Manhattan Beach City Council candidates talk budget, challenges

A school board member, two planning commissioners and a resident known for his public criticism of city officials met last Thursday to each demonstrate why she or he should be elected by residents to lead Manhattan Beach. Less than a month before a March 8 City Council election, candidates Amy Howorth, David Lesser, Viet Ngo and Kathleen Paralusz faced residents in a half-filled City Council chambers at a candidates forum put on by the Manhattan Beach Residents Association. Candidates fielded