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Marina mayor Delgado seeks second term; Commissioner Burnett eyes council
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Bruce Delgado didn't wait until the last minute.
On Monday, the first day candidates could file for Marina city elections in November, Delgado said he will seek a second two-year term as mayor.
Marina Mayor Bruce Delgado announces plans to run for re-election.
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Two score supporters, including County Supervisor Jane Parker, MPUSD board member Dianne Creasey and sheriff candidate Scott Miller, turned out to see Bruce Delgado announce that contentious local politics won't keep him from seeking another two-year term as mayor of Marina.
Squid Fry: Hole in the Head...
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Squid has grown accustomed to the rantings of former Marina mayor Gary Wilmot, but even Squid was blown away, as it were, by Wilmot’s remarks at the June 8 council meeting.
Projects lining up for military outpost revival
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The city with the most developable land on the Monterey Peninsula, it’s daunting to keep track of all of Marina’s potential projects. Here’s a short list of proposals in the pipeline.
Bruce Delgado is Marina’s unlikely fiscal conservative, while opponents want to raise taxes – and put off an Otter invasion.
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After hearing each Marina department head say martial law will ensue if they take an 18 percent cut, Mayor Bruce Delgado fervently rattles off possible excesses in the city’s budget: nearly $400,000 for the human resources department, $60,000 paid to a school consultant,
Marina Mayor's Mouthpiece
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Marina’s Gary Wilmot is running for mayor. He’s also running a free
newspaper– in which the content sometimes blurs the line between
community newsletter and campaign propaganda.
Vocal Minority - Former councilman tries to upset the Marina political establishment – again.
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A few months ago Bruce Delgado cut up and trashed his campaign signs from 2004– when he narrowly lost the Marina mayoral race to Ila Mettee-McCutchon. Since then, the environmentalist has been absent from city politics.
“I had no intention of getting back into politics this time around,” he says.
Delgado's Back
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Bruce Delgado is running for Marina’s mayoral post. Delgado, a former councilman who narrowly lost to former mayor Ila Mettee-McCutchon in 2004, will challenge current Marina Mayor Gary Wilmot. Also fighting to keep their appointed seats are Nancy Amadeo and Jim Ford, who will take on council hopefuls David Burnett, Michael Derr, Peter Le and Frank O’Connell. Two weeks ago we reported how the fledgling Marina Democratic Club was fielding candidates for local races.