NEW Superintendent Ben Soria will run against Lover for Yakima council


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YAKIMA, Wash. -- Outgoing Yakima School District Superintendent Ben Soria will challenge Bill Lover this fall for Lover’s City Council seat.

Soria filed to run for the office early this afternoon.

Lover, a retired Boeing manager, is running for his second term on the council.

Soria is in his ninth and final year as Yakima schools chief, having announced last May that he would retire at the end of this school year.

- Pat Muir



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Posted by isitfriday at 06/05/09 02:10PM        Post ID#: #4633

Woohoo! A proven reformer who is going to run for council! Its about time we had someone there who knows how to manage budgets and improve performance!

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Posted by overfifty at 06/05/09 04:19PM        Post ID#: #4640

UGH!!! With this news....moving from Yakima may have to take place sooner than we planned!

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Posted by lobo at 06/05/09 05:48PM        Post ID#: #4642

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Posted by ChrisR at 06/05/09 09:34PM        Post ID#: #4645

SWEET! Finally someone who has an inkling on managing budgets! Ben has served this community well and has helped with our schools. I wish him the best of luck in his race. I know he can do the job. GO BEN!!!

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Posted by lobo at 06/05/09 10:32PM        Post ID#: #4646

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