Who knew the off-season would be so short?
For political junkies, the messiah has landed.
Well before Frances Talbott-White and the League of Women Voters x-ray the late School Board election on Tuesday evening at 7 at the Culver City Presbyterian Church, a sparkling new political season begins – mere hours from now.
The City Council race opens a five-month run this evening at 7 when attorney Marcus Tiggs leaps across the starting line.
Mr. Tiggs’s opening volley will be fired on familiar grounds – the oft-visited mid-city home of Mr. Culver City, Mike Cohen, 4378 Jasmine Ave., the southerly end of the street.
Next up on stage will be entrepreneur Göran Eriksson.
Sunday, Dec. 6, at 1 o’clock will mark his Opening Day.
He, too, will launch from popular territory, the Sunkist Park home of Paul and Madeline Ehrlich, 11472 Diller Ave.
A half-dozen candidates already have lined up for the three City Council seats that will be at stake in the April 12 election. They can’t even file papers for a month, and undecideds will have a month after that to make up their minds about running.
Mayor Mehaul O’Leary and Vice Mayor Andy Weissman, completing their second four-year terms, will be sent to the sidelines for two years by increasingly unpopular term limits.
The third seat is held by Meghan Sahli-Wells.
The Council’s leading progressive will be the only incumbent in the marathon race.
