6 vying for three council seats at Aug. 22 election
Two Apache Junction residents filed their petitions and paperwork by the April 4 deadline for mayor and six for council to run in the Aug. 22 election, according to City Clerk Jennifer Peña.
They are:
Office of mayor: Mohiuddin Mehmood and Chip Wilson.
Office of council member: Darryl Cross, Ari Kalan, Robert Schroeder and Bryan Soller.
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Two Apache Junction residents filed their petitions and paperwork by the April 4 deadline for mayor and six for council to run in the Aug. 22 election, according to City Clerk Jennifer Peña.
They are:
Office of mayor: Mohiuddin Mehmood and Chip Wilson.
Office of council member: Darryl Cross, Ari Kalan, Robert Schroeder and Bryan Soller.
The following had filed statements of interest to run, Peña said:
Office of mayor: Charles Austin, Mehmood and Wilson.
Office of councilmember: Cross, Kalan, Jaime Lanza, George Schroeder, Robert Schroeder and Soller.
Packets containing the legally required documents needed to run for a seat on the Apache Junction City Council were available at the City Clerk’s Office, Building C, 300 E. Superstition Blvd.
To be eligible for the Aug. 2, 2022, primary election ballot, the completed packets needed to be filed no later than 5 p.m. April 4, 2022. Each candidate needed to submit nomination petitions containing between 705 and 1,409 valid signatures of qualified city electors. Packets which were incomplete or received after the filing date were not to be accepted. The city is using the Arizona Secretary of State’s E-qual system for online signature collection.
The City Clerk’s Office is open 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Thursday, excluding holidays.
For additional information, contact the City Clerk’s Office at 480-982-8002.
Richard Dyer Managing Editor | East Valley @RHDyer
Meet Richard Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA since 1987, starting his career in Apache Junction as a copy editor and being promoted over the years to work as the editor of the Mesa Independent, news services editor for the East Valley office in Apache Junction, managing editor for the East Valley office, news services editor for the East Valley office and eventually also for the newspapers at INI’s then-Chandler office, managing editor again and as a news editor covering Apache Junction/Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. He helped start the Florence Independent while the news editor covering Apache Junction and Mesa news. In January 2023, he became associate managing editor for the East Valley newspapers and in August 2023 became managing editor for the East Valley newspapers of Chandler/Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Florence, Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, while also reporting on Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
Community: Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
Education: University of Arizona with a master of arts in journalism and a bachelor of science in agricultural communication. Also continuing education at Mesa Community College in welding in a metal art sculpture class.
Random fact: Saw his first tornado on May 31, 2010, which was classified as an EF-2, as part of a stormchasing tour group.
Hobbies: He is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows.
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