City Council Candidates - NEW
16 people have turned in applications and have qualified for the City Council seat left vacant due to Amy Bhutta's resignation.
A subcommittee of Brian Tisdale and myself will conduct interviews of all 16 qualified applicants this Friday, August 19 starting at 4:00 p.m. at the Cultural Center.
I requested that these interviews be made public to allow residents the opportunity to hear for themselves why these candidates want to serve on the Council. This was unanimously agreed upon by the City Council.
This interview process is open to the public, however, there will no public comment portion.
Once all interviews are complete, we will convene privately to determine which candidates will be brought forward at the August 23 council meeting for a vote. This could be 5 names, it could be only one, it all depends on the interviews.
Below are the names of the applicants, and a brief Bio.
If you are going to comment, and I hope you do, I recommend you use your real name to avoid the perception that candidates are commenting on themselves.
CANDIDATES
Peter Weber, 8-year resident, former city treasurer;
Joyce Smith, 32-year resident, business owner, previously ran for City Council;
Rick Morsch, 8-year resident, current LE planning commissioner;
Chris Hyland, 24-year resident, community activist who is a flood-control district commissioner, former water district board director, previously ran for City Council;
Genie Kelley, 27-year resident, teacher, previously served on the City Council for 13 years;
Tim Fleming, 17-year resident, community activist, served on several city committees, previously ran for City Council;
Craig Turner, 11-year resident, employed by a supply chain automation firm;
Jef Reilly, 4-year resident, director with the Department of Defense;
David McElroy, 3-month resident, retired from a career in soil and water conservation management;
Robert Lewis, 5-year resident, works as Riverside County outreach specialist
Natasha Johnson, 10-year-resident, credit union branch manager, Chairwoman of the Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce;
Jerry Carlos, 12-year resident, owns a business, high school coach;
Edward Burkhardt, 17-year resident, vice president of an insurance company;
William Becker, 11-month resident, retired police chief;
Tricia Almiron, 3-year resident, government legislative analyst.
Raymond Vera, 13-month resident, operations research analyst for Dept. of Defense
A subcommittee of Brian Tisdale and myself will conduct interviews of all 16 qualified applicants this Friday, August 19 starting at 4:00 p.m. at the Cultural Center.
I requested that these interviews be made public to allow residents the opportunity to hear for themselves why these candidates want to serve on the Council. This was unanimously agreed upon by the City Council.
This interview process is open to the public, however, there will no public comment portion.
Once all interviews are complete, we will convene privately to determine which candidates will be brought forward at the August 23 council meeting for a vote. This could be 5 names, it could be only one, it all depends on the interviews.
Below are the names of the applicants, and a brief Bio.
If you are going to comment, and I hope you do, I recommend you use your real name to avoid the perception that candidates are commenting on themselves.
CANDIDATES
Peter Weber, 8-year resident, former city treasurer;
Joyce Smith, 32-year resident, business owner, previously ran for City Council;
Rick Morsch, 8-year resident, current LE planning commissioner;
Chris Hyland, 24-year resident, community activist who is a flood-control district commissioner, former water district board director, previously ran for City Council;
Genie Kelley, 27-year resident, teacher, previously served on the City Council for 13 years;
Tim Fleming, 17-year resident, community activist, served on several city committees, previously ran for City Council;
Craig Turner, 11-year resident, employed by a supply chain automation firm;
Jef Reilly, 4-year resident, director with the Department of Defense;
David McElroy, 3-month resident, retired from a career in soil and water conservation management;
Robert Lewis, 5-year resident, works as Riverside County outreach specialist
Natasha Johnson, 10-year-resident, credit union branch manager, Chairwoman of the Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce;
Jerry Carlos, 12-year resident, owns a business, high school coach;
Edward Burkhardt, 17-year resident, vice president of an insurance company;
William Becker, 11-month resident, retired police chief;
Tricia Almiron, 3-year resident, government legislative analyst.
Raymond Vera, 13-month resident, operations research analyst for Dept. of Defense
posted by Melissa Melendez at
7:00 PM
2 Comments:
Looks like you have your work cut out for you! I know you take this job seriously, just hope they will also. If they know even a little about you they will know that your city expects dedication and loyalty. Good luck.
Please don't pick anyone who has served before. Look how our City has developed and all of our neighbor cities have. After living here 18 years, we still have low paying jobs (if any), hardly any place DECENT to eat, crappy roads, etc. Don't get me wrong, we have developed, but at a snail's pace! Those reasons, amongst others should automatically disqualify anyone who has served before - they obviously took us no where!
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