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Keegan leads race for campaign cash
by Robb Fulcher
Michael Keegan outstripped his rivals in fund-raising as candidates for city council filed the last round of financial reports required before the Nov. 6 election.
Keegan had raised $15,613 as of Oct. 25, according to documents on file at City Hall.
Contributing $249 apiece to Keegan were former Hermosa Councilman Gary Brutsch, Susan Keegan and Mark Furlane of Chicago, James Fairbanks of Sacramento, Peer Less Coffee Co. of Oakland, and Leahy Associates of Beverly Hills. Also pitching in $249 were Earl, Kristie and Brian Keegan of Hermosa, Patti McLaughlin and Daniel and Karen Griebel of Arlington Heights, Ill.
Contributing $200 to Keegan was Lawrence Danlasky of Hermosa. Among the $100 contributors were Hermosans Cris Bennett of Good Stuff restaurant and Dorothy Yost, and Manhattan Beach residents Russ Lesser of Body Glove and Helen Block of Block Actuary Consulting. Former Redondo Councilman Bob Pinzler also gave $100.
Keegan loaned his campaign $7,000.
Ronald Pizer was running the second best-heeled campaign, raising $12,699, primarily through loans from himself to his campaign. He also received contributions of $100 apiece from former Hermosa Councilman Robert Benz and Hermosans George Lanz and George Hardesty.
Art Yoon raised $9,941. Yoon loaned his campaign $5,000, and received contributions of $250 from John Sieckhaus of Hermosa and Kristina Walsh, a Golden Hills resident who teaches in the Redondo school district. Daniel Revetto of Burbank gave $200.
Contributing $150 was Jeff Macedo of San Francisco. Contributions of $100 apiece were made by 16 people, including former councilman Benz and Hermosans Carleen and Robert Beste.
Incumbent JR Reviczky trailed Yoon with $8,585. Contributing $249 were former Hermosa Councilman George Schmeltzer, Missy Sheldon of Hermosa, Travers Devine, who heads up Hermosa’s official Saint. Patrick’s Day Parade, John Dunbabin, husband of Councilwoman Kathy Dunbabin, F.E. Hitchcock, president of South Bay BMW, and Charles Keena III of the Beach House hotel.
Contributing $199 to Reviczky was former Hermosa Councilman Jack Belasco. Pitching in $150 was Hermosan Michael Damico, the El Camino College police chief.
Among Reviczky’s $100 contributors were Hermosans John Horger, Joanne Hollingsworth, Eugene Kasper, Thomas Sedgewick, Margaret Ziglar, retired schoolteacher Dee Strange, Carol Fleischer, Charles Gronback, Seena Sharp, Silvestre Gonzales, Alana Handman and William Robb, owner of the Treasure Chest store.
Reviczky loaned his campaign $1,300.
Mary Lou Weiss raised $4,394, receiving contributions of $249 from Torrance Councilman Dan Walker and John Dunbabin, and $100 each from Hermosans Myron Gazin, Stella Acosta, June Pulcini, Marie Diaz, the Sea Sprite hotel’s Thelma Greenwald, Dee Strange, former Hermosa school Superintendent Alan Rasmussen, Roy Palmer and Alana Handman. Weiss loaned her own campaign $900.
Pete Tucker raised $4,087. Hermosan Michael Mulligan pitched in $500, Redondoan D.E. Covington and Kim Komick contributed $250 apiece, and Hermosan Grace La Pointe gave $200. Hermosan Catherine Hoffman gave $160. Contributing $150 was Hermosan Ann Komick, while Hermosans Dave Garrett, Paul Herriott, Dan Ericson, Martin Ensberg and Alonzo Felder, longtime schoolteacher Dee Strange and chamber of commerce man of the year Earl Feys each contributed $100.
Brain J. Murphy filed papers stating he will not spend more than $1,000 on his campaign, and therefore is not required to identify any campaign donors, city officials said.
Robert Bell, who has dropped out of the race but will appear on the ballot, also stated he would not spend more than $1,000.
Citizens to Protect the UUT, which is campaigning to preserve the city’s 6 percent utility tax raised $10,069. The group is opposing a ballot measure that would repeal the tax.
Contributing $2,100 to the group was Professional and Administration Employees Group of Hermosa Beach. The Hermosa Beach Police Officers Association gave $750 and John Dunbabin contributed $599. Pitching in $500 apiece were City Treasurer John Workman, the corporation owning Baja Sharkeez restaurant and Sangria restaurant’s Michael Santomieri. Weiss and Hermosan Franklin Lawson contributed $100.
Citizens Against Proposition F, a group opposing a measure that would further regulate some public events in Hermosa, raised $3,746. Giving $2,500 was the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau. Russ and Charlotte Lesser of Body Glove International gave $250, Devine gave $200, and organizers of the Aloha Days festival pitched in $150. Contributing $100 apiece were Conte Productions and Hermosans Charles and Missy Shelton. ER