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“Kelly Fergusson for San Mateo County Board of Supervisors.”
That could be a campaign slogan next spring, as Ms. Fergusson, Menlo Park’s mayor, is mulling a run for the District 4 county supervisor seat, now held by Rose Jacobs Gibson of East Palo Alto and up for election on June 3, 2008.
“I have been discussing the idea of running for county supervisor with my family and closest advisers,” Ms. Fergusson told the Almanac on Oct. 1. “But this is purely exploratory. … I still have both feet here in Menlo Park.”
She said she still has “many aspects of the decision to consider,” including whether she wants to run for re-election to the Menlo Park City Council.
The Board of Supervisors’ District 4 includes Menlo Park, Redwood City, East Palo Alto and the unincorporated area of North Fair Oaks.
Ms. Jacobs Gibson was appointed to the District 4 seat in 1999, ran unopposed in 2000, and was elected to another four-year term in 2004. According to a spokesperson from Ms. Jacobs Gibson’s office she intends to run for re-election in 2008.
Ms. Fergusson said the board is due for a change.
“No incumbent has been significantly challenged, let alone beaten, in the last 20 years,” she said. “The voters deserve a choice.”
She also said that San Mateo County’s election system is “begging for reform,” as supervisors are elected by a county-wide vote, rather than by district. In most counties in the state, voters are only allowed to vote for supervisors in their particular district.
Elected to the Menlo Park City Council in 2004, Ms. Fergusson has been active on regional boards and committees, and been involved in issues such as climate change and the vulnerability of the Hetch Hetchy water system.
The filing deadline for the June 3 election is March 7.
If Ms. Fergusson ran for supervisor and was not elected, she could still run for re-election to the Menlo Park City Council in November 2008, said San Mateo County Elections Manager David Toms.
Menlo Park Councilman Andy Cohen is also up for re-election in November 2008, and he has not publicly announced whether he plans to seek another term on the council.
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Go Kelly go!
Yes, Kelly, go, go away.
I’m sure you’re looking forward to having control over a bigger pile of money, and the barrels of pork that will accompany it. But haven’t you done enough damage already?
Recall effort in the works. She won’t run with a clean record. Hopefully the recall effort will get media attention sooner rather than later.
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