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East Orange v Orange Park Acres v Villa Park v Anaheim Hills v Cowan Heights Crawford Canyon v Silverado/Modjeska Canyon Areas v North Tustin


A Monthly Community Newspaper Est. 1969


Villa Park vote shuns


long-distance donations


The City of Villa Park elected


Bill Nelson and Bob Collacott to serve on the city council and reelected incumbent Diana Fas- cenelli, who will retain her seat on the five-member panel. Nelson and Collacott replace


Brad Reese and Deborah Pauly, who are termed out. The new council will be sworn in at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 9. Mem- bers will elect a mayor and mayor pro tem before the next monthly council meeting, Dec. 16. The Hidden Jewel city council


positions are nonpaying; there are no paid health or retirement benefits. Council members take on governance responsibilities -- reading and studying reports, listening to residents’ concerns, attending monthly meetings, vot- ing on building variances and city issues -- for the satisfaction of serving their community.


Mind their money During campaigns, candidates


may gather donations or spend their own funds for yard signs, mailers, door hangers and adver- tisements. They must file either California Form 470 or 460 to disclose their receipts and ex- penditures pertinent to the cam- paign. Form 470 is used when a candidate declares no intention of receiving or spending $1,000 or more. Two of the six Villa Park city


council candidates, Diana Fas- cenelli and Stephen Miller, filed Form 470. Despite their small war chests and expenditures, Fas- cenelli garnered 946 votes (18.8 percent), while Miller collected 10.5 percent of the votes. For his council campaign, Bill


Nelson (Form 460) ponied up $2,600, received one $500 contri- bution from a local, plus a $5,000 influx from California Real Es- tate Political Action Committee (PAC). He swept the race, with 1,108 votes, at 22.0 percent.


Close to home The majority of Bob Colla-


cott’s 12 campaign contributors were from the Hidden Jewel, namely neighbors on Featherhill who subsidized him with $3,000; Collacott’s primary issue in this campaign was parking on Feath- erhill and Dodson, adjacent to the Cerro Villa sports fields. He took 1,015 votes, a scant 1.9 points be- hind Nelson. Karl Kreutziger self-funded his


campaign to the tune of $1,520, as reported through Oct. 18. Kreut- ziger ran 5.4 points, 273 votes, ahead of challenger Jay Khetani. Jay Khetani’s campaign was


the most extensive, with contribu- tions received from over 50 indi- viduals and businesses, only five


See "Villa Park" continued on page 10


Tuesday, November 11, 2014


NEWS INSIDE Neck and neck


School bond measure is too close to call as vote count closes the yes vs. no gap. See Measure K, page 2


Good as gold


Athena commemorates 50 years of philanthropy, celebrating honored volunteers from decades past. See Athena, page 3


Crowning glory


Photo by Tony Richards


Kim Nichols wins a seat on the Orange City Council with a stunning 7.6 percent lead over her nearest challenger.


Orange race results add new flavor to old favorites


By Tina Richards Reelected Orange Mayor Tita


Smith and Councilman Fred Whi- taker, along with newcomer Kim Nichols, will be sworn into office at a special city council meeting, Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. Smith handily beat opponent


Eugene Fields, who challenged the popular mayor after living in the City of Orange only two months. Voters apparently did not believe that the recent resi- dent had enough governing ex- perience or knowledge of the city to replace the fourth-generation incumbent mayor, former coun- cil member, planning commis- sioner and Orange preservation- ist. Smith was reelected with 81 percent of the vote.


Anyone’s guess While incumbent Fred Whi-


taker’s reelection was expected, the bid for the open seat vacated by termed-out Denis Bilodeau was predicted to be a close call between Nichols, Jon Dumitru


and Ray Grangoff. Instead, Nich- ols came in just two percentage points short of Whitaker and 7.6 points ahead of Dumitru. Gran- goff ran way behind with just 12 percent. Nichols’ rise from a candidate


with virtually no name recogni- tion to the number two finisher speaks to voters’ desire for a change in city government – a city council more responsive to residents and less sympathetic to outside interests. The current council (Mike Alvarez, Mark Murphy, Smith, Whitaker) has al- ready demonstrated a willingness to put citizens’ needs above those of well-financed speculators. By selecting Nichols over Dumitru and Grangoff, voters appeared to be strengthening that focus.


Outside lookin’ in Neither challenger drew strong


support from within the city’s boundaries. Some 55 percent of Grangoff’s reported financial backing came from outside of Or- ange.


And the winner is


Orange Unified School Dis- trict: Trustee Area 4: Kathy Moffat, 19,175 votes, 61.2%; Larry Cohn, 7,703, 24.6%; Brian Harrington, 4,474, 14.3%. Trustee Area 5: Timothy Sur- ridge, 16,705 votes, 53.7%; Flo- rice Hofman, 14,381. 46.3%. Trustee Area 7: Rick Ledesma, 17,997 votes, 57.2%; Tim Perez,


10,017, 31.8%; Steve Rocco, 3,463, 11.0%. Serrano Water District Board of Directors, Division 1: Rich Freschi, 306 votes, 52.0%; Brad Reese, 282, 48.0%. Silverado-Modjeska


Recre-


ation and Park District, Long Term – three seats: Phil McWil- liams, 362 votes, 24.1%; Debo- rah Johnson, 313 votes, 20.8%;


Dumitru accepted campaign


donations from 21 separate building industry consultants, contractors and associations who donated more than half of his receipts. The controversial Sully-Miller developer Milan Capital came in with $750, Mi- lan Chairman Claus Dieckell do- nated $250, Leilani Martin, wife of JMI Partners’ John Martin (Ridgeline, Sully-Miller), kicked in $1,000, and Milan consultants KTGYcontributed $500. Ninety-five percent of Nichols'


financial support came fromCity of Orange contributors. “It has been an exciting cam-


paign,” she said. “The volunteer effort has been extraordinary. It’s wonderful to see people who care deeply for their city and their willingness to participate in order to make a difference. The generosity of community members in the form of time and money is simply amazing. I ap- preciate the faith and trust of all my supporters and those who en- dorsed my campaign.”


Kevin Topp, 308 votes, 20.5%; Greg Bates, 186, 12.4%; Linda Kearns, 181, 12.1%; Ron Shep- ston, 152, 10.1%. Silverado-Modjeska Recre- ation and Park District, Short Term: John Olson, 334 votes, 62.3%; Lisa Collins, 202, 37.7%. Tustin Unified School District -- two seats: Lynn Davis, 9,604 votes, 33.1%; Jonathan Abelove, 8,564 votes, 29.5%; Michael Jones, 4,867, 16.8%; David Yang, 4,448, 15.3%; Elias Teferi, 1,569, 5.4%.


Football fields host pomp and pageantry at Homecoming games. See Queens, page 6


Wild west for the weekend


Silverado country fair recreates canyon heritage with arts and music. See Cowboys, page 12


An unreal deal


Revelers in Villa Park and Old Towne Orange let their alter egos out. See No tricks, page 16


INSIDE


Letters To The Editor Page 7 Soup's On


Canyon Beat Prof. Directory Classifieds Real Estate


Page 8 Page 10 Page 15 Page 15 Page 15


Services Directory Page 13-14 Obituaries Sports


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