Flood fee critic may run for Town CouncilRichard HalsteadMarin Independent Journal Article Launched:08/04/2007 10:22:33 PM PDT Ford Greene, the San Anselmo lawyer who has led a revolt against a new flood fee affecting Ross Valley property owners, may seek a seat on the San Anselmo Town Council in November. Greene, who is traveling and could not be reached for comment, is one of three people who have taken out papers for a council seat in San Anselmo. None have filed yet. Greene fell 300 votes short of winning a seat on the council in November 2005. Then he was passed over by the council in September 2006 when Ian Roth, the candidate that edged him out, resigned. The council instead appointed Judy House. Greene has threatened to sue to challenge the legitimacy of the June mail-in election that authorized the flood fee. He paid for a partial recount that revealed the measure would have failed by 147 votes if unsigned ballots were counted. The terms of incumbents Barbara Thornton and Wayne Cooper are expiring. Ted Wight, a retired San Anselmo police captain, has taken out papers. Thornton has also taken out papers and says she will run. Thornton, who believes the flood fee election was handled correctly and should stand, said Greene may be using the issue to bolster his effort to get elected to the council. "Flood control is a very important issue, but there are a lot of other important issues in San Anselmo," Thornton said. "I don't want that to block discussion of the many other things that are important to our town." The are some 125 local government seats up for grabs in November. That includes seats on seven other Marin city councils and 40 school and special services districts. School trustee seats up for grabs include seats on the College of Marin board, San Rafael Board of Education, Novato school board and Tamalpais High School District board. Deadline for filing is Aug. 10 in races where incumbents file for re-election - and Aug. 15 if no incumbent files. Agency filing update Marin agencies with incumbents whose terms expire in November are: City councils - San Rafael: The terms of Paul Cohen and Gary Phillips are expiring - as well as that of Mayor Al Boro. Boro and Rocky Pierson have taken out papers for mayor. Damon Connolly, Greg Brockbank, Robert Marcucci and Katerina Venetis have taken out papers. - Novato: The terms of Jeanne MacLeamy, Carole Dillon-Knutson and Ernie Gray are expiring. MacLeamy, Anan Paterson and Donald Ricco Jr. have filed. Three others have taken out papers: Dillon-Knutson, Madeline Kelner and Eleanor Sluis. - Mill Valley: The terms of Anne Solem, Christopher Raker and Dick Swanson are expiring. George Gordon and Ken Wachtel have filed. Maureen Parton, Stephanie Moulton Peters, Garry Lion, Matthew Clark and Larry Anderson have taken out papers. - Fairfax: The terms of Larry Bragman and Lew Tremaine are expiring. Bragman and William Madsen have taken out papers. - Tiburon: The terms of Jeff Slavitz and Paul Smith are expiring. Slavitz has filed. Dick Collins has taken out papers. - Larkspur: The terms of Kathy Hartzell and Larry Chu are expiring. Hartzell and Chu have filed. - Corte Madera: The terms of Melissa Gill and Jin Yang are expiring. Bob Ravasio has filed. Mark Reston has taken out papers. City clerks - Fairfax: The term of incumbent Judith Anderson is expiring. - San Anselmo: The term of incumbent Barbara Chambers is expiring. Chambers filed. - San Rafael: The term of incumbent Jeanne Leoncini, who serves as clerk and assessor, is expiring. Treasurers - San Anselmo: The term of Roberta Robinson is expiring. - Fairfax: The term of Edward Kelly is expiring. City attorneys - San Rafael: The term of Gary Ragghianti is expiring. Robert Epstein has filed. School districts - College of Marin board: Terms of Carole Hayashino, Harry Moore, Philip Jack Kranenburg and Eva Long are expiring. Hayashino, Moore and Peter Romanowsky filed. - Marin County Board of Education: The terms of Patricia Warren, Terrel Mason, Byron Mauzy and Clarette Wilson are expiring. Wilson, Warren and Frank Elliott filed. - Novato Unified School District board: The terms of Aaron Brown, Deborah Butler, Cindi Clinton and Ross Millerick are expiring. Butler filed. - Shoreline Unified School District board: The terms of James Lino, Timothy Furlong, Kerry Weir and Spirito Ballatore are expiring. Furlong and Scott McMorrow filed. - San Rafael Board of Education: The terms