Residents are half-way there
With two ballots down and two to go, Yorba Linda voters are half-finished with a record four elections scheduled this year.
First was the Feb. 5 Presidential primary, including the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District’s $200 million bond. About half of 89,550 registered voters cast ballots for a final tally of 25,764 yes and 19,508 no, 864 votes more than the required 55 percent.
Ballots in the election to raise the annual tax in the city’s arterial lighting and landscaping zones from $47.29 to $91 were due Tuesday from property owners. The results might be available today or early next week, since City Hall is closed tomorrow.
The third ballot—the regular primary election on June 3—includes five races for state and county positions and Gary Miller’s GOP bid for a sixth two-year term in Congress.
Deadline for filing for these offices is tomorrow, although candidates with fund-raising committees already have registered their activities with California’s Secretary of State.
The two state Assembly members representing Yorba Linda—Mike Duvall in the west and central portions and Bob Huff on the eastern end—raised $841,657 in 2007 to seek seats for which they face no significant opposition in the primary and general elections.
Duvall, running for a second two-year Assembly term, raised $295,070 last year and had a balance of $54,823 in two campaign accounts at the start of this year.
Huff is leaving the Assembly after two terms to seek the state Senate seat occupied by Bob Margett, who is completing the second of the two four-year terms legally allowed. Huff raised $536,587 last year for the contest and began 2008 with $390,471.
The only credibly contested race is for the Republican nomination for the Assembly job to be vacated by Huff. The top contenders are Larry Dick, an elected county Municipal Water District director, and Curt Hagman, president of Pomona-based Apex Bail Bonds.
Dick raised $401,956 last year and began this year with $319,331, while Hagman took in $434,044 in 2007 and began 2008 with $342,011.
Two county incumbents who represent Yorba Linda might face opposition on the June ballot, depending on tomorrow’s final filings. Third District Supervisor Bill Campbell and county board of education member Ken Williams could face one or two opponents.
Also on the ballot are contests for the county central committee seats of several political parties. Currently, the only Yorba Linda resident on these bodies is former Councilman Mark Schwing, one of six Republican members from Huff’s Assembly district.
The fourth election will include council, school trustee and water board balloting Nov. 4.
A FINAL NOTE
Manny Ortega, a 23-year resident and former Placentia Police Chief, got a taste of local traffic enforcement on his way to a recent interview for a Traffic Commission position. Ortega told City Council members he was late due to a “deserved” citation he received.
In unanimous votes, the council selected Ortega and Diana Wu from a nine-candidate field to serve on the five-member advisory panel.
First was the Feb. 5 Presidential primary, including the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District’s $200 million bond. About half of 89,550 registered voters cast ballots for a final tally of 25,764 yes and 19,508 no, 864 votes more than the required 55 percent.
Ballots in the election to raise the annual tax in the city’s arterial lighting and landscaping zones from $47.29 to $91 were due Tuesday from property owners. The results might be available today or early next week, since City Hall is closed tomorrow.
The third ballot—the regular primary election on June 3—includes five races for state and county positions and Gary Miller’s GOP bid for a sixth two-year term in Congress.
Deadline for filing for these offices is tomorrow, although candidates with fund-raising committees already have registered their activities with California’s Secretary of State.
The two state Assembly members representing Yorba Linda—Mike Duvall in the west and central portions and Bob Huff on the eastern end—raised $841,657 in 2007 to seek seats for which they face no significant opposition in the primary and general elections.
Duvall, running for a second two-year Assembly term, raised $295,070 last year and had a balance of $54,823 in two campaign accounts at the start of this year.
Huff is leaving the Assembly after two terms to seek the state Senate seat occupied by Bob Margett, who is completing the second of the two four-year terms legally allowed. Huff raised $536,587 last year for the contest and began 2008 with $390,471.
The only credibly contested race is for the Republican nomination for the Assembly job to be vacated by Huff. The top contenders are Larry Dick, an elected county Municipal Water District director, and Curt Hagman, president of Pomona-based Apex Bail Bonds.
Dick raised $401,956 last year and began this year with $319,331, while Hagman took in $434,044 in 2007 and began 2008 with $342,011.
Two county incumbents who represent Yorba Linda might face opposition on the June ballot, depending on tomorrow’s final filings. Third District Supervisor Bill Campbell and county board of education member Ken Williams could face one or two opponents.
Also on the ballot are contests for the county central committee seats of several political parties. Currently, the only Yorba Linda resident on these bodies is former Councilman Mark Schwing, one of six Republican members from Huff’s Assembly district.
The fourth election will include council, school trustee and water board balloting Nov. 4.
A FINAL NOTE
Manny Ortega, a 23-year resident and former Placentia Police Chief, got a taste of local traffic enforcement on his way to a recent interview for a Traffic Commission position. Ortega told City Council members he was late due to a “deserved” citation he received.
In unanimous votes, the council selected Ortega and Diana Wu from a nine-candidate field to serve on the five-member advisory panel.
posted by Jim Drummond at 12:00 PM
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