Presidents, councils and papers

Barbara Diamond

Madison Square and Garden Cafe will host a meet and greet from 4 to 8

p.m. Sunday for incumbent City Council candidate Wayne Baglin.

Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Wear casual attire. Enter

through the front door, please.

Baglin was first elected to the council in the 1970s and has

served terms in the 1980s, the 1990s and the 2000s.

Invitations to the event were paid for by Baglin for City Council,

316 Thalia St.

For more information, call (949) 497-5111.

The Laguna Beach Democratic Club will hold a wine tasting to

support presidential candidate John Kerry from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at

Stalker Gardens, 2285 Temple Hills Drive.

Wine professionals will provide the wine and their expertise for

the event. Stalker Gardens Fine Foods will supply the hors d’oeuvres.

An advance donation of $50 is suggested. A donation of $55 is

requested at the door. All donations will be collected at the door.

To make reservations, e-mail BeatBushNow@hotmail.com.

Proceeds will be passed on to MoveOn.org to help defeat George W.

Bush.

Democratic Club faithfuls will also meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the

Laguna Board of Realtors offices, 939 Glenneyre St.

For more information, visit https://www.LagunaBeach

DemocraticClub.com.

PAPER WORK

Jane Egly was the first City Council candidate to file nomination

papers. She turned in the petition July 27.

The petitions must be signed by 20 voters registered in Laguna

Beach.

Incumbent city treasurer candidate Laura Parisi was the first

local candidate to file nomination papers. Parisi is, so far, running

unopposed, as she did in her last campaign four years ago.

Egly also has submitted her recipient campaign statement,

reporting donations totaling $31,021, as of June 30.

City Clerk candidate Martha Anderson was the first to submit a

statement. She also is running unopposed to date.

Egly filed her campaign statement July 8. Incumbents Cheryl

Kinsman and Wayne Baglin both filed on Monday. Statements also have

been filed by the Laguna Beach Taxpayers Assn. Political Action

Committee, a general purpose committee; the Laguna Beach Fireman’s

Assn. Firefighters Public Awareness Group, also a general purpose

committee; and Save Laguna Views, a ballot measure committee.

Campaign statements were due July 3 but candidates were given a

grace period because the deadline fell on the weekend.

* Contributions to ELECTION ’04 NOTEBOOK are welcomed. Write to

Barbara Diamond, P.O. Box 248, Laguna Beach, 92652; hand-deliver to

384 Forest Ave., Suite 22; call (949) 494-4321 or fax (949) 494-8979.