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Orange County, CA November 3, 1998 General

Member, City Council; City of Cypress

Candidates (Vote for 3)
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Frank McCoy 6,702 votes 19.4%

  • Occupation: Police Officer
Mike McGill 5,111 votes 14.8%
  • Occupation: Businessman
Lydia Sondhi 3,678 votes 10.7%
  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: College Professor
  • Professor of Consumer Affairs at CSULB
  • 12 Year resident of Cypress
  • Married with 2 children
  • Cypress School District ad hoc committee for school planning in early 90's associated with reopening Landell and updating other facilities
  • Community Block Development Grant proposal review committee for Cypress
  • Active in PTA and School Site Council
Priorities:
  • Provide Professional and Responsible Leadership
  • Foster Participatory Governance
  • Develop Master Plan for City Renovation and Beautification
Louie Giampapa 3,440 votes 10.0%
  • Occupation: Vice President/Businessman
Del Davis 3,335 votes 9.7%
  • Occupation: Retired Navy Officer
Susie Linde 3,310 votes 9.6%
  • Occupation: Regulatory Compliance Analyst
Nicholas "Nick" Eighmy 2,970 votes 8.6%
  • Occupation: Business Owner
  • 23 year resident of Cypress
  • Community Volunteer
  • Honors include Cypress Man of the Year,
  • Cypress College Foundation Americana Award
  • Cypress Volunteer of the Year 1996
  • Married 27 years, two daughters raised in Cypress
Priorities:
  • Major concern is public safety. Police Department needs and deserves support. The DARE proram is essential in schools to protect chldren from drugs
  • We need to attract large and small business to establish a secure financial base for the City
  • I believe that a planning commission is not necessary for the City and that it represents an excessive expense.
Frann Shermet 2,850 votes 8.3%
  • Occupation: Coordinator, National Non-Profit
  • Member, Lincoln Avenue Redevelopment Committee
  • Chair, Cypess Cultural Arts Commission
  • Member, Sorrento Tract Development Committee
  • Past President, Tanglewood North Homeowners Assoc.
  • Past President, Soroptimist International of Cypress
  • Past Presdient, Literacy Volunteers of America
Priorities:
  • Maintaining Fiscal Stability for the City of Cypress
  • A strong and fully staffed Police Department
  • An open door policy with accessability to all residents of Cypress
Todd W. Seymore 1,534 votes 4.5%
  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Businessman, Electrical Sales - 20 years
  • Habitat for Humanity volunteer and Committee Member
  • Embassy Park HOA BOD - 6 years; 2 years served as President
  • PTA Member
  • Married with 2 daughters, 1 in Lexington Jr. High and 1 in Cypress High
  • Kennedy High School graduate - Cal State Fullerton student
  • Sunday school teacher
Priorities:
  • The family is my major concern; after-school programs for youth, expand senior programs, no new taxes!
  • Safe streets for our kids - work to keep gangs out of Cypress; fully staffing Police Dept., promoting Neighborhood Watch, enforcing nighttime curfew
  • Beautification of Cypress - these efforts will attract new businesses and residents to our community
Leo Friedland 1,480 votes 4.3%
  • Occupation: Administrative Analyst

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