NEWPORT BEACH
Mayor Dennis D. O’Neil is running for a seat on the El Toro Citizens Advisory Commission, a position vacated by airport activist and former Mayor Thomas C. Edwards. So far he is unopposed. The seat represents the county’s 5th Supervisorial District, which includes Newport Beach, Irvine and most of South County. The advisory commission members will be elected by the mayors of the county’s 31 cities at a League of California Cities meeting Jan. 14. The 1st District seat is also open.
O’Neil wants the 5th District post because of the significance the El Toro issue has for Newport Beach residents. “It is in the best interests of our city to reduce the potential of further impacts from John Wayne Airport, to do whatever I can to support and work hard on the El Toro master plan,” he said.
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