Up for reelection this year against retired school Supt. Gloria Alkire, Rosansky says he’s running on his record. Alkire said she wants to give voters an alternative to Rosansky.
“I will provide a new voice for all citizens rather than just a few,” Alkire said. “I will keep all citizens informed regularly about projects and concerns in our city.”
During his tenure on the council, Rosansky helped negotiate the North Newport Center development agreement with the Irvine Co. last year that will give the city more than $40 million for parks, traffic improvements, and money that will go toward building a new city hall and senior center.
Rosansky also spearheaded plans for landscaped traffic medians on Superior Avenue and helped negotiate an agreement limiting expansion at John Wayne Airport.
Rosansky has butted heads in the past with rehabilitation home activists in the city, who say the councilman has not done enough to stop numerous sober living homes from moving into his district.
A political action committee called Newporters for Ethical Government has been sending out negative campaign mailers to area residents in the past few weeks, accusing Rosansky of profiting from drug rehabilitation homes and inviting sober living facilities to set up shop in the city. The group has yet to file a financial statement with the city to disclose the source of its funding.
“It’s a small group of people that are angry,” Rosansky said. “It’s all lies.”
