Term limit provisions aired by council

Councilman Bob Zemel is waging battle over Anaheim's sixyear-old term limit law in his campaign for mayor against in cumbent Tom Daly. Zemel charges Daly "adjusted the law to fit only himself" and with "inserting language to allow Daly to serve 14 years." "The people of Anaheim should be on equal status with the mayor. He has already served two years more than I'll be allowed or anyone else in Anaheim will be allowed. How elitist is it to say I'll vote for term limits for you but not for me?" Zemel said. Daly, who was elected to the council in 1988 and re-elected in 1992, denies the charges. "His statements are not true," Daly said. City records show that Daly did not comment on the clause, except to vote to place it on that November's ballot. The minutes of the July 28, 1992, council meeting show that then-Mayor Fred Hunter asked City Attorney Jack White about the clause allowing sitting council members to run for mayor in 1994 and re-election as mayor in 1998 one of five options presented to the council at that meeting. Minutes from a council discussion on July 21, 1998, show Daly saying he thought it was unfair to apply the eight-year limit to sitting council members who would become ineligible to seek re-election if the measure passed. But Daly voted for the measure including the limit on sitting council members the following week. The term limit ballot measure was offered in a motion by former councilman William Ehrle. The measure was approved by voter