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Gary Kovacic is Arcadia's mayor for the third time. His first term was in 1998-1999 and his second term was in 2000-2001. In this, his third term, he is one of four out of the five Arcadia city council members rotating into the mayor's position during the 2003 Arcadia Centennial. The article includes biographical information.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31747
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 24, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 24, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 2003
Kovacic, Gary - biography
Mayors
Item ID
31944AN
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Newspaper Index
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Two incumbents, Sheng Chang and Mickey Segal, are seeking additional terms on the City Council. Businessman Sho Tay and former two-time Councilman Roger Chandler are hoping to unseat them.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 17, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 17, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
City Council Election 2004
Chang, Sheng
Chandler, Roger
Segal, Mickey
Tay, Sho
Item ID
27580AN
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Newspaper Index
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Mickey Segal and Roger Chandler won the election for the two city council seats, beating out Sho Tay and Dr. Sheng Chang.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 14, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 14, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
City Council Elections -- 2004
Segal, Mickey
Chandler, Roger
Item ID
28203AN
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Newspaper Index
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Council member Gino Roncelli is unable to vote on race track decisions due to a conflict of interest. Some rival candidates for council question whether he should run for re-election.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2000
Pages
p. 1 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2000
Pages
p. 1 w/photo
Subjects
City Council, Elections - 2000
Roncelli, Gino
Item ID
18855AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Joe Borland, a physical therapy business owner in Arcadia, will not be running for City Council, even though he took out nomination papers and gathered more than enough signatures of residents. He changed his mind about running when he learned he might have to pay up to $2000 to have his ballot statement translated into Chinese and Spanish. He has issues with the erosion of English as the sole language of public affairs.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Borland, Joe
City council elections - 2001-2010
Candidates
Item ID
30065AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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For the first time, the majority of the candidates in this April's City Council elections are Chinese immigrants. Seven candidates are vying for the three open seats. The candidates are Mayor John Wuo, Sheng Chang, Sho Tay, Shao Hua Wen, Peter Amundson, Bob Harbicht, and Pamela Blackwood.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
City council elections - 2001-2010
Asians
Immigrants
Chinese
Candidates
Item ID
30052AN
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Newspaper Index
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Charles Cooper continues his Arcadia city centennial series "Memories of Arcadia" with a story about Arcadia's mayors. A. N. Multer was the first person to be given the title of mayor of Arcadia. City founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin was the city's first presiding officer, but he held the title of president of the Board of Trustees. The title of mayor was not adopted until 1927, when the Board of Trustees changed to the City Council. Arcadia will have 4 mayors this year to mark the city's centennial. Each city council member will rotate into the position. More interesting facts: Floretta Lauber was the first woman to serve as mayor. She paved the way for Mary Young, Barbara Kuhn, and Gail Marshall to follow. Other history of mayors is recapped. The first city manager was William J. Richards in 1951, when a charter was adopted. The longest serving city official was City Clerk Christine Van Mannen, who held the job for 32 years. See hard copy in VF Arcadia (City) History.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Alford, June
Arcadia mayors
Bottema, John
Busse, Earl
Butterworth, Ed
Chandler, Roger
City council history
Cooper, Charles
Cozad, Lyman
Fasching, George
Gilb, Charles
Kelly, Bill
Krebs, Richard, Jr.
Kuhn, Barbara
Lauber, Floretta
Link, Harry
Margett, Bob
Marshall, Gail
Multer, A. N.
Richards, William J.
