Dave Sullivan

Four council members and the city attorney will be sworn in at the upcoming council meeting on Monday with Councilman Gil Coerper set to take on the mantle of mayor from Dave Sullivan. Councilwoman Debbie Cook is in line to be the next mayor pro tem. During the first part of the meeting, the outgoing mayor will give his last state-of-the-city address and some gifts to fellow council members who served alongside on the council. Sullivan, serving out his third term on the council, said he's looking forward to moving on. But two projects that he held close to his heart — building a new senior center and closing Main Street — are on the cusp of beginning.

'No on T' people missed the facts I found the tactics used by the "No on Measure T" advocates in the recent debate on a senior center location deeply troubling. The first false argument is that the proposed senior center is too big. In her argument in the debate, City Councilwoman Debbie Cook used about 10 synonyms for "big." My personal favorite was "behemoth." Fact: The existing senior center, housed in a 1940s Army building, is only a third of the size required to serve our senior population.

In a surprise move, Mayor Dave Sullivan has pulled out of the City Council race leading to the election this November. Sullivan, 69, pulled papers for seeking reelection on Aug. 10 before deciding to drop his bid for a fourth term on the City Council. "There's no other reason other than I have been doing this for a long time and I take it very seriously," he said. "I want the freedom to do other things." Sullivan's decision caught everyone by surprise, including Steve Daniels, president of the Downtown Huntington Beach Business Assn.

The Assistance League of Huntington Beach raised about $70,000 for its philanthropic endeavors at a gala fundraiser at the Hyatt Regency Resort on Saturday. "The fundraiser was a great success, which we're so happy about, having put in so much time," said board member Jan Kohler. "We made more money than we anticipated." The Saturday afternoon event featured live and silent auctions, lunch and entertainment at the beachside resort. "This is the first year we had the mayor [Dave Sullivan]

Dave Sullivan was sworn in as Huntington Beach's newest mayor Monday, nearly 10 years to the day after he first took the oath of office. Sullivan was unanimously chosen by his six fellow council members to serve in the city's top post, ending the one-year reign of 34-year-old Huntington Beach High School teacher Jill Hardy. Councilman Gil Coerper was unanimously elected as the city's mayor pro tem at the same meeting. Sullivan was first elected to office in 1992, served two terms on the City Council that included a one-year stint as mayor in 1995, and then was reelected for a third term in 2002.

As Dave Sullivan prepares for 2nd term as mayor, he's hoping to reform pension system and create pedestrian mall on Main Street.Huntington Beach's feisty Bostonian, Dave Sullivan, is preparing for his second run at the city's top spot, promising he's still got plenty of the Irish fight left in him. On Monday, the 68-year-old Sullivan will be sworn in as the city's mayor, almost exactly 10 years after he first was appointed to the office....

City sticks to Jan. 9 for Poseidon meeting, but schedule conflicts could push controversial vote back even further.It was a meeting about a meeting, a plea to reconsider a reconsideration. One week after the City Council voted 5-1 to again postpone the Poseidon hearing to Jan. 9, the seven members of the council were back in chambers Tuesday, considering a request by Councilman Keith Bohr to move the date back to Dec. 19. "I don't think it's fair for anybody to say we didn't give them enough opportunity on this issue," Bohr said.

A great night for Huntington Beach I feel compelled to write about an incredible experience I had at the Third Battalion First Regiment U.S. Marine Dine-In, where Huntington Beach formally met the 1,200 Marines that we are adopting. At the end of an incredible evening, a young Marine came limping up to me and stuck out his severely injured hand saying, "I want to thank you in Huntington Beach from the bottom of my heart for doing this for us." Then he teared up, apologized for getting emotional and hugged me. As he hugged me he said, "Until tonight I didn't realize that anyone cared."

Dave Sullivan Regarding the Poseidon environmental report approval: I fear what I call the "Worst Of All Worlds Scenario": A desalination plant imposed on us without Huntington Beach having any control over the environmental review process and no tax increment money coming to the city. Unfortunately, if Huntington Beach opts out of the approval process one of the water boards can approve a desalination plant at the AES plant site on their own. Does anybody really think that the residents of Huntington Beach will have any meaningful input with a water board?