Final City Council candidates declare their intentions

Andrew Glazer

NEWPORT-MESA--Mesa Verde activist Karen Robinson filed to be a Costa

Mesa City Council candidate Wednesday, rounding off the final list of

hopefuls.

The city had extended its original Friday deadline after City

Councilman Joe Erickson chose not to run in the Nov. 7 election.

Robinson, an attorney for California State University, was one of the

most outspoken opponents of a planned 69-home tract in Mesa Verde. The

council is scheduled to vote on whether the project fits the neighborhood

Monday.

Patricia M. Beek of Balboa Island filed to run for the Newport Beach

City Council on Wednesday.

She will campaign for a seat in District 5, which is held by Mayor

John Noyes. Noyes chose not to run for a second term, which meant the

filing deadline for candidates also was extended until Wednesday.

Beek is the sister-in-law of environmental activist Allan Beek, who is

a member of the pioneer Balboa Island Beek family.

Other candidates in Costa Mesa: incumbents Elizabeth A. Cowan and

Heather K. Somers, Ronald J. Channels, Michael D. Clifford, Joel Faris,

William Perkins, Rick Rodgers, Thomas L. Sutro and Dan Worthington.

The remaining Newport Beach candidates: incumbent Tom Thomson, Steve

Bromberg, John Heffernan, Dennis P. Lahey, Gary L. Proctor, Steven

Rosansky, Robert Schoonmaker and Robert L. Wynn.