Council Campaign Event Set for Sunday

candidate Dora de la Rosa will hold a "meet and greet" Sunday at a local home.

The public campaign event is scheduled from 2:30-4:30 p.m. at the home of Sil and Adriana Orlando, 28105 Golden Meadow Dr., in Rancho Palos Verdes.

With the less than two months away, de la Rosa, Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Board of Education president, is one of eight candidates running for three open seats on the council.

Terms are up for Councilmen Steve Wolowicz, Doug Stern and Mayor Tom Long. Current terms for Councilmen Brian Campbell and Anthony Misetich end in 2013.

She'll face Eric Alegria, small business owner and teacher; Susan Brooks, former Rancho Palos Verdes mayor; Ken Dyda, former Rancho Palos Verdes mayor; Dave Emenhiser, current Rancho Palos Verdes planning commissioner; Jim Knight, current Rancho Palos Verdes planning commissioner; Jerry Duhovic, current vice chairman of the RPV Finance Advisory Committee; and Cynthia Smith.

Seven of the eight candidates Wednesday night at .

Having served eight years on the PVPUSD Board of Education, de la Rosa spent four years as its president from 2004-06 and from 2009-11. She's also a retired attorney.

"We need to have a new tone," she said during Wednesday night's forum. "I believe the new council will need to focus on rebuilding trust [with residents]."