MCLEAN MAY BE NEW MAYOR CANDIDATE IN 2004 IN LINE TO BE APPOINTED TO POST.Byline: JUDY O'ROURKE Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- Councilwoman Marsha McLean, who was passed over for the role of mayor in 2004, likely will be named to the post by fellow council members next month. ``I think Marsha's done a good job, the voters agree,'' said outgoing Councilman Cameron Smyth Cameron Smyth is a Republican who has represented Califoria's 38th Assembly district since December of 2006. He succeeded Keith Richman who was term limited. Prior to being elected to the state legislature, Assemblyman Smyth served on the Santa Clarita City Council, where he , who was elected to the state Assembly and will resign from the council effective Dec. 4. ``I fully expect Marsha will be elected mayor and if I were still on the council I would vote for her as well.'' City Council members are elected for staggered four-year terms and usually rotate the mayor's job each December. The rotation will take place Dec. 12. The four remaining council members will appoint Smyth's successor, who could be installed Dec. 19. McLean was named mayor pro tem [Latin, For the time being.] An abbreviation used for pro tempore, Latin for "temporary or provisional." A person who acts as a temporary substitute serves pro tem. -- next in line -- on a 4-1 vote last year, with Councilman Bob Kellar voting against her. ``She is mayor pro tem and undoubtedly she will be mayor,'' Kellar said Friday. ``I probably will support her.'' He declined to elaborate on his thoughts then or now. Santa Clarita has a city manager form of government, where the council sets policy and passes laws and the mayor's role is largely ceremonial. The city manager carries out the council's decisions. In March, Councilman Frank Ferry championed replacing the current system with a directly elected mayor, but after a debate the council nixed the idea. In a lackluster election, McLean, Councilman Frank Ferry and Mayor Laurene Weste were re-elected to the council in April. McLean snagged snag n. 1. A rough, sharp, or jagged protuberance, as: a. A tree or a part of a tree that protrudes above the surface in a body of water. Also called sawyer. See Regional Note at preacher. b. A snaggletooth. the most votes, with 5,564, followed by Ferry's 5,500 votes and Weste's 5,241. McLean won her council seat in 2002. Her resume includes a 14-year battle to save the Angeles Forest's picturesque Elsmere Canyon from being turned into a garbage dump and founding a committee that co-sponsored legislation to protect nearby Whitney and Placerita canyons. She serves on the League of California Cities, a statewide advocacy group, and has worked for the 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 . , the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. and at American embassies in Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest and Paris. City Hall was closed for the Thanksgiving holiday Friday and Ferry, Weste and McLean could not be reached for comment. judy.orourke@dailynews.com (661) 257-5255 |
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