Development opponents call on Redondo Beach commissioner with PR ties to resign
Those in attendance at Redondo Beach’s city-sponsored Waterfront project public meetings very likely saw Marc Mitchell, even if they had no idea who he was. A former professional football player and born-and-bred Iowan, Mitchell is no small man, making him quite visible despite his preferred post near the rear of each of the three Draft Environmental Impact Report forums. He’s also a three-term commissioner within the city — once, with the Public Works Commission, starting in 2009, and twice with the Planning Commission, beginning in 2011. His background is in politics where, among other things, he was a field manager for the 2000 presidential campaign for Bill Bradley. But it’s his day job, working with public relations firm Cerrell and Associates as Vice President of Local Government Relations, that has a resident-led group turning its sights on Mitchell. Cerrell is currently working with Waterfront project developer CenterCal Properties to promote and market the project. Candace Nafissi, a co-founder of Rescue Our Waterfront, has called out Mitchell’s employment with the firm as grounds for his potential resignation. “I don’t know why he thinks, morally, that’s OK,” Nafissi…
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