert were trailing Broomand and Rutherford. Two-term Councilwoman Kris Carraway-Bowman opted not to run again. Hot campaign topics among the five candidates included the need to bring in a regional hospital and create more youth programs. The city and its neighbors have been working on trying to attract some kind of acute-care facility into the area. In neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. Agoura Hills, voters favored returning all three incumbents to their seats, despite a last-minute hit piece against two of the incumbents. Councilmen Ed Corridori, Jeff Reinhardt and Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz. Weber were leading opponents Melvin Adams, Dan Crisafulli, Ken Horton, George C. Thomas and Bob Wachs. Preserving open space, developing big-box stores This article has multiple issues: * Its factual accuracy is disputed. * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. and improving transportation were some of the election issues bantered about by candidates. Voters split when it came to the city's two bed-tax measures, T and U. Voters were comfortable in voting for Measure T, which again raises the city's 1990 transient occupancy tax Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) is levied for the privilege of occupying a room or rooms or other living space in a hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel or other lodging (defined below) for a period of 30 days or less. , this time from 6 percent to 10 percent, a hike that was called into question by a court ruling. However, they came out against Measure U, which would give the council the authority to adjust the bed tax rate within a range of 4 percent without having to go to a vote of the people. Incumbent Judy Jordan appeared headed for victory in her run for a third term on the Las Virgenes Unified School District Las Virgenes Unified School District (LVUSD) is a K-12 school district in north-west Los Angeles County, USA consisting of 14 public schools in the cities of Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Westlake Village, and several small portions of the West Hills section of Los Angeles. board, which oversees 13 schools and more than 13,000 students from Calabasas, Agoura Hills and Westlake Village. It was a year for newcomers to seek election, with veteran incumbents Charlotte Meyer and Amy Berns deciding not to run again. Challengers Cindy Iser and Gordon Whitehead whitehead /white·head/ (hwit´hed) 1. milium. 2. closed comedo. white·head n. 1. took the lead ahead of Bicky Rippe and Bob Charney. In an affluent district where students' test scores consistently rank high, campaign issues focused on financial oversight and communication. |
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