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APRIL 26, 2010
"Ward right for Assembly" by Council Member Bill Brand Redondo Beach
Our state is in a deep fiscal quagmire and we need strong leaders to fix it. Leaders that have already made difficult decisions at the local level during these strained financial times - leaders like Mayor Mitch Ward of Manhattan Beach.
Mayor Ward is in a crowded field of candidates for the 53rd Assembly District being vacated by Ted Lieu (another great South Bay choice who is running for attorney general). We have already begun to receive many well-intended promises from other candidates in the mail.
But Mitch Ward is the only candidate who has held elective office and knows what local cities need and don't need.
FEBRUARY 3, 2010
Utility undergrounding continues
But 40-year resident Larry Hagerman had a different story. He is retired, ona fixed income and just can't afford the cost to underground his home. Hesaid the process is pitting older people on limited incomes against the younger, who could easily buy them out.
"(Undergrounding) costs too much and delivers too little," said Bob Perkins.
"It costs the wrong people too much."
Mayor Mitch Ward sided with those who were unemployed or retired who could
be wiped out or forced to move if voters approve the districts.
Ward was the lone dissenter by the end of the meeting.
MAY 2, 2009
Candidates set their sights on Lieu’s seat
While South Bay Assemblyman Ted Lieu campaigns for attorney general, several little-
known candidates are lining up to replace him in the Legislature.
Most of the candidates were at last weekend's state Democratic convention in Sacramento, which offered local political insiders one of their first opportunities to size up the field.
APRIL 28, 2009
Wednesday Letters to the Editor
MB proud to help its schools. As mayor pro tem in Manhattan Beach, I have received so many e-mails and calls thanking the City Council for donating $1.3 million to our school district. This we know was a direct attempt to stave off further layoffs of teachers.
AUGUST 25, 2009
Local Leaders Prepped at CCLI Before Taking
Step to State Legislative Office
The next generation of local officials graduating to state legislative office will need all the help they can get to deal with critical budget, water and energy issues. To ensure these freshmen legislators get off on the right foot, the League of California Cities and League Partner hosted 22 identified local leaders for the fifth-annual California Civic Leadership Institute (CCLI). Despite a bear encounter at Big Creek Hydroelectric facility in July, Mitch Ward, Manhattan Beach mayor pro tem, found the program welcoming and enlightening.
