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There are two candidates on the Nov. 8 ballot running for a four-year term to be the next mayor of Chula Vista: Democratic businessman Ammar Campa-Najjar and Republican City Council member John McCann.
“The loss of Intalco was kind of the doomsday scenario for our community,” said Hansen. A doomsday compounded by the coronavirus pandemic where government lockdowns closed businesses, and Ferndale's Main Street became largely deserted. At this point, though, it’s impossible to determine which has had a worse impact on the town of just 15,000. “Everything is really cloudy. It’s really difficult to see,” said Hansen. “We won’t know for a few years what the full impact of the loss of Intalco actually is.” Economists say for every one job lost at Intalco, another 2.5 are impacte...