CORRECTION: George Daher ran for Council in '97, '03, not '05

By Evan Smith
ShorelineAreaNews Politics Writer

When I reported Tuesday on the candidates for Shoreline fire commissioner, I wrongly wrote that applicant George Daher had lost a 2005 election for City Council to then-Councilman Ron Hansen.

Daher correctly points out that it was George Mauer who lost the 2005 election to Hansen. Daher did run for a Shoreline Council position in the 2003 primary, finishing third behind then-Councilman Rich Gustafson and Cindy Ryu. Gustafson defeated Ryu in the general election. Ryu won a seat on the Council in the 2005 election.

Daher had run against Hansen in 1997.

Daher now is one of eight candidates for a position on the Fire District board of commissioners.

He was one of nine before the three elected commissioners appointed David Harris Monday to the first of two new positions on the Fire District board.

The now-four-member board will select a fifth commissioner when it meets Thursday.

The Board is expanding because of a State law that requires fire districts with entirely paid forces to have five-member boards.