When filing closed for three seats on the City Council, nine candidates remained in the running. Johnson, Worsley and Speirs are likely to draw support from the Tax Reform Committee that helped elect Haltom and Dring. Another group will try to re-elect Pelegrino and elect Hannah and Lojeski. Also running are Chivetta, Hofer and Brockus.
Roy Speirs and Steve Worsley are running as a team in the upcoming election. Their publicly stated purpose is to form a coalition with Haltom and Dring to bring about tax reforms. Their initial goal will be to further reduce the utility tax, eliminate the sewer tax, reduce the number of employees and control salaries.
Dave Hannah decided to run for election to the Arcadia City Council instead of running for re-election to the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees where he earned a reputation for frugality.
Don Pellegrino, incumbent on the ballot for City Council, has definitive opinions, listed in this article, on the election issues: the budget, race track admission, utility tax, etc.
Because a 2-2 vote on regulations for video games appeared inevitable, Mayor pro tem Dennis Lojeski at the last Arcadia City Council meeting requested that the matter be held over until the next meeting when Mayor Don Pellegrino will be present.
David H. Hannah, Arcadia resident for 27 years, has announced he will be a candidate for City Council at the April election. Biographical notes and photo included.
Dr. Dennis Lojeski, a candidate for City Council for the second time, states his concerns for the financial future of the city, including the issue of reserve funds.
Arcadia Councilman Don Pellegrino has been cleared of charges filed more than two years ago that he had violated the Political Reform Act because of alleged conflicts of interest.
Arcadia will no longer permit wood roofs for new construction and replacement throughout the city. The City Council has restricted all new roofing to Class A. Final vote was 3-2, with Councilmen David Hannah and Dick Haltom against the ban on wood roofs and Mayor Don Pellegrino joining Councilman Jeff Dring and Mayor Pro Tem Dennis Lojeski on the winning side.
Ten men filed to run for election to the Arcadia City Council: Andrew Bard, Jon Bon Eske, William Carpenter, Roger Chandler, Charles Chivetta, William Gahr, Robert Harbicht, Dennis Lojeski, Lewis "Pete" May and James Neumeister. Councilman David Hannah did not file. He said earlier he would not seek re-election.
City Councilman Jeffrey Dring and other unidentified citizens have been questioning whether Mayor Don Pellegrino may be violating state conflict-of-interest laws by voting on a redevelopment project near his property. City Attorney Charles Liberto has said there is no conflict.
Charles Chivetta, who has run for a seat on City Council three times before, considers the insurgence of crime the most important issue facing the council.
Councilmen Jeff Dring and Dick Haltom sent letter to state Fair Political Practices Commission charging Mayor Don Pellegrino with a $307,500 conflict of interest.
Mary Young was installed as the new mayor of Arcadia, while Charles Gilb was named mayor pro-tem. Donald Pellegrino and David Hannah stepped down from the council to be replaced by Roger Chandler and Robert Harbicht.
City Councilman Jeff Dring again raises question of conflict of interest on property previously owned by Mayor Don Pellegrino and purchased by one of partners of Cornerstone/RPI Development Co.
Arcadia Mayor Donald Pellegrino and two other Arcadia residents have been ordered by an Ohio judge to stop using for one year trade secrets that were "unlawfully taken" from a competing firm. The ruling was made in connection with Arcadia-based Western Pacific Technology.
Sacramento staff of the Fair Political Practices Commission currently evaluating charges filed by Arcadia Councilmen Jeff Dring and Dick Haltom that Mayor Don Pellegrino's voting record shows a conflict of interest.