Council appoints Jim Light new Redondo Beach mayor
by Garth Meyer Harbor Commissioner Jim Light was appointed the new mayor of Redondo Beach Tuesday night, Feb. 20, to serve out the remaining 13 months of the late Bill Brand’s final term. The city council voted 3-2 to make the choice after extensive public input, including many endorsements of Light and a suggestion that Brand himself named Light on his deathbed as who he wanted to succeed him. Light first said this in public comment to the council and Councilman Nils Nehrenheim said so as well. “I know what he wanted because I was there and I asked him,” Nehrenheim said to a hushed council chambers Tuesday night. “On Friday morning (Feb. 9) at 9:30 I asked Mayor Brand and he pointed to Jim.” Brand died that same evening. Councilman Scott Behrendt, an attorney, noted that, “I wish he had said it to me. He didn’t, so I am precluded from considering that.” He voted against a motion from Nehrenheim to appoint Light. Councilmember Paige Kaluderovic, also a “no” vote, made an earlier motion to give residents a week to submit (applications), then the council would interview candidates and resume the discussion March 5. “I think we need to take the time and do our jobs properly,” she…
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