A former mayor one choice to replace Costa Mesa leader

Since the city election was only a few months ago, I think the

vacancy on the City Council should be filled by the runner-up with

the largest number of votes, who in this case would be Linda Dixon.

The mayor should be appointed in the usual manner. What surprises me

is that there are not already guidelines in place in case the city

council member has to leave before their term is completed.

BILL THOMSON

Costa Mesa

Why not just name the person that got the next most votes [in the

last election]? It will save the city and some people an awful lot of

money.

ALAN REMINGTON

Costa Mesa

I’d like to recommend using Linda Dixon to fill Robinson’s term.

She has been on the council. She is very informed and has a lot of

experience in politics. Plus, I think an election would be too

expensive and also bad timing.

JACK HARMANCE

Costa Mesa

I just think perhaps, instead of wasting money on another

election, the answer is just to fill the spot with the person who was

the third runner-up at the last election. I think that would

eliminate a lot of cost to the city when there is already a pretty

deep problem with how money should be spent. So if anything, that

would probably be the best idea since that would allow the people of

Costa Mesa who voted for her to be represented and that would solve a

lot of the problem.

RUSS REMIREZ

Costa Mesa