Irvine resident Tom Chomyn is running for the city’s mayor in the Nov. 8 election, against incumbent Farrah Khan, Katherine Daigle, Branda Lin, and Simon Moon.
The first-time politician is an account executive for a technology company, where he sells copiers for a living.
Chomyn said if elected, he would build a 125-acre veterans memorial park and cemetery at the now decommissioned El Toro Marine base at Irvine’s Great Park.
(Courtesy of Tom Chomyn)
The push for a veterans cemetery at the park goes back over a decade. Chomyn said he got involved in 2019 when the city was looking into an alternative site, called “Strawberry Fields,” near the I-5 and I-405 freeway interchange….