From the Daily Journal today about our newest candidate:
Burlingame Historical Society President Russ Cohen said Tuesday he will run for the Burlingame City Council's two-year seat vacated by Mike Coffey. Cohen, the first candidate to aim for the two-year post, came up about 170 votes shy of Coffey in the last election, and said it was natural for him to try for Coffey's seat.
Cohen, 46, is helping build a historical museum in the Burlingame Train Depot and forming a museum foundation. He said he mulled the decision to run. I tell you it wasn't an easy decision,? he said. I've always thought of myself as a multi-tasker.? As chair of the Traffic, Safety and Parking Commission, Cohen helped develop a bike and pedestrian pathway master plan. He is also the vice president of the Burlingame Lions Club.
An advertising executive, Cohen worked with the Downtown Burlingame Improvement District, which was attacked by Burlingame Mayor Joe Galligan in April for being too close to its advertising and Web services contractors. After a review of its financial records, the district and its contractors were cleared of any wrongdoing.
Galligan has said he is running again but has not filed candidacy papers. The deadline is Aug. 12.
However, Cohen said in a statement, Maintaining the status quo is not an option.?
Great news – the race is now beginning to get interesting!
Interesting too that Galligan has not yet filed candidacy papers because noone has filed as yet but only picked up the papers. We wait to see if the city official who has been feeding us the line that Galligan will not run is correct. We just thought it was wishful thinking on his part. Come on, mayor, you can make this election an extraordinarily interesting race!
– Written by Fiona
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