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Would-be candidates begin process
Three residents have started the process of running for a seat on the Hesperia City Council Thursday, and one resident has begun the process of seeking a spot on the Hesperia Unified School District school board.
As of Friday afternoon, Mayor Mike Leonard, Russ Blewett and Mark Kirk have picked up the papers from Hesperia City Hall required to run for one of the two open seats on the city council. Councilman Tad Honeycutt has said he does not intend to run for a third four-year term.
Leonard is a retired Hesperia and San Bernardino County firefighter and was first elected to the city council in 2004. Blewett is the former mayor of Baldwin Park and is a county planning commissioner serving the 1st District. Kirk is a member of the Republican Central Committee and the chief of staff for Supervisor Gary Ovitt.
Only one would-be candidate has picked up the papers from the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters to run for one of the two open seats on the Hesperia Unified School District school board. Republican Central Committee member Anthony Riley, who works for the county's Economic Development department, concentrating on the county's airport system, is the only resident to begin the process of seeking one of the seats vacated by board members Bruce Minton and Helen Rogers, neither of whom is expected to seek another term.
No one has yet picked up papers from the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters to run for one of the two seats on the Hesperia Recreation and Park District governing board, where incumbents Bob Chandler and Jack Hamilton are up for reelection.
Would-be city candidates must have their completed paperwork returned to the office of the Hesperia City Clerk (for city council candidates) or the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters (for school or park board candidates) by August 8 at 5 p.m. The deadline is extended until August 13 if one or more incumbents on a governing body choose not to run for re-election.
For more information about the city council candidacy process, call 947-1027. For more information about the school or park board candidacy process, call (800) 881-8683.
Beau Yarbrough can be reached at 956-7108 or at beau@hesperiastar.com.
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| I am very happy to see Jack Hamilton signed up to run for Park Board. I'm hoping to see Bob Chandler's name also, and I'm not going to be happy to see Mrs. Mark Kirk's name running against them. |
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| Hesperian - Jul 23, 2008 07:25:59 PM | Remove Comment |
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| FYI, please prove that those signatures that you mention may not have even been registered Hesperia voters dont exist. You want to imply that someone is dumb to believe they exist, then I ask you prove that they don't. I'm being fair. |
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| P O R - Jul 22, 2008 07:36:29 AM | Remove Comment |
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| Guess FYI is a supporter of Bentley and Kirk. Or ashamed of it, so tries to bully people into not inquiring. Can't have it both ways, my adolescent friend! |
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| Cyberbullie - Jul 20, 2008 09:47:09 AM | Remove Comment |
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| FYI, please prove that there wer not signatures. What was that, cricket noise. Neither can be proved. Duh. Te more pressing issue is when nobody else files papers, Riley will win buy default. |
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| P O R - Jul 19, 2008 11:01:53 PM | Remove Comment |
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| To Just me, I'm sure FYI is one of them. So in answer to your question the answer is a definate YES. And I'm sure they would love to sell us both a bridge along with all of the other garbage their trying to sell. |
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| not buying - Jul 19, 2008 06:22:35 PM | Remove Comment |
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| The Truth hurts. But so do lies. |
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| Just Me - Jul 19, 2008 05:24:03 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Cyberbully! |
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| FYI - Jul 19, 2008 04:14:21 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Does FYI support Chris Bentley as enthusiastically as Kirk, Black and Lee Rogers? Did a search on FYI and easy to tell where the bias is from the comments. |
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| Just Me - Jul 19, 2008 12:24:30 PM | Remove Comment |
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| That would be alleged signatures since they could not be verified by an independent source. If anyone believes that there were that many signatures on those petitions, not taking into account that they were never validated as registered voters, then I have a bridge to sell ya. |
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| FYI - Jul 19, 2008 11:55:10 AM | Remove Comment |
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| What is more to the point, who is running AGAINST Anthony Riley, whom the Kirks are supporting? Whomever it is, the more people find out that Riley is running at the Kirks' behest, the more should vote for that person or persons. |
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| Hesperian - Jul 19, 2008 10:37:43 AM | Remove Comment |
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| What some people don't understand is that more signatures were required on the recall than even voted for these three in the first place. The reason for this is because of the increase of population in Hesperia after the election. The reality is that as more people signed the recall than voted for Black or Ella Lee. Almost as many signed the recall for Kirk as voted for him. So in a small way the failed recall was a success because we know that about 90 percent or more of the voters from the first election will not vote for these three in the next. Also, those that know that Riley is just another of Kirk's puppets will not vote for him either.
Everyone who cares about Hesperia district, please encourage some honest, intelligent people to run that are not involved in HTA or friends of the Kirks. |
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| another teacher - Jul 19, 2008 10:32:29 AM | Remove Comment |
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| FYI if marketer is missing the point, what is the point, then. Please explain? |
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| Parent - Jul 18, 2008 05:55:54 PM | Remove Comment |
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| To FYI, for the record I had absolutely nothing to do with the recall. Do not assume from this statement, however, I was not for it. |
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| Marketer - Jul 18, 2008 05:54:31 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Just because people are on vacation, work, and don't have time to go to the board meetings does not mean they are complacent about the issue. The pendulum was all the way one way a few years ago, it has went completely the other way, but, it will make its way back to center. |
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| Marketer - Jul 18, 2008 05:52:11 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Yeah, yeah Marketer. Just like you were able to organize and get support for the recall petitions. For weeks now to no avail you have encouraged people to attend board meetings and the same people show up. The majority of that crowd doesn't even live or vote in Hesperia. Maybe you should retake Marketing 101 cause you are missing the point. |
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| FYI - Jul 18, 2008 05:09:01 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Crash course in Marketing 101. If one person expresses a negative or positive experience, they are expected to share this experience with at least ten people. Then, those people share this positive or negative experience with ten people. If you think for second, that Dr. Kirk's actions are not going negatively affect their prospects of increasing the trio to five you are under estimating the voters of Hesperia. People are fed up. Did you hear the number of people at the board meeting applaud Mrs. Rogers' account of her visit with Mr. Long, or Mr. Minton's applause after his explanation of the plot of land. Think again, 10 people have already told ten people, etc. Take all of those applauders and multiply it by 10, and then again by 10, and that will onlyl begin to express people's disgust with what is going on. Also the union reps have had it, just wait and see what happens this year. |
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| Marketer - Jul 18, 2008 03:04:21 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Both of you are just one vote and last I checked this was still a free country. If you choose to not vote for someone because they have grey hair you are free to do that. If you choose to vote for someone because the voices in your head tell you to, then you are also free to do that. Typically, people that post here aren't going to be swayed from their vote. |
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| OR - Jul 18, 2008 06:11:12 AM | Remove Comment |
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| Funny no one criticized the 'old' board for all of their 5 to 0 votes. Not one time were they accused of voting in a block or voting mindlessly yet most of the votes were unanimous. |
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| voter1 - Jul 17, 2008 08:52:38 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Given Riley's associations with the Kirks, I wouldn't vote for him. |
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| teacher - Jul 17, 2008 07:03:00 PM | Remove Comment |
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| To voter 1, when the people are elected are free thinkers and not just following orders, only then, will they be judged on their own merit. Those three board members constantly vote as a block, go to the meetings and watch for yourself. They do whatever captain Kirk tells them to do period. Therefore, anyone who is associated with him will not get my vote, and that includes his son! |
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| Voter 2 - Jul 17, 2008 06:54:59 PM | Remove Comment |
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