April 29 - May 5, 2010
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MacGillivray Offers Lone Dissent on All Appointments Continued from the First Page gave a standing ovation. “I’m looking forward to working with each one of you, solving the challenges facing our community and moving forward.” Mosca told his fellow council members at Tuesday evening’s overflow crowd. Josh Moran and Nancy Walsh, who were welcomed Also sworn in Tuesday were Josh Moran and Nancy Walsh by most of the audience who proudly took their council seats Tuesday evening. with equal enthusiasm, Photos by Terry Miller were a lso swor n in on Tuesday night. According to Jean Otto, a senior citizen and supporter of Mr. Mosca’s candidacy said that the new city council would be a “breath of fresh air for the city”. Don Watts, who lost his bid for re election and Kurt Zimmerman who decided not to run again, were both honored for their service as council members. Zimmerman spoke eloquently of his accomplishments as did Don Watts who said he was sad to leave the council and quipped that he would need to find something else to man took time to assert that the gavel incido with his time. Both men congratulated dent involving MacGillivray and now Mayor the new council members as they vacated Mosca had been overblown in the local press their seats. The former mayor will stay on and speakeasies. Unlike those who still hold council, now two seats to the left. the incident as an important moment in city’s MacGillivray was also honored for her political arena, whom he admonished, Zimservice and showered with gifts, including merman said both Mosca and MacGillivray a ceremonial gavel from the city, as well as had forgotten about the incident “the minute gifts from council members Watts and Zim- that meeting was over”. Both Watts and Zimmerman. The always eloquent Faye Angus, merman hoped said they hope the city could a staunch supporter of the former mayor, now move on without “rancorous politics”, as presented a bouquet of flowers as her way of Zimmerman put it. saying thank you. One of the speakers during public Thanking those community members comment was Sierra Madre Weekly responsible for the flowers and card, MacGil- Managing Editor John Stephens who livray joked that Hail Hamilton had perhaps read into public record a letter defendforgotten to sign the card. Hamilton’s verbal ing this newspaper’s journalistic integassault on the outgoing mayor during public rity, which had been called into quescomment was not yet forgotten by most of tion by a vociferous faction in the form those in attendance, many of whom chuckled of a letter, addressed to the newspaper, at Mrs. MacGillivray’s comic relief. but never sent. His response followed Although Mr. Zimmerman’s ardent a reading of this letter by De Alcorn, request that council select MacGillivray as husband of former council candidate Mayor Pro Tem was rejected 4-1, Zimmer- Pat Alcorn.
Despite Mrs. Macgillivray’s assertion that he was a man of few words, former Mayor and Council Member Kurt Zimmerman offered a long list of accomplishments during his tenure on the city council.
- Photos by Terry Miller
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