of Jenny Callaway, Linda Jackson and Greg Knell are expiring. - Tamalpais Union High School District: Terms of Bob Walter and Jill Sampson are expiring. Walter and Cindy McCauley filed. - Dixie School District board: Terms of Andrew Hyman and Damon Connolly are expiring. - Kentfield School District board: Terms of Robert Goldman and Anna Pilloton are expiring. - Laguna Joint School District board: The term of Keith Soreng is expiring. - Lagunitas School District board: The terms of Denise Bohman and Richard Sloan are ending. The short-term seat of Stephen Rebscher is ending. - Larkspur School District board: The terms of Kevin Mangan and Michael Futterman are ending. Sheri Mowbray filed. - Lincoln School District board: The term of Cheri Katen is ending. - Mill Valley School District board: The terms of Laura Murphy and Monib Khademi are ending. - Nicasio School District board: The term of Antonia Van Becker is ending. Christopher Mothersill filed. - Reed Union School District board: The terms of Daniel Jackson and Lisa Barry-Mathews are ending. Both filed. - Ross School District board: The terms of Elizabeth Robbins and Julie Milan are ending. Robbins filed. - Ross Valley School District board: The terms of Sharon Sagar, Lori Lopin and Conn Hickey are ending. - Union Joint School District board: The term of Mark Pomi is ending, and he filed. Services districts - Bel Marin Keys Community Services District board: The terms of John Crawford, Angele Khachadour and Robert Foley are ending. - Marin City Community Services District board: Terms of Miranda Kolbe and Derek Morgan are ending. The short-term seat of Kimberly-Ann Glanville is ending. - Marinwood Community Services District board: Terms of Walter Dods, Tarey Read and William Hansell are ending. - Muir Beach Community Services District board: Terms of Maury Ostroff and Steven Shaffer are ending. Both filed. The short-term seat of Robert Jacobs is ending. - Tamalpais Community Services District board: The terms of Steffen Bartschat, Linda Johnson and Sandra Kirby-Glading are ending. - Tomales Community Services District board: The terms of William Tucker and Margaret Graham are ending. The short-term seat of Kathryn Marando is ending. Fire districts - Kentfield Fire Protection District board: The term of Michael Murray is ending, and another vacant seat is open. Bruce Corbet and Robert Guidi filed. - Novato Fire Protection District board: The terms of Steve Metcho, L.J. Silverman and Mark Horick are ending. - Sleepy Hollow Fire Protection District board: The terms of Frank Berto and Thomas Finn are ending. Berto filed. - Stinson Beach Fire Protection District board: The terms of Christopher Harrington, Philip O'Brien and John Washington are ending. - Southern Marin Fire Protection District board: The terms of Ronald Barney, Curry Eckelhoff and Douglas Wriston are ending. Barney filed. - Tiburon Fire Protection District board: The terms of Fred Hannahs and Robert Miller are ending. Hannahs filed. Utility districts - Bolinas Community Public Utility District board: The terms of Victor Amoroso and Donald Smith are ending. Amoroso and Smith filed. - Inverness Public Utility District board: The terms of Laura Alderdice, Mark Kriss and Michael McEneany are ending. Alderdice and Kriss filed. The short-term seat of Kenneth Emanuels is ending, and he filed. Sanitary districts - Tiburon Sanitary District No. 5 board: The terms of Fred Hannahs, Kenneth Marks and Peter Berg are ending. Hannahs filed. - Alto Sanitary District board: The terms of Tania Kennedy, Joyce Miles and Pedro Femenia are ending. Kennedy filed. - Homestead Valley Sanitary District board: The terms of Einar Asbo, Robert Westbrook and Scott Noble are ending. Noble filed. - Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District board: The terms of Douglas Colbert and Craig Murray are ending. - Novato Sanitary District board: The terms of George Quesada and James Fritz are ending. Quesada, Fritz and E.A. "Sam" Renati filed. - Richardson Bay Sanitary District board: The terms of Virginia Brunini and Forrest Morphew are ending. - Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District board: The terms Donald Beers and Norman Wohlschlaeger are ending. Wohlschlaeger filed. Water district - North Marin Water District board: The terms of Stephen Petterle, John Baker and Dennis Rodoni are ending. Contact Richard Halstead via e-mail at rhalstead@marinij.com |