Businessman to Campaign for Jones’ Supervisor Seat

Thousand Oaks businessman Nathaniel (Bud) Glickman, who recently led the successful opposition to a ballot measure proposing a property tax to pay for reductions in school class sizes, Friday announced his candidacy for the Ventura County supervisorial seat now held by Edwin A. Jones.

Glickman, 63, president and co-owner of Conejo Courier and Cartage Inc., said he will run for the seat because “it’s time for a change. I believe it’s important for people in the 2nd District to have a choice this time.” Jones was unopposed when he ran for a third term in 1982.

Glickman said his candidacy is not an effort to take advantage of Jones’ recent legal troubles. Jones, 55, was arrested in mid-June after allegedly making suggestive motions toward a woman at a Studio City motel. He was charged with lewd conduct and indecent exposure, but, under a plea bargain last month, pleaded no contest to disturbing the peace and public drunkenness.

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Jones was sentenced to two years’ probation, a $1,000 fine, and ordered to continue psychological counseling for alcohol abuse.

Glickman is well-known in the Thousand Oaks area as a former member of the city Planning Commission and city Franchise Advisory Board, and, more recently, as chairman of a committee opposed to Measure K. The proposal, resoundingly defeated in June, would have imposed a $77-per-parcel tax to hire more teachers and thereby reduce class sizes.

Glickman is the first announced candidate for the June election for the 2nd District seat, which includes Thousand Oaks and parts of Oxnard and Camarillo, and represents about 130,000 residents. Supporters of Thousand Oaks Councilwoman Madge Schaefer have formed a committee to explore her possible candidacy. Jones has not announced whether he will run for another four-year term.