Steve Pierce,
Curtis Cleven and
Bruce Campbell won seats on the Town Council, according returns from an election held Sat., Nov. 4.
Councilmember-elect Pierce received the most votes, 304; followed by Cleven, who received 149 votes; followed by Campbell, who got 136 votes.
Three alternate council members were voted in. They are:
Frank Beyt, 133 votes;
Dennis van Bremen, 128 votes; and
Virginia Choate, 82 votes.
Rounding out the ballot,
Roy Allmon earned 78 votes,
David Rands got 41 votes and
George Steele got 15 votes.
Officials counted a total of 67 absentee ballots; 407 live ballots; 473 total ballots cast. The total number of votes was 1,066.
The Crescenta Valley Town Council represents the unincorporated areas of La Crescenta and Montrose to Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich.
Pierce is a self employed commercial printer and seller of survival kits. He wants to work with both sides of this growth development issue by expanding the use of the Land Use Committee. He wants to expand the Community Emergency Response Team to more residents.
Cleven is a retired JPL engineer. He wants to control growth of the area by controlling multi family condos and apts in the Montrose area.
Campbell is an architect. He wants strong control over our future building with standards that prevent Mc mansionizing of our community.
Beyt is retired. He wants to reverse allowing outsiders dominion over our rights, allowing more input by the actual residents.It is his desire to challenge the council to be more responsive to those who live close to the Montrose core.
Van Bremen is an educator. He wants to slow the overdevelopment of Montrose, guide growthand help the Mt Oakscommunity retain its character.
Choate is in IT portfolio management. She wants more underground utilites, supports Foothill Design and encourage sustainable business development.
Allmon, a retired general contractor, said he wanted to set controls with the county and city of Glendale to control the number of condos that can be built each year.
Rands, an educator, said he wanted to see the Town Council continue to be a place where residents can make their voices heard and individual interests are put in perspective with larger communal goals.
Steele, an attorney, said he wanted to ensure that county govt is responsive to the unique needs of this area's residents. He wants to promote this community and what it offers.