GLENDALE IN ELECTION MODE : MAYORS, COUNCIL MEMBERS FACE CHALLENGES.Byline: Lee Condon Daily News Staff Writer The local election season in Burbank and Glendale kicked off this week, with a crop of political newcomers announcing challenges to the mayors of both cities as well as to council members and school trustees in the spring election. Burbank 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. and Glendale Mayor Sheldon Baker are facing re-election battles, along with Burbank Councilman David Golonski, Glendale Councilwoman Mary Ann ANN, Scotch law. Half a year's stipend over and above what is owing for the incumbency due to a minister's relict, or child, or next of kin, after his decease. Wishaw. Also, an abbreviation of annus, year; also of annates. In the old law French writers, ann or rather an, signifies a year. Plumley and Glendale Councilman Rick Reyes. A total of eight people have filed papers to run for Burbank City Council, including Wiggins and Golonski, who are running for their second terms. Councilwoman Susan Spanos, first elected in 1993 along with Wiggins and Golonski, has decided not to run for a second term. The six others filing for council races are: Ted Bunch, a 58-year-old government teacher at John Burroughs High School John Burroughs High School is a public high school located in Burbank, California. Emilio Urioste, Jr. is the current principal. The school was built in the 1920's, but wasn't established as a high school until 1948. The school was named after naturalist John Burroughs. ; Richard Emerson; Norman Furman, a 57-year-old business systems consultant; Stacey Murphy, a 38-year-old small-business owner; Robert Olson, a television research executive; and Bill Starr, a 62-year-old retired free-lance writer. Denise Wilcox is running for her second term on the Burbank school board. Connie Lackey, who was appointed to the board earlier this year after board President Joe Hooven resigned from the panel, also will run to keep her seat. They are being challenged by three newcomers: Glenn Forsch, a 48-year-old businessman; Trish Burnett, a 46-year-old school volunteer; and Tony De Felicis, a 39-year-old pastor. In Glendale, Baker, a local tax lawyer, announced Tuesday that he will seek a second term on the City Council. Plumley, a Realtor Realtor In the United States a designation used to describe a member of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Notes: The term "realtor" is a registered trademark and encompasses agents, brokers and associates who are members of a real-estate firm associated with , said she will run again, too, but will not formally launch her campaign until later this month. Reyes, a retired police officer, is expected to run for a second term but could not be reached for comment. The three incumbents could get their biggest challenge from former Mayor Ginger ginger, common name for members of the Zingiberaceae, a family of tropical and subtropical perennial herbs, chiefly of Indomalaysia. The aromatic oils of many are used in making condiments, perfumes, and medicines, especially stimulants and preparations to ease Bremberg, who served three terms on the council. Bremberg, 70, said she had no intention of running for office again after she retired from the panel in 1993, but is now considering the idea. Bremberg, president of the Chevy Chase Chevy Chase (chĕv`ē), town (1990 pop. 8,559), Montgomery co., W central Md., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; founded as a village, inc. 1914. Homeowners Association, says she is fed up with the way the council is running the city. If she can find candidates who she is excited about backing by the January deadline for filing, she will forgo running. But if not, Bremberg said, she may make a bid to return to the council herself. So far two challengers have announced their intentions to run for the City Council. David Weaver
The Weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches. These are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills, most of which breed in sub-Saharan Africa, with fewer species in tropical , a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said he will make his third bid for the council in the spring. Weaver is the president of the Glenoaks Canyon Homeowners Association and is on the city's Rose Float Board one of the boards fixed radially to the rim of an undershot water wheel or of a steamer's paddle wheel; - a vane. See also: Float of Directors. Another candidate is 34-year-old Gus Gomez, a death penalty case prosecutor prosecutor Government attorney who presents the state's case against the defendant in a criminal prosecution. In some countries (France, Japan), public prosecution is carried out by a single office. In the U.S., states and counties have their own prosecutors. for the California Attorney General's Office. Gomez is a member of the Adams Hill Homeowners Association. For the Glendale school board, Jeanne Bentley, the president of the panel, and Lynda Rocamora say they will run for second terms. But veteran board member Jane Whitaker said that after 16 years on the board, she is not running for re-election. Burbank will hold a primary election Feb. 25 for two seats on its school board, three seats on the City Council, and the office of 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". and treasurer. The top vote-getters will compete in the April 8 general election. The deadline to file papers to run was Monday. In Glendale there is no primary, with the election April 8. Candidates have more than a month to file papers to run for three City Council and three school board seats. |
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