INSIDE SCOOP

-- Compiled by Daily Pilot staff

Ah... it’s that time of the year again. The air is getting warmer, the

days are getting longer and the crop of Costa Mesa City Council

candidates is in full bloom.

The harvest of potential leaders is evident at City Council meetings,

as candidates like former Councilwoman Heather Somers and political

newcomer Allan Mansoor make it their twice-monthly mission to scrutinize

the council’s actions.

Mansoor and Somers rake through the council meeting agendas and

proudly call attention to issues they feel are being overlooked.

At the last meeting, Somers highlighted three separate issues

including landscape contracts and police radios. Not to be outdone,

Mansoor also made sure his opinions on the matters were heard.

The two early bloomers are already basking in the spotlight -- the

type of light these crops need to flourish -- in hopes their popularity

will grow. With a handful of other probable candidates, residents will no

doubt yield much more of what the produce candidate field has to offer.