Hunter, Daly face off in mayoral race

Anaheim Mayor Fred Hunter and Mayor Pro Tem Tom Daly will face off in the race for mayor this November, while Councilman William Ehrle will vie along with as many as 13 other candidates for a council seat. Fourteen aspiring candidates had taken out nomination papers to run for the two city council seats Daly and Ehrle now hold. Daly, who has served one fouryear term on the city council, also has taken out papers to run against Hunter for a two-year term as mayor. Hunter already has served four years as mayor. Ehrle, who has served five years as a council member, and Fares Batarseh, an area sales manager, already have filed their nomination papers with the city clerk's office. The field of candidates, including Daly, Hunter and Planning Commissioner Bob Zemel, also have taken out papers to run for council. They must submit the nomination papers, along with 20 residents' signatures, by 5 p.m. Friday. Among the potential candidates are Keith Olesen, a community activist who chaired the city's gang and drug task force; Frank E. Feldhaus Jr., a former city planning commissioner; Frank Turner, a Los Angeles County fire captain; Ed Skinner, the owner of a concrete mixing company and Gregory Ramsay, a health care executive. Community college professor Phil Knypstra, activist Mel Aguilar, law student Todd Kaudy, college student Manuel Ontiveros and bakery manager Donna D'Anella also have taken out papers to run for council. Several of the candidates who are considering running for the council seats already have experience in running for political office. Feldhaus finished fifth when he ran for a city council seat in 1990. Ramsay unsuccessfully ran against Assemblyman Mickey Conroy, R-Orange,for the 46th Assembly District seat last November, while Skinner lost his bid for U.S. Congress in 1976.