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Six candidates vying for two seats on Arcadia City Council in the April 12 all-mail-in ballot. Current Mayor Gary Kovacic is terming out this year and Councilman Mickey Segal is not seeking re-election. Among those running are three former city councilman-- Peter Amundson, Bob Harbicht, and Sheng Chang. Also running are Burton L. Brink, Paul Van Fleet, April Verlato, an attorney and community activist. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 15, January 28, 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34426
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia City Council elections-2011-2020-April 2016
Amundson, Peter
Brink, Burton
Chang, Sheng
Harbicht, Bob
Van Fleet, Paul
Verlato, April
Item ID
34618AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's election picks up steam. At last Wednesday's candidate forum, Measure A, which could repeal the Utility Users Tax (UUT) and the Saving Arcadia Ballot Initiative (rational development standards on new construction), dominated the questions from the audience at Arcadia Public Library. Includes photos and statements from each candidate.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34492
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 3, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 3, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Arcadia City Council Elections-2016
Amundson, Peter
Brink, Burton
Chang, Sheng
Harbicht, Bob
Van Fleet, Paul
Verlato, April
Item ID
34684AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Six candidates vie for two Arcadia City Council seats. Profile and photo of each candidate.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34451
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2016
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2016
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Amundson, Peter
Arcadia City Council elections--2011-2020--April 2016
Brink, Burton
Chang, Sheng
Harbicht, Bob
Van Fleet, Paul
Verlato, April
Item ID
34643AN
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Newspaper Index
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Anti-mansionization candidates snag seats on Arcadia City Council. Peter Amundson received 4122 votes and April Verlato received 4077 votes to become the two new city council members. Bob Harbicht received the third highest number of votes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34547
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2016
Pages
p. A10
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2016
Pages
p. A10
Subjects
Arcadia City Council elections-2011-2020-April 2016
Amundson, Peter
Brink, Burton
Chang, Sheng
Harbicht, Bob
Van Fleet, Paul
Verlato, April
Item ID
34739AN
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Newspaper Index
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Seven candidates for two seats on Arcadia City Council: Paul Cheng, April Verlato, Bob Harbicht, Peter Amundson, Dr. Sheng Chang, Burton Brink, and Paul Van Fleet.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
December 26, 2015
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
December 26, 2015
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Arcadia City Council elections-2011-2020-April 2016
Amundson, Peter
Brink, Burton
Chang, Sheng
Cheng, Paul
Harbicht, Bob
Van Fleet, Paul
Verlato, April
Item ID
34585AN
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Newspaper Index
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Big issues present in City Council election: Development, Measure A (the repeal the Utility Users Tax-UUT), and public safety.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 2016
Pages
p. A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 2016
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Arcadia City Council Elections-2016
Amundson, Peter
Brink, Burton
Chang, Sheng
Harbicht, Bob
Utility Users Tax (UUT)
Van Fleet, Paul
Verlato, April
Item ID
34692AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia city council election results undecided after city receives 999 more ballots yesterday. The second and final count will be completed on April 21. Tentative results had Peter Amundson and April Verlato in the lead, but Bob Harbicht is trailing not far behind. There were 2 seats to be filled.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 14, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 14, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
City Council Elections-2011-2020-April 2016
Amundson, Peter
Harbicht, Bob
Verlato, April
Item ID
34727AN
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Newspaper Index
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Are April Verlato and Peter Amundson the new City Council? Election totals could change after 1300 more votes are counted. The late and provisional votes will be counted at Arcadia City Hall today.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 21, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 21, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
City Council Elections-2011-2020-April 2016
Amundson, Peter
Verlato, April
Item ID
34735AN
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Newspaper Index
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Peter Amundson and April Verlato sworn in to Arcadia City Council. Outgoing mayor Gary Kovacic honored for 18 years of service.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34550
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 28, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 28, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Arcadia City Council elections-2011-2020-April 2016
Amundson, Peter
Kovacic, Gary
Verlato, April
Item ID
34742AN
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Newspaper Index
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Verlato (photo), Amundson (photo) win in a three-horse race; Measure A gets voted down.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34537
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 14, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 14, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
City Council Elections-2011-2020-April 2016
Amundson, Peter
Measure A aka Utility Users Tax (UUT)
Verlato, April
Item ID
34729AN
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Newspaper Index
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Amundson and Verlato win; tax repeal loses. Semi-official results of City Council Election April 12, 2016.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 16, 2016
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 16, 2016
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
City Council Elections-2011-2020-April 2016
Amundson, Peter
Measure A aka Utility Users Tax (UUT)
Verlato, April
Item ID
34731AN
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Newspaper Index
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Measure A appears to be failing, newcomers likely to join council. Voters on Tuesday shot down Measure A (repeal of Utility Users Tax) and appear to be electing Peter Amundson and April Verlato for Arcadia City Council. Measure A did not pass. 64 percent of votes were cast against the measure, which needed a simple majority to pass. Amundson and Verlato will be sworn in April 26.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 13, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 13, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Amundson, Peter
Arcadia City Council elections-2011-2020-April 2016
Measure A aka Utility Users Tax (UUT)
Verlato, April
Item ID
34717AN
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Newspaper Index
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Peter Amundson selected as mayor and Sho Tay is new mayor pro tem. Mayor Tom Beck had finished up his one year term.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 20, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 20, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Amundson, Peter
Beck, Tom
Chandler, Roger
Tay, Sho
Verlato, April
Item ID
35049AN
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Newspaper Index
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Five running for three Arcadia City Council seats. The five are Tom Beck, a retired Pasadena attorney, Sho Tay, a retired businessman, Roger Chandler, a former Arcadia City Councilman, Paul Van Fleet, an insurance agent, and Burton L. Brink, a sergeant in Los Angeles County Sheriff's Crescenta Valley Station. The completely mail-in ballot election will be on April 8. See hard copy in VF City Council Elections (2014).

