FAMILIAR FACES FOR MAYOR, COUNCIL.Byline: CHARLES F. BOSTWICK Staff Writer LANCASTER - All three current city officials running for municipal office won their races in Tuesday's election. Vice Mayor Henry Hearns was elected out of a six-candidate field seeking to succeed Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
Councilman Ed Sileo and Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle Chairman Ron Smith Ron Smith may refer to:
"I thank God for the privilege to serve. It's not a job: it's a service position," said Hearns, a retired Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. executive as well as pastor of a Littlerock church. Smith, a retired sheriff's deputy, became the third law-enforcement officer to win an Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley municipal office since November, following the election of Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . Officer Steve Knight Steve, Steven or Stephen Knight is the name of:
n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Sgt. Tom Lackey to the Palmdale city council. This is actually Hearns' second term as mayor, though the first time he was directly elected by voters. In 1991, after his 1990 election to the City Council, he served as mayor under the city's old system of rotating the post among council members. < Voters began electing the mayor directly in 1996, starting with Roberts, a retired 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. dean. Retired in 1981 from Edwards Air Force Base, Hearns is senior pastor at Living Stone Cathedral of Worship, formerly First Missionary Baptist Church of Littlerock. Hearns has been with the church since coming to the Antelope Valley in 1965. The mayoral field also included Peter B. Ware, Gene Gaynor, David Paul, Douglas Sichley and Irv Mitchell. The council race _ for the seat held by Sileo as well as the one Hearns gave up to run for mayor _ included Nellie Tillman, Janette Crawford, Barry White, Kenneth Williams, Roger Williams, Roger, c.1603–1683, clergyman, advocate of religious freedom, founder of Rhode Island, b. London. A protégé of Sir Edward Coke, he graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1627 and took Anglican orders. Price, David Abber, James Abadejos and James Young
Population growth, crime and community involvement were among the issues in the election _ with Hearns, Sileo and Smith saying city officials are working on all three fronts, while the challengers said new blood is needed. The strongest attacks against the current city government came from mayoral candidate Gaynor, who ran unsuccessfully against Roberts in 2004 and 2002, and from council candidate Abber, who ran for mayor in 2000 and 2002. Gaynor said the city has allowed growth to get out of control and that there is no plan for development. Gaynor also said the city has not done enough to fight crime and that the morale of its residents has fallen. Gaynor, a businessman, finished second in the mayor's race, with 2,367 votes to Hearns' 3,036. Ware had 1,872, and the others were far behind. Crawford, an Eastside Union School District board member, finished third in the council race with 2,945 votes to Smith's 5,241 and Sileo's 3,750. Hearns, Sileo and Smith far outfinanced their rivals in electioneering, records show. As of the last campaign report filed before Election Day, Smith had raised more than $52,000 in contributions, Hearns more than $43,000 and Sileo nearly $40,000. Gaynor and Ware reported raising $6,445 and $4,000 respectively, according to the latest campaign reports. In the council race, Crawford reported a $13,200 loan from herself and Abadejos reported raising $5,230. The other candidates declared they would not raise or spend more than $1,000. Tuesday's turnout was low: 8,549 out of the city's 53,214 active registered voters, or a 16 percent turnout. "It's sad," city public information officer Anne Aldrich. Counting the 18,000 registered voters considered inactive because they haven't voted in the last three elections would drop the turnout to 12 percent. The mayor's post, a two-year term position, carries the same powers as a council position, but the mayor also chairs City Council meetings, signs documents on behalf of the city and serves as the city's chief spokesman. Council members serve four-year terms. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, 2 boxes Photo: (1 -- color) SILEO (2 -- color) SMITH (3) Vice Mayor Henry Hearns has been elected Lancaster mayor. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer Box: (1) Lancaster mayor (2) Lancaster City Council |
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