Published on Sunday, January 24, 2010
By SB Sun Staff Writer
COLTON - With four of the seven seats on the City Council up for grabs, the Nov. 2 election could change the face of city leadership.
Mayor Kelly Chastain and council members Richard DeLaRosa, Susan Oliva and David Toro are all up for re-election.
With the past 12 months being some of the most tumultuous in recent memory, some say challengers will have a good shot at defeating incumbents.
"When things go bad, you blame the people at the top," said resident Michael Garcia. "The voters are more likely to give someone else a shot."
A split council approved a two-step electric-rate increase in March totaling about 17 percent. In May, the council voted to raise water rates each year until 2012. Once the last rate increase takes effect, customers will pay more than double what they currently pay for water and service fees
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