Manhattan Beach City Council Member Endorses Fournell, Incumbents

MANHATTAN BEACH, CA —

As a current council member who has worked closely with Steve Napolitano and Richard Montgomery, I wholeheartedly support both candidates. I also support Grettel Fournell to take my seat on the Council.

Steve and Richard have shown incredible leadership in our current crisis and their experience has been invaluable. This is the time to embrace consistency in our Council. As much as this pandemic has been difficult for our residents, it is hard to explain how difficult it has been to run a city through this time. The competing interests of businesses and residents, public health and the economy, has created division in our community. We need to keep a steady hand in the running of the City. Richard and Steve know how to do this. They will keep us safe, healthy, and economically as prosperous as we can possibly be. They know our budget inside and out, they understand the difficult position City staff is in providing the needed services to our community, and they know how to keep our businesses running. I strongly encourage you to vote for both Steve and Richard.

I also encourage you to vote for Grettel Fournell. I have known Grettel for many years and she is smart, thoughtful and a consensus builder. When I was first elected in 2017, we were a smooth-running Council getting things done by listening to all of our residents – not just those who voted for us. We did this with consensus, honesty and integrity. We need to elect someone who will help with the consensus and compromise that is vitally needed in a good council member. Grettel is that person.

Nancy Hersman
Manhattan Beach City Council member