ELECTIONS : Voters in 23 Cities to Go to Polls April 14

More than 150 candidates have filed to put their names on the April 14 ballot for city council, mayor and other offices in 23 San Gabriel Valley cities.

In addition, nine measures have been placed on the ballot in seven cities, including a proposal to establish card clubs in Baldwin Park and a prohibition against auditoriums with more than 1,000 seats in La Verne.

The absence of one or more incumbents in several races caused the filing deadline to be extended to Tuesday in those cities to allow extra filing time for those who would not challenge an incumbent.

In several cases, City Council vacancies left by incumbents attracted large fields. Nine names will be on the ballot in Monterey Park, eight in Covina and Claremont, seven in San Gabriel and six in Azusa with one incumbent in each having decided not to run. At least two seats are in contention in each of those cities. In West Covina, where the vacancy caused by the death of Councilman William Tarozzi will be filled, there are six candidates.

Also, seven candidates entered the City Council race for two seats in Baldwin Park, where incumbent Herschel Keyser filed for reelection the day after 200 of the city’s police officers demanded his resignation over abusive remarks he allegedly made while being arrested for drunk driving. The second seat on the council is that of incumbent Martin Gallegos, who has filed for reelection.

On the other hand, in San Marino, where no incumbents sought reelection, only four candidates are competing for two open seats.

The elected mayors of Azusa, Baldwin Park and Monrovia are facing challenges, but Mayor Jon Harry Blickenstaff in La Verne is unopposed.

Following are the candidates (with age and occupation if provided on their filing papers) and ballot measures in 11 of the cities. The remainder will be published on Thursday.

Arcadia

City Council (2 seats)

James E. Brewer, 64, retired executive

Patrick A. Gibson, 45, engineer

Dennis A. Lojeski, 47, dentist

Robert G. Margett, 62, engineering contractor

Incumbents Charles Gilb and Mary Young both completed the maximum of two terms.

City Clerk

June D. Alford, incumbent

Lisa Kim Tomchuk, 45, business administrator

Azusa

Mayor

Eugene F. Moses, 58, incumbent, businessman

Inez Gutierrez, 56, school board president

City Council (2 seats)

Harry L. Stemrich, 62, incumbent, businessman

Anthony R. Naranjo, 31, incumbent, businessman

Golden C. (Jack) Bean, 48, communications consultant

Susie R. Galletta, 48, businesswoman

Christina Cruz Madrid, 42, lawyer

Yolanda Trejo, computer software applications

City Clerk

Adolph A. Solis, 61, incumbent, unopposed

City Treasurer

Robert E. Talley, 69, incumbent, unopposed

Ballot measure (advisory only)

Shall the City Council be advised to undertake the planning, financing and construction of a youth recreational facility and an adjacent indoor swimming pool at Slauson Park within the City of Azusa?

Baldwin Park

For Mayor

Bette L. Lowes, incumbent

Fidel A. Vargas, 23, business analyst

Bobbie Izell, 65, councilman, retired construction contractor

City Council (2 seats)

Martin (Marty) Gallegos, 35, incumbent, chiropractor

Richard S. Gonzalez, 40, teacher, businessman

Herschel Keyser, 60, incumbent, retired maintenance supervisor

Raul Martinez, 29, Southern California Edison customer service supervisor

Manuel (Manny) Orona, 55, printer

Raul Reyes, 36, IRS employee

Eulogio Roca, printer

City Clerk

Linda L. Gair, incumbent

Janett Zarate, businesswoman

City Treasurer

Ana Montenegro, 61, incumbent, high school teacher

Azucena Zarate, 24, homemaker

Ballot Measures

Measure A: Shall the ordinance which allows a card club in the city of Baldwin Park in which any games permitted by law, such as draw poker, low ball poker and panguingue (pan), are played, be adopted ?

Measure B: Shall the ordinance that imposes a special tax on residential units and commercial/industrial property in the city in order to fund additional police protection services by the Baldwin Park Police Department be adopted?

Bradbury

John H. Richards, District 1 incumbent, unopposed

Audrey Chamberlain, District 4 incumbent, unopposed

District 2

Audrey Hon, incumbent

Mark Flewelling, 36, attorney

Claremont

City Council (2 seats)

Judy Wright, incumbent, businesswoman

Dennis D. Bauman, business owner

Corey Calaycay, college student

Edward V. Carey, retired general manager

Jack D. Mansfield, business owner

Doug McGoon, businessman

Samuel L. Mowbray, scientist and manager

Suzan Smith, community volunteer

Incumbent Bill McCready did not file.

Covina

City Council (3 seats)

Grace J. Burgess (Buchhammer), 27, executive secretary

Gary L. Coffey, incumbent, 45, firefighter

John R. Gwynne, 39, engineer

Hugh S. Jenings, retired stockbroker

John C. King, 30, public affairs manager

Christopher W. Lancaster, incumbent, 33, municipal consultant

Roy Swan, 46, mortgage lender

Robert Biancardi, 29, business owner

Incumbent Tom O’Leary did not file.

City Clerk

Mary Jo Southall, assistant city clerk, unopposed

Ballot Measures

1. Shall the office of city clerk be appointive?

2. Shall the office of city treasurer be appointive?

El Monte

Mayor

Jack Thurston, 56, councilman, businessman

Patricia Wallach, 54, councilwoman, instructional aide

Robert (Mickey) Bojorquez, labor relations representative

Incumbent Don McMillen did not file.

City Council (2 seats)

Tom Millet, 61, retired assistant police chief

Maria Avila, youth program coordinator

Art Platten, 60, businessman

Ernest Gutierrez, 57, school administrator

Doris Frank, 63, businesswoman

George (Willie) Williams, 45, carpenters’ representative

Councilman Dan Morgan did not file.

City Clerk

Kathleen Kaplan, 42, incumbent

Rose Griffith, 29, administrative aide

City Treasurer

Jack Crippen, 68, councilman

Henry (Hank) Velasco, real estate agent

Glendora

City Council (2 seats)

Dale Colby, 54, city planning commissioner, realtor

Larry Glenn, 55, incumbent, businessman

John Gordon, 44, businessman

Lois Shade, 49, administrative secretary

Incumbent David Bodley did not file.

City of Industry

City Council (2 seats)

John Ferrero, 80, mayor, rancher

Dean Winn, 36, incumbent

Irwindale

City Council (2 seats)

Salvador Hernandez, 53, mayor

Julian A. Miranda, 22, college student

Joe F. Tapia, 66, retired city employee

Jacquelyn Breceda

Alfred Herrera, former city manager

Incumbent Richard Chico is not running.

La Puente

City Council (2 seats)

Joe V. Alderete, 64, incumbent, retired school district employee

Charles H. Storing, incumbent, retired business manager

Robert Manderino, 36, purchasing manager

Bernard Acton, accountant

Sally Ann Holguin-Fallon, scholarship administrator