Half Moon Bay City Council election will be uncontested

There are only two candidates for the two open seats on the Half Moon Bay City Council. The Review is reporting that, except for the incumbents, no challengers have registered to run for the November Half Moon Bay City Council election as of the deadline at 5pm on Friday. The only candidates are incumbents John Muller and Marina Fraser, running for the two open seats they currently occupy.

The filing deadline for all races was Friday, August 10 at 5pm. However, if an incumbent fails to file before the deadline, the deadline is extended by a week until August 17.

Coastside County Water District has one challenger and three incumbents running for three seats:  Mario M. Vazquez (attorney), Ken Coverdell (incumbent), Jim Larimer (incumbent), and Bob Feldman (incumbent). Feldman was appointed to finish the term of John Muller, who was appointed to fill the seat vacated by David Gorn.

The big race this year will probably be the race for the Half Moon Bay and Point Montara Fire Protection Districts. Both districts are in the process of contracting out services to CalFire. This has been opposed by the firefighters and it is likely to be a major issue in the election.

The Half Moon Bay Fire Protection District will be heavily contested, with seven candidates for three seats: John J. Szabo of Half Moon Bay, John Draper (Assistant Harbormaster) of El Granada,
Doug Mackintosh (Local Business Owner) of Half Moon Bay, Jerry C. Donovan (Incumbent) of Half Moon Bay, Ron Taborski (Retired Businessman) of Half Moon Bay, Gregg A. Hosfeldt (Public Works Manager) of Half Moon Bay, and Bert Silva (Incumbent). Because incumbent director Eufusia did not file to run, the deadline for filing has been extended to Friday, Aug 17 because one of the incumbents did not file before the deadline.

There are two candidates for one seat on the Point Montara Fire Protection District board: Vince Williams (Engineer) of Moss Beach, and Christopher R. Cilia. The deadline has been extended to Aug 17.

There are currently five candidates for three open seats on the Midcoast Community Council, and the deadline has been extended to Friday, Aug 17: Leonard D Woren (Software Engineer) of El Granada, Deborah Lardie (CPA/ Businessowner) of Montara, Howard Richard Lieberman (CEO) of Miramar, Bob Ptacek (Business Consultant) of Montara, and Neil Merrilees. Woren is a member of the Granada Sanitary District board and Ptacek is a member of the Montara Water and Sanitary District Board.

For Montara Water and Sanitary District, one challenger and two incumbents are running for two open seats, there will be no extension: Richard Bulan (Businessman), Scott Boyd (Incumbent) of Montara, and Kathryn Slater-Carter (Incumbent) of Montara.

The current candidate list, with contact information [pdf], can be downloaded from the county’s website.