WATSONVILLE -- For the third time in five years, a campaign is on to change the way mayors are picked in Watsonville.
Councilman Emilio Martinez is the latest to push to have mayors elected by city voters.
If successful, in 2012 voters would choose a mayor for the first time since 1989 when a federal judge ordered the City Council to be elected by district and for the council to pick a mayor from its ranks.
Martinez filed a notice of intent to circulate petitions to put the question on the ballot with the City Clerk on Thursday.
After a year on the council, he said he's convinced an elected mayor is needed to focus on bringing new business to the city.
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/elections/ci_13736461
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