By Pat Keeble

Editor, Contra Costa Insider

SPECIAL DISTRICTS
First-filings for Nov. 4, 2008, election

(Water, Sanitary, Health, Transit, Community Services and other utility services)

* indicates incumbent who has not yet taken out papers to seek re-election

** incumbent who has taken out papers to seek re-election

Number in parentheses is number of seats available; there is no number if only one seat is available.

Where no town of residence is given, the town is the name of the district; some are not available.

REGIONAL DISTRICTS
Districts shared by two or more counties or areas of the county.
Only wards all or partly in Contra Costa County and candidates filing in the county are listed.

East Bay Municipal Utility District
(shared with Alameda County)
Ward 1
**Lesa McIntosh, Richmond

East Bay Rec & Park
(shared with Alameda County)
Ward 1
*Nancy Skinner
Norman LaForce, El Cerrito
Whitney Dotson, Richmond
Ward 2
*John Sutter

AC Transit (West County)
(shared with Alameda County)
Director at Large
*H.E. Christian Peeples
Ward 1
**Joe Wallace, Richmond

Bay Area Rapid Transit
(share with Alameda County and San Francisco)
Dist. 1
**Gail Murray, Walnut Creek
Dist. 3
*Bob Franklin
Dist. 5
*Zoyd Luce
Dist. 7
*Lynette Sweet

Contra Costa Water
Div. 3
**Joseph Campbell, Clayton
Div. 4
**Bette Boatmun, Concord
Div. 5
*Karl Wandry

EAST COUNTY

Discovery Bay Community Services
(aka Town of Discovery Bay) (2)
*Patricia Lynn Knight
**Robert (Bob) Doran

Knightsen Town Community Services District
(2 -yr term)
**Jeffrey Robert Midkiff, Brentwood

(4-yr term) (2)
**Linda Weekes, Brentwood
*Niles Freeman

Los Medanos Community Health Care (Pittsburg) (2)
**Joe Rubi, Pittsburg
**Jimmie Cromartie, Pittsburg

West Contra Costa Health Care (2)
**Eric Zell, Richmond
*Deborah Campbell
*Desmond Carson

Bethel Island Municipal Improvement District (3)
*Olga Jones
*Thomas Knorr Jr.
*Sheila Goodson
Ralph Maloney, Bethel Island

Ambrose Recreation and Park District (Bay Point) (2)
*Eva Garcia
*Gloria Magleby

Byron Sanitary District (3)
*Harry Leighton
*Bruce Stuart
*Michael Nisen

Ironhouse Sanitary (3)
**Douglas Hardcastle, Oakley
**Michael Painter, Oakley
** Don Lew

Diablo Water (2)
*Edward Garcia
**Richard Head, Oakley

East C. C. Irrigation
Div. 2
**Mark Stuart Dwelley, Oakley
Div. 3
**Glenn Stonebarger, Brentwood
Div. 5
*Frank Maggiore, Brentwood

CENTRAL COUNTY

Central Contra Costa Sanitary (3)
*Mario Menesini, Walnut Creek
*James Nejedly, Walnut Creek
**Barbara Hockett, Alamo

Diablo Community Service (San Ramon Valley) (2)
**Robert Nilssen
*Marlee Headen

Dublin-SanRamon Services (3)
(shared with portions of Alameda County)
*Dan Scannell
*Dwight Howard
*Rich Halket

Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection
Div. 2 (1)
**Fred Weil, Moraga
Robert Nelson, Moraga
Div. 5 (1)
**Eugene Gottfried, Orinda
Brook Mancinelli, Orinda

San Ramon Valley Fire Protection (3)
**Kenneth Sandy, Danville
*Thomas Bongi
*Roxanne Lindsay

Mt. Diablo Health Care (3)
(Concord, Martinez)
*Grace Ellis
*Frank Manske
John Toth

Green Valley Recreation and Park (2)
(San Ramon Valley)
*Clinton Stockton
*Blythe Soria

Pleasant Hill Recreation and Park
(2-yr term)
*Joseph Hurd II
(4-yr-term -2)
**Sherry Sterrett
**Dennis Donaghu

Mt. View Sanitary District (3)
(near Martinez)
**David Maggi
*David Maggi
*Dorothy Sakazaki

Castle Rock County Water
(2-yr term - 1)
**Manfred Peter, Walnut Creek
(4-yr term - 3)
**Matthew Smith, Walnut Creek
**J. Fred Allen, Walnut Creek
**Charles O'Connor, Walnut Creek

WEST COUNTY

Crockett Community Services (2)
*Steven Loveseth
*Heather Rock

Kensington Police Protection/Community Services (2)
*Joan Gallegos
*Paul Haxo

Kensington Fire Protection (2)
**Don Donner
**Leslie Michael

West C.C. Health Care
(2-yr term)
*Eric Zell
(4-yr term - 2)
*Deborah Campbell
Desmond Carson
Eric Zell, Richmond

Rodeo Sanitary
(2-yr term)
**Robert Russey
(4-yr term - 3)
**Gaither Brooks
**Michael Carlson
**Barbara Russey

Stege Sanitary  (2)
*Jay James
*Bea O'Keefe

West County Wastewater (2)
*Alfred Granzella
**Michael Caine, Richmond
James Cowen, El Sobrante