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Ridgecrest Daily Independent
Candidates for the vacant Ridgecrest City Council seat include a former mayor, two former council members and a former Daily Independent columnist.
In alphabetical order the seven candidates are Peggy Breeden, John P. “Skip” Gorman, Marshall “Chip” Holloway, William Jinkins, Alice Jordan, Steve Morgan and Christian West.
The list was announced by City Clerk Ricca Charlon at the city council meeting Wednesday. The deadline for applications was Tuesday.
Breeden is the most recent former mayor of Ridgecrest. She was the second Ridgecrest mayor elected to the position. Prior to that the mayor was chosen from among council members.
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
Council Member Michael Mower resigned from the Ridgecrest City Council on Wednesday, effective Feb. 7. Mower said he and his wife plan to leave Ridgecrest for Iowa next week.
Mower made the announcement with mixed emotions, he said, after many years of council service and decades as a Ridgecrest resident. My major project was getting Downs [Street renovation] done. I guess now that Downs is done we can move, he joked.
The news came as a surprise to many.
Mayor Eric Bruen – who said he was aware of Mower’s impending resignation – presented him with a plaque of recognition at the end of Wednesday’s council meeting. The remaining three council members all thanked Mower and praised him for his public service.
The Ridgecrest City Council seems to be taking the pandemic more seriously these days — at least in terms of modeling protective practices during the pandemic.At the Jan. 7 meeting Mayor Eric Bruen, Vice Mayor Solomon Rajaratnam and Council Member Kyle Blades were all wearing masks. Mayor Pro Tem Scott Hayman, Council Member Michael Mower and Strand were not.Bruen alluded to RRH CEO Jim Suver s comment to the Rotary Club of China Lake last week. Suver during that Zoom meeting noted that