Arcadia Police Officer's Association pulls endorsement of city council candidate Sho Tay. Candidate offers free stamps again. See hard copy in VF City Council Elections (2014).
Low voter turnout sends Tom Beck, Roger Chandler and Sho Tay to Arcadia City Council. Just over 20% of the 29,382 registered voters mailed in the ballot. See hard copy in VF City Council Elections 2014.
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).
Arcadia City Council has two new members and a former city councilman has returned, according to semi-official results of the all-mail ballot election. Tom Beck, a retired attorney, and Sho Tay, a retired businessman, are new. Roger Chandler is the returning councilman.
The next Arcadia city council election in April will be an all-mail ballot, that is saving the city thousands of dollars. The five candidates for two seats are Arcadia Mayor Gary Kovacic, John Wuo, Sho Tay, Henry Nunez and Mary Dougherty.
Arcadia residents and ex-mayor Mickey Segal threaten to recall city council members Roger Chandler, John Wuo, and Sho Tay for their decision to suspend a zoning code update last month. The issue involves a lawsuit, Arcadia Highlands Homeowners Association (HOA) and mansions. See hard copy in VF "City Council 2011-2020."
Arcadia City Council urges citizens to help with voter fraud investigation and City Attorney Stephen Dietsch provided direction on the city's efforts to investigate several allegations against Mayor Pro Tempore Sho Tay and Dietsch explained the Ralph M. Brown Act.
Ugly side of politics--a letter naming Arcadia city councilman Sho Tay claims Arcadia property value will fall 30 percent because of the new zoning recommendations that City Council is considering. Sho Tay denies the letter came from him.
1. 2014 Arcadia City Council Candidate Forum presented by Arcadia Association of Realtors and Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, March 6, 2014 at Arcadia Public Library. Color photos of candidates Tom Beck, Burton L. Brink, Roger Chandler, Paul E. Van Fleet, Sho Tay. 2. Decision 2014-Municipal Election i…
1. 2014 Arcadia City Council Candidate Forum presented by Arcadia Association of Realtors and Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, March 6, 2014 at Arcadia Public Library. Color photos of candidates Tom Beck, Burton L. Brink, Roger Chandler, Paul E. Van Fleet, Sho Tay.
2. Decision 2014-Municipal Election in Arcadia-April 8. Candidate statements. Arcadia Weekly, March 6, 2014.
3. Candidate Burton Brink campaign materials.
4. Candidate Tom Beck campaign materials.
5. Candidate Sho Tay campaign materials.
6. Five running for three city council seats. Pasadena Star News, March 11, 2014.
7. Police and City Clerk investigation Arcadia candidate's mail-in election ballot collection effort (Sho Tay). Arcadia Weekly, March 20, 2014.
8. Five great candidates in Arcadia-What's a voter to do? Five candidates running for three open positions on the Arcadia City Council. Each candidate--Thomas Beck, Roger Chandler, Sho Tay, and Paul Van Fleet each got four minutes to speak at Arcadia Chamber of Commerce Government Forum Meeting. Fifth candidate Burton Brink was not available. Mountain Views News, February 15, 2014.
9. Arcadia police probe possible election code violation (Sho Tay). Pasadena Star News, March 27, 2014.
10. City of Arcadia Sample Ballot-General Municipal Election April 8, 2014.
11. Arcadia Police Officer's Association (POA) pulls endorsement of candidate Sho Tay: candidate offers free stamps again. Arcadia Weekly, April 3, 2014.
12. Arcadia to select three new council members from a field of five. Photos and information on each candidate Burton Brink, Paul E. Van Fleet, Roger Chandler, Thomas Patrick Beck, Sho Tay. Mountain Views News, April 5, 2014.
13. Low voter turnout sends Beck, Chandler & Tay to Arcadia Council. Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, April 10, 2014.
14. Beck, Chandler, Tay win election (final official voting results). April 11, 2014 article by Scott Hettrick. Retrieved April 14, 2014 from www.Arcadiasbest.com.
15. Candidate Roger Chandler campaign material (1 mailer).
Lawsuit filed against the City of Arcadia seeking an injunction against Mayor Sho Tay running for re-election on the November 2022 ballot. The City of Arcadia Charter limits City Council to two consecutive terms. He was appointed to City Council in 2018 when he ran unopposed for District 3. The suit challenges whether or not the term limits apply to Mayor Sho Tay, who is running for a third time.
City of Arcadia hosts 45th annual Mayor's Prayer Breakfast. Mayor Sho Tay will deliver the State of the City Address on February 7 at the Arcadia Community Center.
Arcadia Mayor Peter Amundson calls for "cooling off" period after impassioned, intense City Council meeting. Council delays decision to select a mayor for 45 days in light of pending investigations of nominee Sho Tay.
Decision 2018: Arcadia's April election is for three City Council seats, for Districts 2, 3 and 5, for 4-year terms. Candidates are Tom Beck, Roger Chandler, Robert Harbicht, Joyce Platt, Sho Tay, and Jolly Wu.
Arcadia City Council denies consideration for first application in the Friendship Cities Program, proposed by council member Sho Tay for a friendship between Arcadia and Dongfang City, Hainan Province, China. A majority of council members are concerned about the politics in supporting a city in China that is currently embroiled in the South China Seas protests, such as Hong Kong.
Arcadia's Gary Kovacic and John Wuo are the unofficial winners of the two City Council seats in the recent election by mail-in ballot. The final tally will be announced by early next week.
Feasibility study for the provision of outside fire responses services to Sierra Madre commissioned. Arcadia City Council, led by Mayor Sho Tay, approved the study to be conducted to weigh the pros and cons of providing fire suppression services to the City of Sierra Madre.