First, as Councilman Val Lerch points out, voters must nominate him
More places to go Wednesday night (or not): a get-Val-Lerch-re-elected-again workshop.
The current Ninth District Councilman

Members of the three veterans groups who were told they couldn’t march in last year’s 11th Annual Long Beach Veterans Day Parade because they didn’t “fit the spirit of the parade”–Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out and Veterans For Peace–now … fit the spirit of the parade.
Weird, huh? Actually, it’s pretty good [...]

Lieutenant governor’s office weighs in on 2007 Veterans parade controversy

Remember the 11th Annual Long Beach Veterans Day Parade? So do a lot of people, especially members of the three veterans groups–Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out and Veterans For Peace–who were told they couldn’t march in the Nov. 10 parade. Organizers said [...]

Mayor Bob Foster discusses his newest City Council agenda-changing proposal
Announcing new City Council agenda items 12 days before the Council considers them sounds like a good idea–which is how Mayor Bob Foster and Ninth District Councilman Val Lerch, the proposal’s co-signer, both present it.