Election 2012: Clearlake City Council candidates – Bunnie Carter, Gina Fortino Dickson, Denise Loustalot, Charles O’Neill-Jones

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Clearlake’s voters have a big field of candidates to choose from this fall as they select new members for the Clearlake City Council.

On Thursday and Friday Lake County News is presenting responses to questionnaires submitted to this year’s field of Clearlake City Council candidates. Earlier in the week, questionnaires from the six candidates in the Lakeport City Council race were presented.

Eight candidates are seeking three seats on the Clearlake City Council this fall – Bunnie Carter, Gina Fortino Dickson, Denise Loustalot, Charles O’Neill-Jones, Joyce Overton, Bruno Sabatier, Alvaro Valencia and Melinda Young.

On Thursday, the questionnaires from Carter, Fortino Dickson, Loustalot and O’Neill-Jones will be presented, with the questionnaires from Overton, Sabatier, Valencia and Young to follow on Friday.

The featured Thursday questionnaires can be found below.

Clearlake City Council candidates’ spotlight: Bunnie Carter

Clearlake City Council candidates’ spotlight: Gina Fortino Dickson

Clearlake City Council candidates’ spotlight: Denise Loustalot

Clearlake City Council candidates’ spotlight: Charles O’Neill-Jones

Voters will find a picture of each candidate, as well as a rundown of personal information – name, age, family, career/current job, education, length of residence in Lake County and their particular city, and Web site, email or phone number where community members can contact them.

Candidates answered nine questions submitted by Lake County News. In addition, their campaign finance forms – obtained from Clearlake City Clerk Melissa Swanson – are presented.

The candidates have submitted Form 470s, required by the California Fair Political Practices Commission for the period of Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 of this year.

The Form 470 is required if candidates raise or spend less than $1,000, or do not have a controlled committee.

If candidates file by the required deadline and do not exceed the $1,000 contribution or spending limit, no additional campaign statements need to be filed, according to the FPPC guidelines.

In case you missed the Tuesday and Wednesday publications of the questionnaires for the Lakeport City Council candidates, you can find them at the links listed below.

Lakeport City Council candidates’ spotlight: Suzanne Lyons

Lakeport City Council candidates’ spotlight: Mary Nolan

Lakeport City Council candidates’ spotlight: Kenneth Parlet

Lakeport City Council candidates’ spotlight: Bob Rumfelt

Lakeport City Council candidates’ spotlight: Martin Scheel

Lakeport City Council candidates’ spotlight: Marc Spillman

Email Elizabeth Larson at elarson@lakeconews.com . Follow her on Twitter, @ERLarson, or Lake County News, @LakeCoNews.