Up close and personal with Manhattan Beach City Council candidates
On March 5, Manhattan Beach residents will determine which of the six candidates below will occupy the three soon-to-be vacant seats on City Council. Each candidates sat down with the Easy Reader to share personal details of why he wants the job. Candidates appear in alphabetical order. ———————————————————————————————– Mark Burton Mark Burton: ‘I’m that sergeant’ There’s an analogy that Mark Burton often used during jury selection as a prosecutor for the City of Los Angeles. “Let’s pretend you and I have to go to battle,” Burton, 59, explained. “We’ve got a choice between two leaders: a lieutenant who graduated from West Point at the top of his class with the best scores in the history of West Point. Or a sergeant with 30 years of experience; he’s been in 200 battles, and you know what, he’s the most successful sergeant of accomplishing a mission and bringing back his people safe.” The answer is obvious, he said. Experience, as his father used to tell him, is and has proven to be the best teacher. And as a retired senior assistant city attorney for the City of Los Angeles with 30 years of public service under his belt, he feels he can bring precisely that to the Manhattan Beach…
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