Filing extended in key Marin races - Marin IJ - August 12, 2006 by Richard Halstead

Filing extended in key Marin races
Marin IJ
Reporter Richard Halstead

.....No one has taken out papers for two openings on the Sausalito City Council. Only incumbent Dennis Scremin has filed. Incumbent Ronald Albert decided not to run.

The stage is set, however, for the Sausalito/Marin City School District board race. The three full-term incumbents- Whitney Hoyt, George Stratigos and Shirley Thornton -will compete against Mark Trotter and Peter Romanowsky.

Trotter was appointed to the board in the summer of 2004 but failed in his bid for election in November 2004. Romanowsky is a Sausalito salvager who has run for numerous county offices over the years.

Robert Fisher, who was appointed to the board last year, is running to serve out the final two years the term. He is being challenged by Elizabeth Todd-Gallardo, a Realtor with L&L Property Management in Sausalito. Fisher is scheduled for trial in October on charges that he failed to make child support payments. ......

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