Kinsman seeks 3rd term

Mayor Pro Tem Cheryl Kinsman will officially announce her candidacy for reelection to the City Council at a kick-off party to be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday at the Marine Room.

Two City Council seats and the offices of the city clerk and city treasurer will be decided in the Nov. 4 municipal election, to be held in conjunction with the statewide election.

Kinsman is the only announced candidate to date.

“I am supporting Cheryl’s reelection because I think she has done a good job for the past 7 ½ years,” said Councilman Kelly Boyd, who is hosting the kick-off with his wife, Michelle. “Her experience on the Planning Commission is an asset.”

The kick-off includes hors d’oeuvres and a no-host bar.

A donation of $49 is asked. The donation will be included in the $360 maximum contribution to a candidate allowed by municipal law.

Checks should be made payable to Friends of Cheryl Kinsman. The campaign identification number is 1307457.

The host committee for the kick-off includes former Mayors Steven Dicterow, Wayne Peterson and Kathleen Blackburn; sitting council member Elizabeth Pearson, also a former mayor; past Chamber of Commerce President Dave Sanford and the current President Jeff Redecker’ School Board President El Hathaway and board member Ketta Brown; Planning Commissioners Norm Grossman and Anne Johnson; Tivoli Terrace owner June Neptune and partner Bobby Fader; former Design Review Board member Steve Kawaratani:, Friends of the Laguna Beach Library and Laguna Beach Taxpayers Association President Martha Lydic; community activist Sande St. John; Community Concert Band founder Carol Reynolds; artist Dennis Junka and Arts Commissioner Terry Smith.

Campaign volunteers and property owners who will permit elections signs to be posted on their lots are sought.

Kinsman also invites residents and business owners’ comments, which may be posted on website www.LoveLagunaBeach.com or e-mailed to Cheryl@LoveLagunaBeach.com.

BARBARA DIAMOND can be reached at (949) 494-4321 or coastlinepilot@latimes.com.