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Ballots getting crowded as qualifying deadline nears
By JENNIFER GOLDBLATT © St. Petersburg Times, published February 20, 2001 A day before the deadline, the wife of former County Commissioner David H. "Hap" Clark qualified to run for a seat on New Port Richey City Council on Monday afternoon. Susan M. Clark, 51, is one of seven people who have qualified to run for the three seats in April. Across the Pithlachascotee River in Port Richey, six candidates have either qualified or filed most of their papers to run. Two candidates are running for mayor, and four will compete for two seats as council members. The qualifying week ends today at noon. Clark's name adds to an already heavy ballot in New Port Richey. She currently works for Gary Blackwell Investments Inc. She has worked there, in commercial and residential real estate sales, since August 2000. Besides Clark, other New Port Richey candidates who have qualified: John DiGiorgio, 45, is a former truck driver who now lives on disability. Robert Moore, 54, is retired, and was formerly the police chief in Perth Amboy, N.J. He was recently appointed for his second two-year term as chairman of the city's civil service board. Vincent Robert Poff did not return calls from the Times. Those four will run against the three council members whose seats are up for re-election. The three incumbents all qualified last week. Virginia L. "Ginny" Miller, 42, was first elected to the council in 1998 and was re-elected in 1999. She was named deputy mayor in 2000. Miller is a substitute teacher with Pasco County schools, and previously worked as a bookkeeper for the family business. Jack Van Keuren, 76, a former assistant fire chief, was first elected to the council in 1998 and re-elected in 1999. Thomas R. Finn, 45, owner of Neon Delights Inc., a commercial sign business in New Port Richey, was first elected to the council in 1999. In Port Richey, four candidates have said they will run for the two open council seats. As of Monday afternoon, three candidates had qualified -- Phyllis Grae, Dale Massad and Bill Bennett -- and another, Jim Priest, had filed most of his papers to run but had not qualified. -- Staff writer Matthew Waite contributed to this report.
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