Peninsula candidates head four groups

Four of the 10 groups seeking election to Gosford Council have Peninsula residents as their number one candidate.

Nominations for the Council elections on March 27 officially closed on Wednesday, February 25, with 10 identified groups.

Number one on the ticket for Group A is Jenny Phillips of Booker Bay, an independent.

Terri Latella of Wagstaffe is top of the ticket for the Greens, Group B

Jim McFayden heads the Labor Party's list, Group F. He lives at Pretty Beach.

Save our Suburbs' number one candidate is Michelle Cairns of Woy Woy in Group J.

Other Peninsula candidates include Danny Simmons, an independent at number three behind Jenny Phillips, and Vicki Brooke of Woy Woy, who is number five for the Greens.

In Chris Holstein's Independents, Carmen Daniels-Perrin of Umina is third on the ticket, Karen Smith of Ettalong is fifth and Adan Kassi of Woy Woy is sixth.

For Central Coast First, Peter Hale of Ettalong Beach Club is second on the ticket, Greg Sandell of Umina is sixth, and local businessmen Nick Kalantzis and Daryl Lynch are ninth and 10th respectively.

In the Labor line up, Mike Hudson of Umina is eighth and Mary Knight is 10th.

Save Our Suburbs has Bryan Ellis of Umina as number two and Mark Ellis (no relation) of Ettalong at fourth.

Press release, March 4