By Jack Johnson, Boulder City Review

Five candidates are aiming for the seats being vacated by City Council members Linda Strickland and Travis Chandler, and will face off in an April 5 primary election.

Lynn Goya, a writer who ran unsuccessfully for state Assembly last November, is the most recent to file her intentions to run for City Council among the group of five challengers. She will join the other candidates on the April ballot, with final election results whittling the field down by one. The general election will take place on June 7.

Strickland, it was learned last week, will be running for mayor while Chandler has decided not to seek re-election.

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The last candidate in is the first one to leave.

Local activist Sherman Rattner filed papers with the Boulder City clerk’s office today to withdraw from the City Council race.

The race for two open council seats will now be between five candidates; real estate attorney Rod Woodbury, former city PIO Rose Ann Rabiola Miele, writer and producer Lynn Goya, retired social servant Peggy Leavitt and preacher’s wife Linda Graham.

By Staff, Boulder City Review

Mayor Roger Tobler, seen here during a public hearing on Sept. 9, said Monday he will seek a second term in office. Photo Special to the Boulder City Review

Mayor Roger Tobler said Monday the decision to seek re-election was not an easy one, but there is still a lot he would like to see the city through including the current economic downturn and work on the traffic problem.

“I’ve been talking to people trying to get a feel if people still want me in office,” Tobler said. “I’m getting the sense that’s the case. I like doing this, it’s a great community.”

Tobler said the last eight years, four on the City Council and four as mayor, have been challenging with the budget problems.

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