COUNCIL MOVES TOWARD ELECTION.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer BURBANK - The City Council has declared vacant the seat of former Councilwoman Stacey Murphy, who resigned after being charged with drug possession and child endangerment in an investigation linked to the Vineland Boys street gang. The move clears the way for the council to pass an ordinance at its Sept. 27 meeting calling for a special election to fill the vacancy. The all-mail election would conclude Jan. 24, with ballots going out Jan. 3 to more than 54,000 registered voters. ``We're doing all the footwork,'' 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". Margarita Margarita (märgärē`tä), island, 444 sq mi (1,150 sq km), in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela. With many smaller islands it constitutes the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta (1990 pop. 263,748). Campos Campos (käm`p  s), city (1996 pop. 391,299), Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, on the Paraíba River near its mouth. . ``I'm real eager because it's a lot of work. I just want to get started.'' The nomination period will be open Oct. 3-28. Three residents have emerged so far as candidates: Glendale attorney and 26-year Burbank resident Vahe Hovanessian, 30; Airport Commissioner and former mayor Bill Wiggins William David Wiggin (born June 4, 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister for Agriculture & Fisheries. He has held the seat of Leominster since the 2001 election. , 56; and optometrist optometrist /op·tom·e·trist/ (op-tom´e-trist) a specialist in optometry. Optometrist A medical professional who examines and tests the eyes for disease and treats visual disorders by prescribing corrective and 22-year resident David Gordon David Gordon may refer to:
Murphy, 47, resigned Aug. 30, after being charged with felony cocaine possession and misdemeanor child endangerment. She has pleaded not guilty. She was linked to Vineland Boys when police doing a search of a reputed gang member's home found a gun that was registered to the former councilwoman's boyfriend, Scott C. Schaffer. Police said Schaffer told them he had stored weapons at Murphy's Lima Street home. During a July 13 search of her home, police found three guns registered to Schaffer, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and two plastic bags of cocaine, court documents show. She was booked on suspicion of child endangering because the guns and ammunition were accessible to her 12-year-old son, police said. Schaffer, a Glendale businessman, is accused of trading guns for cocaine with Vineland Boys. He has pleaded not guilty to federal gun and drug charges. Jason Kandel, (818) 546-3306 jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com |
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