Cities: Council Candidates and Where They Stand on O.C. Issues

Issues: Anti-airport; supports preservation of open space

La Habra

(Two seats)

Rose Espinoza

Age: 46

Occupation: Electrical/mechanical computer-assisted drafting designer

Issues: Revitalizing La Habra Boulevard by working closely with the businesses; continuing to reduce crime in the neighborhoods

Jephthah Holley

Age: 21

Occupation: Bank teller

Issues: Redeveloping La Habra Boulevard; lowering the 6% utility tax

Lynton Hurdle

Age: 42

Occupation: Business owner

Issues: Improving public safety by keeping adult businesses out of the city; maintaining standards in economic development by limiting business growth

Merciline La Porte

Age: Older than 65

Occupation: Homemaker

Issues: Repealing the utility tax; leaving redevelopment up to individual business owners, such as those on La Habra Boulevard

Dorothy Rush

Age: 64

Occupation: Mayor, homemaker

Issues: Continuing city's redevelopment and economic development; maintaining a 'people-friendly' City Council

G. Steve Simonian

Age: 53

Occupation: Retired Montebello police chief, incumbent

Issues: Revitalizing La Habra Boulevard; continuing to recruit 'quality' businesses

La Palma

(Two seats)

Lauree E. Aragona

Age: 52

Occupation: Retired quality and risk manager in health care industry

Issues: Improve La Palma's image by doing more to maintain streets and infrastructure; keep police and fire services a high priority in budget

Kenneth A. Blake

Age: 51

Occupation: Controller for construction equipment rental company; incumbent

Issues: Maintain police and fire protection; attract more business to city to help maintain city services

Sharon Gutjahr

Age: 52

Occupation: Secretary, Kennedy High School

Issues: Maintain police and fire services; improve code enforcement to keep property values high

Garrett Scott Wada

Age: 34

Occupation: Eye doctor

Issues: Maintain level of police services; wants better code enforcement on dilapidated houses

Laguna Beach

(Three seats)

Wayne Baglin

Age: 55

Occupation: Incumbent

Issues: Improve water quality and stop all sewage spills by continuing improvements to city sewer system; continue support and oversight of county improvements to Laguna Canyon Road

David Connell

Age: 70

Occupation: Retired aerospace consultant

Issues: City should be more efficient and less intrusive, rolling back restrictions on businesses and property owners; city should be more concerned about effects of overgrown vegetation on views and potential safety hazards from fire and falling limbs

Steve Dicterow

Age: 43

Occupation: Incumbent

Issues: Continue improvements made to city's infrastructure and fire and police coverage; engage public in creating a comprehensive vision plan for city's long-term future

Paul Freeman

Age: 44

Occupation: Incumbent

Issues: Continue city's efforts against proposed commercial effort at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station; maintain quality of life for residents by increasing conveniences for them and reducing congestion from tourists

Toni Iseman

Age: 53

Occupation: Teacher and counselor, Orange Coast College

Issues: Fight proposed El Toro airport and create regional plan to do so; improve water quality and force inland developers to pay for toxic runoff that pollutes Laguna Beach

Laguna Niguel

(Two seats)

Joe Brown

Age: 71

Occupation: Anti-airport activist

Issues: Opposes airport at El Toro; favors developing a long-term plan to reduce crime

Greg Cox

Age: 50

Occupation: Small-business owner

Issues: Develop a city charter; add unlighted, youth sports fields

Cathryn DeYoung

Age: 42

Occupation: Planning commissioner

Issues: Opposes El Toro airport; add youth sports fields

Vito Ferlauto

Age: 58

Occupation: Retired captain, Orange County Sheriff's Department

Issues: Opposes El Toro airport; improve police services

Carl Gelbart

Age: 41

Occupation: Information technology professional

Issues: Opposes El Toro airport; stimulate economic growth for redevelopment along freeway

Leni Gillis

Age: Declined to state

Occupation: Business communications professor emeritus

Issues: Opposes El Toro airport; preservation of open space

Eddie Rose

Age: 60

Occupation: Imcumbent

Issues: Opposes El Toro airport; preservation of remaining open space

Ira Schaffer

Age: 40

Occupation: Computer education teacher

Issues: Opposes El Toro airport; supports reasonable expansion of parks and youth sports fields

Lake Forest

(Three seats)

David L. Carter

Age: 50

Occupation: Systems consultant

Issues: Opposes an airport at El Toro; opposes expansion of Musick jail

Richard T. Dixon

Age: 50

Occupation: Businessman, incumbent

Issues: Opposes an airport at El Toro; opposes jail expansion at Musick

Peter Herzog

Age: 43

Occupation: Attorney, incumbent

Issues: Opposes an airport at El Toro; opposes jail expansion at Musick

Kathryn McCullough

Age: 55

Occupation: Executive director of nonprofit organization, incumbent

Issues: Opposes an airport at El Toro; opposes jail expansion at Musick

Los Alamitos

(Three seats)

Arthur DeBolt

Age: 50

Occupation: Real estate broker