Election time is coming again--soon
Yorba Lindans looking for respite from endless electioneering the past couple years won’t find relief any time soon, as voters face four ballots full of local measures and candidates next year.
Informational campaigns are underway in two of the elections, with one set of sample ballots scheduled for mailing late next month.
First up is a Feb. 5 presidential primary, including the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District’s $200 million bond measure, which, if approved by a 55 percent vote, will add $29.50 per $100,000 assessed valuation to property tax bills for 25 years.
A Campaign for Kids 2008 group of some 50 volunteers, co-chaired by Jim Roberts and Mary Weddle, is promoting the bonds, with plans to distribute flyers listing bond-funded projects proposed at each school site.
The district’s 88,208 registered voters include 41,194 in Yorba Linda, 26,482 in Placentia and 20,532 in Anaheim, Brea, Fullerton and county areas. A 2002 bond measure tallied 18,300 yes and 9,435 no votes, a 66 to 34 percent margin.
Property owners now pay about $29.50 and $15 per $100,000 assessed valuation, respectively, for PYLUSD and North Orange County Community College District bonds from 2002.
In a mailed-ballot election during the same time period, city property owners will be asked to raise the annual arterial street lighting and landscaping zones payment from $47.29 to $91.
The ballot also will seek voter approval to increase the assessment each year to cover costs, but not more than the Consumer Price Index plus three percent.
Estimated election expense is $65,000, including a $15,000 “public education program” that legally must end by Dec. 4, when the City Council plans officially to call for a vote with ballots mailed Jan. 14 to be returned by March 4.
The June 3 primary and Nov. 4 general elections include races for four legislative seats, four positions on three water boards, two county board seats, seven school trustee terms in two districts, three council jobs and several low-profile party posts, all representing Yorba Linda.
A FINAL NOTE
The 3-2 City Council vote naming Mark Abramowitz to complete a two-year Planning Commission term is due as much to politics as to qualifications, since the former water board director and longtime Hank Wedaa ally might run for council in 2008.
Opposed to Abramowitz were Mayor Allen Castellano and Councilman Jim Winder, whose council seats, along with Wedaa’s, will appear on the November 2008 ballot.
Informational campaigns are underway in two of the elections, with one set of sample ballots scheduled for mailing late next month.
First up is a Feb. 5 presidential primary, including the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District’s $200 million bond measure, which, if approved by a 55 percent vote, will add $29.50 per $100,000 assessed valuation to property tax bills for 25 years.
A Campaign for Kids 2008 group of some 50 volunteers, co-chaired by Jim Roberts and Mary Weddle, is promoting the bonds, with plans to distribute flyers listing bond-funded projects proposed at each school site.
The district’s 88,208 registered voters include 41,194 in Yorba Linda, 26,482 in Placentia and 20,532 in Anaheim, Brea, Fullerton and county areas. A 2002 bond measure tallied 18,300 yes and 9,435 no votes, a 66 to 34 percent margin.
Property owners now pay about $29.50 and $15 per $100,000 assessed valuation, respectively, for PYLUSD and North Orange County Community College District bonds from 2002.
In a mailed-ballot election during the same time period, city property owners will be asked to raise the annual arterial street lighting and landscaping zones payment from $47.29 to $91.
The ballot also will seek voter approval to increase the assessment each year to cover costs, but not more than the Consumer Price Index plus three percent.
Estimated election expense is $65,000, including a $15,000 “public education program” that legally must end by Dec. 4, when the City Council plans officially to call for a vote with ballots mailed Jan. 14 to be returned by March 4.
The June 3 primary and Nov. 4 general elections include races for four legislative seats, four positions on three water boards, two county board seats, seven school trustee terms in two districts, three council jobs and several low-profile party posts, all representing Yorba Linda.
A FINAL NOTE
The 3-2 City Council vote naming Mark Abramowitz to complete a two-year Planning Commission term is due as much to politics as to qualifications, since the former water board director and longtime Hank Wedaa ally might run for council in 2008.
Opposed to Abramowitz were Mayor Allen Castellano and Councilman Jim Winder, whose council seats, along with Wedaa’s, will appear on the November 2008 ballot.
posted by Jim Drummond at 12:00 PM
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