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 11, 2014
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 11, 2014
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia City Council Elections (2014)
Beck, Tom
Brink, Burton L.
Chandler, Roger
Tay, Sho
Van Fleet, Paul
Item ID
33967AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council candidate Bob Harbicht gets $26,000 donation from local developer Nevis Capital LLC, owned by Ta-Jen Lee, who routed the money through the California Homeowners Association, a political action committee in Sacrmento.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
City Council Elections-2011-2020-April 2016
California Homeowners Association
Harbicht, Bob
Lee, Ta-Jen
Nevis Capital LLC
Polical action committee (PAC)
Item ID
34694AN
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Newspaper Index
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PAC contributes heavily to Bob Harbicht's campaign coffers: Nevis Capital, LLC named. Developer Jeff Lee says there is discrimination in Arcadia over his Highlands property and potential development.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 24, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 24, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Arcadia City Council elections-2011-2020-April 2016
Arcadia Neighbor Mutual Help Group
Beck, Thomas
California Homeowners Association
Development
Harbicht, Bob
Kovacic, Gary
Lee, Jeff
Mansions
Nevis Capital, LLC
Political action committees (PAC)
Real Estate
Tay, Sho
Verlato, April
Item ID
34707AN
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Newspaper Index
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None of the three Chinese-American candidates received enough votes to win one of the three open seats in Tuesday's Arcadia City Council elections. With the departure of Mayor John Wuo, who was the second Chinese-American to be elected to the council, Arcadia, an ethnically diverse city, is reverting to an all Caucasian council for the first time in 12 years. Many in the Chinese community prefer to relay a concern to someone of their own race and culture "because this person understands what they say, what their concern is based on," former council member Dr. Sheng Chang said. Councilman Roger Chandler, however, believes that the city has enough volunteers, associations and resources to facilitate communication and to aptly handle any issue that could come up.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Amundson, Peter
Arcadia City Council Elections--2010
Asians--Chinese-Americans
Caucasians--whites
Chandler, Roger
Cheng, Paul
Harbicht, Bob
Lee, Jason
Race relations
Segal, Mark "Mickey"
Tay, Sho
Item ID
32164AN
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Newspaper Index
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Measure A seeks to repeal utility users tax in Arcadia, on the April 12 ballot. The utility users tax is a source of revenue expected to generate $7 million for the city this year. Arcadia charges residents 7% for gas, water, and electricity, and 5% for telephone on utility bills. The city estimates each household pays less than $10 per person per month on average. The tax is 12.5% of the city's $54.9 million general fund budget. If repealed, it would mean a 12.5% cut to city services, including cutting 12 police officers, closing a fire department, increasing blight, street sweeping would be reduced from weekly to every other week. Programs for children and seniors would be eliminated and library and museum hours would be reduced significantly. Larry Papp helped author the initiative.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia city budget
City Council Elections--2011-2020--April 2016
Measure A--Utility Users Tax
Papp, Larry
Item ID
34644AN
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Newspaper Index
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Fake news rears its ugly head during Arcadia election. How is negative campaigning affecting voters? There seems to be a struggle between candidate Bob Harbicht (former mayor and city councilman) and April Verlato, and unauthorized lawn signs. Arcadiasbest.com blog has been publishing pointed political opinion articles aimed at defaming Tom Beck.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35115
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 7
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 7
Subjects
Beck, Tom
City Council Elections 2018
Harbicht, Bob
Verlato, April
Item ID
35303AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Six candidates are running for three seats on the Arcadia City Council. They are Bob Harbicht, Paul Cheng, Mickey Segal, Peter Amundson, Jason Lee, and Sho Tay. They each answer the questions, "What should be done to improve the city's fiscal situation?" and "How should the city handle the Caruso mall proposal at Santa Anita (Park)?" The election will be in April.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31913
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2010
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2010
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Amundson, Peter
Cheng, Paul
City Council Elections--2010
Harbicht, Bob
Lee, Jason
Segal, Mickey
Tay, Sho
Item ID
32110AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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