Candidate runs for council again to help majority

Former Costa Mesa City Council candidate Jim Fisler has announced he intends to run again during the city’s next elections.

Fisler, who ran in 1996 and 1998 to contribute his views on local immigration issues to the race, said he intended to run a “real campaign” — that he intends to win — in 2008.

“When [former President] Clinton signed a bill in 1996 that allowed cities to deputize local police officers to check immigration status, I ran just to bring those issues up in the candidate’s debate,” he said.

Fisler further emphasized he’d work to ensure the current majority’s policies will endure.

“I want to make sure that the policies of the current council majority don’t get put backward [should the members change],” he said. “I’m not running to oppose the current majority, but to ensure we continue on the way things are.”

— Chris Caesar