By Clyde Noel

Town Crier Correspondent

Los Altos

Incumbents John Moss and King Lear discussed their goals as members of the Los Altos City Council for another four-year term at a candidate’s forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Los Altos-Mountain View area last Wednesday at the Los Altos Library.

The Los Altos City Council has two seats up for re-election Nov. 6, but incumbents King Lear and John Moss have no challengers.

They were the only candidates to file and will be elected automatically.

“Measure A, the Transit Occupancy Tax, is a no-brainer,” Lear said. “The tax will bring us new revenue of $1 million a year. We can use that money in the general fund and the state can’t take it away.”

Moss said his goals were keeping and improving Los Altos as a great place to live and raise a family.

He wants to keep city government financially sound and continue working for the residents.

Moss and Lear differed on the motel at First and Main streets.

“The new proposal is a bad deal as far as I’m concerned,” Lear said. “The developer wants to buy the land, build a three-story hotel five or six years from now when the leases are up in 2007. It’s bad because we are losing money every year.”

Moss said he voted for a two-story hotel instead of a movie theater because he was concerned with traffic problems at the corner.

“I was also concerned about a movie house because many of the theater chains are in a bankrupt condition and we don’t want that,” Moss said.

“Neither proposal may come to pass because I am against eminent domain and we have a good income coming from the present occupants on city land. There is no need to rush into this.”