More than 200 people showed up for the ceremony that Mayor Brent Ives presided over. Glenn Moore/Tracy Press
Ives, who is serving his second two-year term as the city’s mayor, now must gather the signatures of 20 registered voters within the city limits and return them — along with a $25 filing fee — by Aug. 6 to officially be placed on the Nov. 2 ballot.
Ives is so far running unopposed, according to assistant city clerk Carole Fleischmann. If he is elected this year, Ives will be able to serve one more two-year term after that, as Tracy’s term limits initiative — Measure T, passed by voters in 2008 — does not take effect until the 2010 election.
City Council candidates have also been busy since the filing period officially opened July 12.
Six out of eight council campaigners have pulled their papers and started the petition process.
Bob Elliott, Larry Gamino, Larry Hite, Pete Mitracos, Robert Rickman and Jass Sangha have all pulled their papers, and Fleischmann said that the other two, Juana Dement and Nancy Young, have told her they intend to follow suit in the next couple of days.
Like mayoral hopefuls, council candidates have until Aug. 6 to return their paperwork, although if incumbent Councilwomen Suzanne Tucker and Evelyn Tolbert decide not to defend their council seats, that filing deadline will be extended to Aug. 11.
Still holding your breath?
I'm glad to hear it.
I guess you will have a long wait.
I can hardly wait.
Anything is possible.
History, too, seeing how the Measure A hurt Tracy?
By turning away so many potentials and possibilities of bringing in employment to Tracy so Tracyites wouldn't have far to go to work?
Maybe as a Mayor you could get McNerney to do more for Tracy and Vets (for real!)?
The other person I hope will consider running, is Abercrombie. Up to Tracy.
Good luck.
Tracy needs to come out of its vortex of stagnation due Measure A.
What happens if a bowl of water is still too long, it evaporates or gets stagnate..... might find some undesirables in it, too.
CN
If it's not a Disney film it probably won't make the Roku queue.
You haven't convinced me of the need to see that.
Is it really that important to you?
You sound like the WATER BOY'S mother. Do you recall the movie? If not pick it up at a movie rental place.
What your saying is you don't have the guts to run for mayor. That means you support Ive's.
I feel sorry for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm not requesting funds from you. A wise man once told me never to accept any "wooden nickels". Don't you think he meant never make a deal with the devil?
No one had the guts to run. How about you, the offer still stands? If you read the ballot it's some of the same old people. New face's for a better place.
Didn't you offer to pay the fees for anyone who wants to run? How many people did you pay?
Don't get cute, you know where this is going. No I'm saying someone is pressuring others not to run.
Ms. Tolbert ran last time to take votes away from Celeste. Get someone to run against Ive's or just stop complaining after he wins in November.
Didn't you run for mayor? Are you saying people paid off people who ran for mayor?
It sure seems funny that no one is opposing Ive's for mayor. We need someone to run against him,if for nothing else but to make him spend some money.
Those in his corner, don't have much money to support him this times around.
Why isn't Tolbert running this time, or Garamendi? Who bought off who guys? Please don't let his followers intimidate anyone from running against him. We need new blood.
The rest of the city council should be voted out of office when their term expires.
INAC...that driver was probably me. I was in a hurry to get home and complain some more. Dang, I hate not having anything to bitch about.
I'm sorry to disappoint the complainers here, but the Tank slogan had to go.