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Ojai City Council Candidates 2008

We will be providing coverage of the 2008 Ojai City Council elections here. Check back for new information, such as candidate bios, position papers, appearances and more. Candidates will be listed alphabetically.

Betsy Clapp
Status: Candidate, Qualified, 08/01/08
Occupation: small business owner
Website: Betsy4Council.net
Candidate Statement

Suza Francina
Status: Candidate, Qualified, 08/08/08
Occupation: Teacher/Author
Website: SuzaforOjai.com
Candidate Statement

Rae Hanstad
Status: Incumbent, Qualified, 07/22/08
Occupation: Coordinator for Ventura County Methamphetamine Task Force
Website: ReElectRae.com
Candidate Statement

Mary Sue Horgan
Status: Incumbent, Qualified, 07/22/08
Occupation:
Candidate Statement

Michael Lenehan
Status: Candidate, Qualified
Occupation: Coach, Investigator, Army Reserve Officer
Candidate Statement

Candidate Forums

October 9, 7:15am - Ojai Valley Chamber of Commerce at Soule Park Golf Course

October 17, 7pm - League of Women Voters - City Hall

October 20, 6:30 to 8:30pm - Ojai Valley News/Ojai Chamber/Ojai Valley Board of REALTORS - Chaparral Auditorium

October 24, noon - Rotary Club of Ojai - Soule Park Golf Course

October 27, 7pm - Ojai Valley Green Coalition/The Ojai Post

Articles of Interest

Candidate Forum tonight (October 20, 2008) - Tyler Suchman
Tonight at 6:30pm is the Chamber/OVN candidate forum at Chaparral Auditorium. My guess is it will be a little tamer than 2006...

City Council Supports Parcel Tax to Save Schools (September 24, 2008) - evan austin
At last night's record-makingly-short City Council meeting, the five councilmembers unanimously adopted a resolution in support of Measure P, a parcel tax for the November 4 ballot. As explained by school board president Steve Fields, the measure will add $89 per year to property taxes for seven years, with an exemption for property owners over the age of 65.

Ojai City Council Debate announced (September 2, 2008) - Tyler Suchman
The Ojai City Council Candidate Debate, put on by the Ojai Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Ojai Valley News, will be held Oct. 20, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Chaparral Auditorium. Hold your absentee ballots until after you've had a chance to attend!

Ojai City Council - Candidate Statements (August 14, 2008) - Tyler Suchman
I've requested Candidate Statements from all five of the qualified Ojai City Council candidates. Ms. Francina is first in. You'll be able to read them on our Ojai City Council resource page. Consider this an open City Council thread...

Pat McPherson not running for Ojai City Council (August 6, 2008) - Tyler Suchman
Pat McPherson, a resident of Ojai for 21 years and co-founder of an international engineering and manufacturing company located in Carpinteria, California has announced today he will not run for Ojai City council after pulling papers on July 23, 2008.

Ojai City Council - 2008 Elections (July 22, 2008) - Tyler Suchman
I've started a new resource page for the upcoming city elections. I'll be adding information and maintaining it as a community resource. Let us know if you have suggestions, observations, etc. It will be accessible via a link under "Resource Pages" in the upper right of the site.

Garrett Clifford
Status: Withdrawn, 07/24/08

Dennis Leary
Status: Withdrawn, 08/06/08

Pat McPherson
Status: Withdrawn, 08/06/08