CITY COUNCIL: Richard Montgomery was the “crisis mayor”

by Mark McDermott  Over the course of three and a half decades, Richard Montgomery has become so ubiquitous within Manhattan Beach that he has become one of its fundamental elements —  sand, sky, wave, pier, and Montgomery, also known as “the crisis mayor.” He will go down in local history as one of only five citizens who served as mayor four times, and as the only mayor who led both during both a global pandemic and a historic recession.  At the end of the 80s, Montgo