Dixon Bails - Eight Ready to Rumble
LONG DISTANCE SURPRISE!
From afar I contacted the Costa Mesa City Clerk's office shortly after the witching hour of 5:00 p.m. today - the time when all potential candidates were required to submit their nomination papers. As of that time, eight of the nine people who had pulled their papers earlier had returned them. Only Councilwoman (and former mayor) Linda Dixon failed to meet the deadline.
DIXON FORCES EXTENSION OF FILING DATE
Because Dixon is an incumbent, her decision to not seek re-election this time around means that the filing date is extended until 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 13. She is not eligible for the extension. That means that there is still time for someone to pull papers, get the petition signatures required and return them by Wednesday. Considering the number of candidates currently on the ballot, I don't really expect to see any added starters this year, but you never know.
EIGHT - JUST LIKE A PACKAGE OF HOT DOGS
So, unless something is amiss with their papers, the candidates from which Costa Mesa voters will select three council members in November are, in no particular order, Katrina Foley, Eric Bever, Gary Monahan, Nicholas Moss, William Sneen, Lisa Reedy, Christopher Bunyan and Jim Righeimer.
HEAVY HITTERS IN THE STARTING BLOCKS
This campaign season will probably be the most interesting in more than a decade, made particularly so because of the experience available for the voters to assess. Bever and Monahan have been mayors of the city, with Monahan serving 12 years on the council and the only council member in the city's history who is eligible for a pension. Foley has served with distinction for nearly four years after a stellar tour on the Planning Commission. Moss, Sneen and Reedy are newcomers and Righeimer is a seasoned politician and an integral part of the Orange County GOP hierarchy. Yes, this is going to be fun.
MORE TO COME...
This will give you something to chew on over the weekend. More next week.
From afar I contacted the Costa Mesa City Clerk's office shortly after the witching hour of 5:00 p.m. today - the time when all potential candidates were required to submit their nomination papers. As of that time, eight of the nine people who had pulled their papers earlier had returned them. Only Councilwoman (and former mayor) Linda Dixon failed to meet the deadline.
DIXON FORCES EXTENSION OF FILING DATE
Because Dixon is an incumbent, her decision to not seek re-election this time around means that the filing date is extended until 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 13. She is not eligible for the extension. That means that there is still time for someone to pull papers, get the petition signatures required and return them by Wednesday. Considering the number of candidates currently on the ballot, I don't really expect to see any added starters this year, but you never know.
EIGHT - JUST LIKE A PACKAGE OF HOT DOGS
So, unless something is amiss with their papers, the candidates from which Costa Mesa voters will select three council members in November are, in no particular order, Katrina Foley, Eric Bever, Gary Monahan, Nicholas Moss, William Sneen, Lisa Reedy, Christopher Bunyan and Jim Righeimer.
HEAVY HITTERS IN THE STARTING BLOCKS
This campaign season will probably be the most interesting in more than a decade, made particularly so because of the experience available for the voters to assess. Bever and Monahan have been mayors of the city, with Monahan serving 12 years on the council and the only council member in the city's history who is eligible for a pension. Foley has served with distinction for nearly four years after a stellar tour on the Planning Commission. Moss, Sneen and Reedy are newcomers and Righeimer is a seasoned politician and an integral part of the Orange County GOP hierarchy. Yes, this is going to be fun.
MORE TO COME...
This will give you something to chew on over the weekend. More next week.
Labels: Chris Bunyan, Eric Bever, Gary Monahan, Jim Righeimer, Katrina Foley, Lisa Reedy, Nicholas Moss, William Sneen
posted by The Pot Stirrer at 8/08/2008 07:20:00 PM
4 Comments:
Do I detect a bias in your comments on each of the candidates? ""Stellar", "distinction"? Lately that distinction has been one of just blurting out comments at the meetings without asking for the floor. After all these years, she should know the proper precedure. A couple of meetings ago she had the nerve to "call for the question" without even asking for the floor. I detect a lot of, as Edwards said yesterday,egocentric and narcissistic behavior eminating from this councilwomen.
Now that the deadline has been moved back maybe Steve Smith will grow a pair and take his own advice and get active, nah!
Kent:
The circus tent is crowded enough. Let's not hope for any more...uh, participants.
Commissioner Jim,
Your slam of Foley comes as no surprise to me. It's what I expect to see from you and the rest of your so-called "improver" buddies from now until the first week of November. You and your buddies, like The Mouth from Mesa North, will continue to fabricate ways to criticize her because you don't have the intellectual horsepower to debate her on the issues. Just keep it up - I'm always happy to have you particpate here.
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