Current Mayor Larry Clark and Councilman Dr. Peter Gardiner will leave the seats they have honored and two new behinds will occupy them.
Here is the current list of probable candidates, in the order listed on the city's Web site, with their Email address under their names.
(The period for filing for the election will end on August 7 and more candidates may be added. I will post their names and Email addresses as they are added)
Jim Knight
JimKnight@palosverdes.com
Anthony Misetich
mizie@cox.net
John C. McTaggart
mrrpv@palosverdes.com
Jeff Lewis
JeffLewis@palosverdes.com
Paul Tetreault
paul.rpv@gmail.com
Brian Campbell
brian@CampbellForRPV.com
Nomination papers for the 6 have been issued but none of them have been deemed "Qualified Candidate" at this point in time.
Here is a list of words I feel the candidates should offer their opinions about before the election is held:
Ponte Vista
Traffic Signal at Miraleste and P.V.D.E.
Traffic Signal at Forrestal and P.V.D.S.
Voter apathy in Eastview
Terranea
Trump National
Storm Drain Levy
Full Eastview inclusion into P.V.P.U.S.D.
Marymount College Facilities Redevelopment
Restoring the shared Deputy position.
Securing more funding for the constant repair of P.V.D.S. in the slide area
Remaining Storm Drains under Western that haven't failed.....yet
Traffic in the Eastview area
Added traffic in the East Rancho Palos Verdes area
R.P.V.'s business concentration along Western Avenue
Restoring lost seats on Commissions and Committees
Finding ways to have more residents of the Eastview area care about and work with the city of R.P.V.
Our dismal turnout at for City Council elections
There are a small number of unique cities in Southern California and Rancho Palos Verdes is the most unique among those cities.
I will offer more on a future post dealing with how we are so very different and the challenges put upon us and our environment because of who we are and where we live.
It is almost certain that two of the names appearing on this post will appear as Council Members soon after November 3.
It is certain that the next City Council Election, just two years from now, will have three available seats to fill and we may seem names typed above, as names of candidates for those seats.
We may see more candidates for this election cycle. It is probably that not all of the six named above will appear on the November 3 ballot.
Mr. Campbell followed Mr. Lewis in creating a Web site. The sites I know about at this time should be viewable on the links icons
I will post links to other candidates' Web sites if and when they are published.
Look folks, there are over 2,000 residential units in the Eastview area of Rancho Palos Verdes. We have the greatest concentration of our city's businesses located in the Eastview area.
During the last two City Council election cycles, we had about 11% of our eligible voters willing to vote for candidates at each election.
We provide so much into our city, yet too many of us are apathetic to our own government and issues.
Shame on us in Eastview.
I am not going to even consider that we not keep our hearts towards San Pedro. We are an old "San Pedro" area and have not been legally part of Rancho Palos Verdes for as long as that city has been incorporated.
But when we and our wonderful San Pedro neighbors spend money along Western at The Terraces, Think Prime, Smart and Final, Marie Calender's, Western Plaza, Green Hills Memorial Park, and other businesses in Rancho Palos Verdes, we provide much more income to the city than any other business area within the city.
We have a very dense concentration of residential units in Eastview including condominiums and single-family houses.
Along with Miraleste, we have the vast majority of the oldest homes in the city.
If we want more influence in matters that are important to us, we must get more involved with our own city's government, processes, and issues.
One way to do this is to welcome discussion, debate, and the opinions from the candidates who wish to govern us.
Two of the candidates listed above should offer the residents of the east side of Rancho Palos Verdes enough so that our votes help them get elected.
We have not done that yet, since we were annexed. Nobody really needs to care unless we show up in numbers and let them know we want them to govern us.
If we can just vote in numbers to make a real difference, then we can move to the next step.
Perhaps by 2011 we will have shown by are participation in this November's election that we need to be listened to and governed properly, according to the issues WE find important.
And then, dreamingly as early as 2013, we may offer up a candidate for a City Council seat who lives in the Eastview area, who actually wins a seat.
The block of votes that has a possibility of being obtained strictly from Eastview residents could be enough to secure a seat someday.
Adding Miraleste to become the full voting block that would be East R.P.V. surely would create the ultimate goal of running the city we are so much a large group of.
Not to worry, I will NEVER run for a City Council seat in R.P.V. I don't have the educational background to be considered. Our city's history is so full of incredibly gifted and well-educated folks.
There are plenty of Miraleste residents and Eastview residents who are so much more qualified than I am.
After attending or watching as many C.C. meetings as I have, I would not enjoy enough the time serving in that volunteer position.
So please learn about the candidates for this coming election and vote for your two choices for seats.
Get involved in your city. Sure there are more than enough problems with San Pedro/Los Angeles to keep us occupied, but we don't live there and our city government is not there.
There are still four storm drains under Western that haven't failed. Wouldn't you like to see the same type of response we saw for two of the three one that failed and watch as our city's government dealt with any situation like they did with the McCarrol Canyon issues?
I applaud your efforts to shine light on these issues and get each candidate for city council to weigh in. One correction to your post above. I do have a website (and was the first to have one):
ReplyDeletewww.PalosVerdes.com/JeffLewis . There you can read my platform that addresses some of the issues raised above.
Thank you for all you do to try to get the community involved and educated.
Best regards,
Jeff Lewis
Candidate for RPV City Council
As a Miraleste resident (I live on Via Colinita) I agree that the City needs to pay more attention to the business district on Western Avenue. I am a member of the P.V. Chamber of Commerce and have discussed with the leadership my hope, as a Member of the City Council, that in the coming years a comprehensive plan can be devised to update and revitalize the area.
ReplyDeleteCertainly there would be a traffic impact and we need to pay attention to the Ponte Vista project, but a freshened Western Avenue business corridor that identifies with Rancho Palos Verdes will be a major source of pride and revenue for the City and all of us on the east side.
Paul Tetreault
Candidate for City Council