By:KEITH GRANT
Voters head to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 6 with six new faces out of seven candidates to chose from for the Long Beach City Council. The top three vote getters will earn a place on the council, with the top two getting four-year terms and the third earning a two-year stay.
Democrats Denis Kellythe lone incumbent runningDaniel Kearney and Leonard Remo are opposed by Republican contenders Mona Goodman, Jim Hennessy and Thomas Sofield, a Democrat running on the GOP slate. Green Party candidate Jim Brown is also competing for a seat.
Republicans are making one of their strongest bids for city leadership in years. A significant win would force Long Beach Democrats to adjust to two-party governancejust as the once-omnipotent Nassau County GOP has had to do in the face of Democratic control of the county legislaturerelinquishing a measure of the total control they have long enjoyed in city hall.
For Democrats, any victory would serve to maintain their long-held control of the city government despite having two incumbent council members not seeking re-election. Ed Buscemi and Barbara Mosca decided last spring not to run for another term. Kelly was then joined on the ticket by union leader Kearney and local restaurant owner Remo, both of whom currently sit on the Zoning Board of Appeals.
The new GOP slatereferring to itself as a coalition
