Second in a series. 

Re “Three Mayors with Problems, but Not Dear Ex-Mayor” 

Dateline Carson – Among the new city clerk’s numerous professional qualifications – including salesman for two prospective NFL teams who shortly may be moving in –were his years as a government and history teacher in the South Bay.

Who is Jim Dear’s favorite president of the United States?

Without hesitation:

“You mean besides Barack Obama?”

Yes.

“Thomas Jefferson. He also was a creator of the Declaration of Independence.

“Here is a quote from John F. Kennedy when he assembled the Best and the Brightest in his cabinet: ‘I have assembled the country’s best and brightest minds in this White House, second only to when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.’”

Returning to Today

One might speculate that, with the potential prospect of both the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders moving to Carson for the 2016 football season, the atomically energetic Mr. Dear regrets surrendering the mayor’s chair for the more financially lucrative but much lower profile city clerk’s office.

One might. If one did, one would be 100 percent wrong.

Were Mr. Dear the overnight janitor, he would find a way to bring glamour and neon attention to the joys of sweeping and mopping.

The 157-acre plot carved out for an NFL stadium is inching closer to its birth date, and look who is in the middle of the planning party.

“We have taken a big, big step forward with the signing of a number of documents to have the two football teams take ownership of the land,” Mr. Dear said.

In anticipation of a favorable response in October when NFL owners are scheduled to vote on Two Teams to Carson, “we created a board, known as the Carson Reclamation Joint Powers Authority, which I serve on. We will take ownership of the land, and the football teams will pay rent to the Carson Reclamation Joint Powers Authority.

“Before I left the office of mayor (March 24),” said the shrewd Mr. Dear. “I created this entity, and I appointed five people to the on this board of directors. I am the vice chairman of that authority.”