Summary
SAN BERNARDINO - The 5th Ward is the most crowded city council race - with an incumbent and three challengers - and one of the most interesting.
Incumbent Chas Kelley, a conservative who bedecks his council office with pictures of President Ronald Reagan, could scarcely be more different than challenger Carolyn Tillman, a progressive liberal whose motto is "Why not?"See the full content of this document
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5th Ward Candidates
Rick Avila, another challenger, is a native son whose personality and wide network of friends and family could take votes from Kelley - even enough to win.
Challenger Randy Lee, a bar owner, is a former Marine who says he has wanted to be a public servant since surviving a gunshot wound in 2003.No race has more candidates or money, and no ward has grown more robustly in the last decade. The incumbent has a strong record on growth, and a full war chest of campaign funds, but his challengers are strong, too.CHAS KELLEYChas Kelley's days start at about dawn. He wakes, along with wife Terri, and the tightly-ordered routine co...See the full content of this document
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