4 File For Mayor And 18 For Council

Four mayoral candidates and 18 City ICouncil próspects met Monday's filing I deadline for Ann Arbor's Feb. 17 priI mary and the April general election. The primary field is light, with conI tested races developing only for the I Republican mayoral nomination, beI tween Mayor James E. Stephenson and I attorney Jack J. Garrís, and for three I council. nominations. Even though Garris filed petitions to I run against Stephenson, he previously dicatea fajkM sopportflíe mayor ' should Stephenson decide to seek a second term. Candidates who filed have until 4 p.m. Thursday to withdraw. The other mayoral candidates who filed are Demoerat Albert H. Wheeler, a member of the Model Cities Policy Board, and Carol Ernst, an employé of the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority. The April mayoral election will mark the first us of preferential voting, approved last month by city voters. This will allow voters to choose their two favorite candidates. If no candidate has a majority after the first choiee votes are I counted, the candidate placing last will I be dropped and the second ehoice votes I of the people who voted for that person will be counted instead. The contested council races are in the First Ward, where Democratie County Cmsr. Elizabeth Taylor faces Bob Elton; the Second Ward, where HRP candidates . Frank Shoichet and Richard Ankli meet; and the Third Ward, where Republican incumbent Robert L. Henry Jr. faces Paul Wensel. The Henry-Wnesel contest promises to be the most interesting of the primaries. Wensel helped lead a group of southeastern Ann Arbor residents in their fight against the Packard Platt Plaza Shoppiig Center, a controversy that has raged for more than two years. Henry, who is council's mayor pro tem, was criticized along with other Republican councilmen who voted for approval of a compromise building plan for the center. The GOP has since switched I positions, and a rezoning of the land to a I residential use is pending. The Third Ward is heavily Republican, and the winner of the primary will emerge as the favored candidate for the April general election. With the filing deadline for candidates passed, attention now swings to the Jan. 7 deadline for placing proposals on the April ballot. Petitions are being circulated to place four separate issues on that ballot. The HRP is attempting to place a revised rent control charter amendment on the ticket, as well as an amendment to require city funding of child care services. Democrats are also circulating petitions to place revisions of the city charter on the ballot. And University students in the Residential College's Pilot Program are sponsoring a proposed amendment to liberalize voter registration, also in ftie form of a charter amendment. The Gandidates Mayor Democrats - Albert H. Wheeler, 234 Eighth St. HRP - Carol Ernst, 533 N Main St. Republicans - James E. Stephenson, 2217 Delaware Dr.; Jack J. Garris, 503 Miller First Ward Democrats - Elizabeth Taytor, 712 S. División; Bob Elton, 609 Lawrence HRP - David N. Goodman, 338 E. Jefferson Republicans - Karen Graf, 2134 Overlook Second Ward Democrats - Carol Jones, 1608 Geddes HRP - Frank Shoichet, 633 Church; Richard Ankli, 1314 Broadway; Republicans - Robert T. McDonough, 1200 E. Ann ThirdWard Democrats - Michael K. Broughton, 3425 Richard St. HRP - Everett Guy, 1910 Hill St. Republicans - Robert L. Henry Jr., 2805 Yost St.; Paul E. Wensel, 28 RevereCt. Fonrth Ward Democrats - William Bronson, 1407 White St. HRP - Judy Gibson, 1018 Church St. Republicans - Ronald L. Trowbridge, 3352 Tacoma Fifth Ward I Democrats - Douglas J. White, 1730 Waltham I HRP - Laurrie Ross, 340% Third St. L Republicans - Gerald Bell, 704 Thomas