Candidate for
Council Member; City of Paramount

Endorsements

Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson, 47th District

Assemblyman Mervyn M. Dymally, 52nd District

Paramount Councilman Henry Harkema

Retired Paramount Mayor Vera Oropeza

Retired Paramount School Board Member Betty Harkema

Former Public Safety Commissioner Mike Oropeza

Retired Assembly Member Diane Martinez

Former U.S. Representative Walter R. Tucker, III

Compton Councilwoman Yvonne Arceneaux

Compton Councilman Amen Rahh

Compton Councilwoman Delores Zurita

Compton Councilwoman Melanie Andrews

Lynwood Councilman Paul Richards

Gardena Councilman Steve Bradford

Compton City Attorney Legrand Clegg

Dr. Willie O. Jones, Member, Compton College Board

Compton School Board Member Marjorie Shipp

Compton School Board Member Barbara Calhoun

Chief Helena Ashby (Retired), Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

Rev. Grady Jones, Pastor, New Commandment Baptist Church, Paramount

Bishop Kenneth C. Ulmer, Pastor, Faithful Central Bible Church, Inglewood

Rev. Cecil "Chip" Murray, Pastor, First AME Church, Los Angeles

Rev. L. Daniel Williams, Pastor, The Baptist Church of the New Covenant in Christ Jesus, Norwalk & President, Baptist Ministers' Association of Los Angeles & Southern California
Rev. George L. Thomas, Pastor, Holy Chapel Baptist Church, Compton

Rev. B.T. Newman, Pastor, Citizens of Zion Baptist Church, Compton

Rev. W. Jerome Fisher, Pastor, Little Zion Baptist Church, Compton

Rev. Frank Hardy, Metropolitan Baptist Church, Los Angeles

Rev. Austin Williams, True Vine Baptist Church, Inglewood

Rev. Richard Sanders, Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church, Compton

Rev. E. Boyd Esters, Pastor, Community Baptist Church, Compton

Rev. Reuben Anderson, Pastor, Tower of Faith Evangelistic Church, Compton

Rev. William R. Johnson, Jr., Presiding Elder, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles/San Diego District

Elder Clevester Williams, Pastor, Prayer Assembly of God Church of God in Christ, Los Angeles

Percy Pinkney, State President, Black American Political Association of California (BAPAC)

Mr. Charles Kim, CEO, US Metrogroup, Inc.

Mr. Steve Kerdoon, Chief Operations Officer, DeMenno-Kerdoon

Mr. Gerald Robinson, President, Innervision Development Corporation

Margaret Avery, Actress

Bill Cobbs, Actor

James Lesure, Actor

JoMarie Payton, Actress

(Partial List) Rev. 2/8/03