Post by Bill on Dec 7, 2004 9:41:49 GMT -8
Hi Covers, personally I have to say that after her 12 year run as council member and then mayor in Azusa I am glad that we'll have some new leadership coming. The question is - who will run now? Apparently, the deadline to file is Dec. 15th. Only Diane Chagnon has submitted papers thus far.
-Bill
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Azusa mayor won't seek re-election
By Marianne Love , Staff Writer
Mayor Cristina Madrid announced Monday she will not seek re- election in March, ending her 12-year career on the City Council.
Madrid, elected to the council in 1992, and as mayor in 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003, said her full-time position as a field director to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina interferes with her mayoral responsibilities.
She became a county employee in late September.
"I'm tired of overworking and being underpaid. I can't do both jobs, so I've decided to go with the job that pays me the most,' said Madrid, 55.
Madrid is the second Azusa council member to announce retirement.
Her political rival, Councilman Dick Stanford, 67, who often butted heads with Madrid, said last month he would not run for re-election in March.
Councilman Joe Rocha, who is also up for re-election March 8, will run for another term.
Councilwoman Diane Chagnon will run for mayor, which is an elected position. She is the only candidate, so far, who has obtained enough signatures to run for mayor, according to the City Clerk's Office.
The deadline to file is Dec. 15.
Azusa resident Art Morales, who was unsuccessful in two bids for a council seat, said Madrid was irresponsible for waiting until now to make her announcement.
"(We) could have found another person to run in her place,' Morales said.
During Madrid's tenure, she lost a fight to prevent a 1,250- home development in the northeast portion of the city and the council failed to secure state funding for a proposed $16.5- million library,
Council members worked a deal to develop the Sav-On Shopping Center and future projects at Azusa Avenue and Foothill Boulevard and to renovate the deteriorating Foothill Shopping Center at Citrus and Alosta avenues.
Council members also formed a human relations commission to deal with hate crimes. The council also relocated day laborers to the south part of Azusa in an industrial area and erected several monuments to honor Azusa veterans.
Marianne Love can be reached at (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2108, or by e-mail at marianne.love@sgvn.com .
-Bill
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Azusa mayor won't seek re-election
By Marianne Love , Staff Writer
Mayor Cristina Madrid announced Monday she will not seek re- election in March, ending her 12-year career on the City Council.
Madrid, elected to the council in 1992, and as mayor in 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003, said her full-time position as a field director to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina interferes with her mayoral responsibilities.
She became a county employee in late September.
"I'm tired of overworking and being underpaid. I can't do both jobs, so I've decided to go with the job that pays me the most,' said Madrid, 55.
Madrid is the second Azusa council member to announce retirement.
Her political rival, Councilman Dick Stanford, 67, who often butted heads with Madrid, said last month he would not run for re-election in March.
Councilman Joe Rocha, who is also up for re-election March 8, will run for another term.
Councilwoman Diane Chagnon will run for mayor, which is an elected position. She is the only candidate, so far, who has obtained enough signatures to run for mayor, according to the City Clerk's Office.
The deadline to file is Dec. 15.
Azusa resident Art Morales, who was unsuccessful in two bids for a council seat, said Madrid was irresponsible for waiting until now to make her announcement.
"(We) could have found another person to run in her place,' Morales said.
During Madrid's tenure, she lost a fight to prevent a 1,250- home development in the northeast portion of the city and the council failed to secure state funding for a proposed $16.5- million library,
Council members worked a deal to develop the Sav-On Shopping Center and future projects at Azusa Avenue and Foothill Boulevard and to renovate the deteriorating Foothill Shopping Center at Citrus and Alosta avenues.
Council members also formed a human relations commission to deal with hate crimes. The council also relocated day laborers to the south part of Azusa in an industrial area and erected several monuments to honor Azusa veterans.
Marianne Love can be reached at (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2108, or by e-mail at marianne.love@sgvn.com .