Van Mannen, Christine
Young, Mary
Item ID
32670AN
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Newspaper Index
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Five candidates are running for Arcadia City Council on the April 9 ballot. They are Roger Chandler, Robert Harbicht, Gary Kovacic, Gail Marshall, and John Wuo. Biographies given.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Arcadia City Council elections--2002
Chandler, Roger
Harbicht, Robert
Kovacic, Gary
Marshall, Gail
Wuo, John
Item ID
33628AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council commissioned Joe Wertheimer to create a pair of relief murals to be installed on freeway sound walls within the city limits.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 3, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 3, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Sound Walls
Wertheimer, Joe
Murals
Item ID
25444AN
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Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert O'Brien ordered changes to a statement signed by Mayor Roger Chandler and members of the City Council after two residents, with the backing of the initiative's corporate sponsor, filed suit over factual inaccuracies. This will affect the wording of Measure N on the next ballot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30198
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Ballot iniatives
Elections
Measure N
The Shops at Santa Anita
Item ID
30385AN
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Newspaper Index
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Westfield, Santa Anita Shoppingtown, and Santa Anita Fashion Park, are the three plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the City of Arcadia, the City Council, and developer Rick Caruso, aimed at stopping the new mall The Shops at Santa Anita. Plaintiffs allege the environmental study done was flawed. Assistant City Manager Don Penman said the study was the most thorough one he had ever seen.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Caruso, Rick
Caruso Affiliated
Lawsuits
Malls
Mall war
Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Item ID
30734AN
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Newspaper Index
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Alhambra city mayor Mark Paulson weighs in on Arcadia ballot Measure P, regarding parking at the proposed Shops at Santa Anita mall. Arcadia City Hall feels he has crossed a line.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2006
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2006
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Alhambra, California
Ballot measures
Elections - local - 2006
Ethics
Measure P
Politics
Item ID
30454AN
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Newspaper Index
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Newly chosen mayor Robert Harbicht outlines his goals for the city. The single accomplishment he most hopes to achieve during his term is completing designs, finding funding, and going out to bid on a contract to build a new City Hall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30977
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 17, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 17, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
City Council - 2001-2010
Harbicht, Robert
Mayors
Item ID
31172AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Cty Council Members accept the resolution for the Gold line to run through Arcadia, but oppose the tracks running at streel level through the city.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 26, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 26, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Gold Line, Public Transportation
Item ID
23796AN
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Newspaper Index
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Dr. Sheng Chang has been elected mayor of Arcadia. He is the first Asian-American mayor of Arcadia. In 1994, he was the first Chinese-American Arcadia City Council member.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31226
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Asian-Americans
Chang, Dr. Sheng
Chinese-Americans
Mayors
Item ID
31421AN
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Newspaper Index
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Frank Kurtz fatally ran over his wife Rose in the driveway of their Arcadia home when he accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Kurtz, Frank
Kurtz, Rose
Item ID
24162AN
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Newspaper Index
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Major issues and biographical information are given for each of the seven candidates running for two seats on the Arcadia City Council.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 10, 2000
Pages
p. 20
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 10, 2000
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
City Council Elections - 2000
Item ID
27623AN
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Newspaper Index
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Gary Kovacic and Roger Chandler have won seats in the City Council. Jim Barrows ran unopposed for City Clerk and won.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30974
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Barrows, Jim
Chandler, Roger
City Council elections - 2008
Kovacic, Gary
Young, George Leung-Chu
Item ID
31169AN
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Newspaper Index
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Dr. Sheng Chang has completed his three month term as mayor of Arcadia. For this centennial year, the position of mayor is a under rotation plan approved by the city council. Gary Kovacic will now be mayor for the next three months. Dr. Sheng Chang was honored as Arcadia's first Chinese-American mayor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31744
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 17, 2003
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p. 1, 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 2003
Chang, Dr. Sheng
Chinese-Americans
Mayors
Item ID
31941AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Councilman Gary Kovacic will take over as mayor at the next City Council Meeting. He will serve through October 21 and then the position will rotate to John Wuo (October 21-January 4), Mickey Segal (January 4-April 20). Gail Marshall was mayor through April 15 of this year. All council members are rotating to the position of mayor during the city's centennial.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31623
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 10, 2003
Pages
p. 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 10, 2003
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Arcadia centennial
City council members
Mayors
Item ID
31820AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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