Mayor pick signals start of campaign contract
Mark Schwing’s selection as mayor and John Anderson as mayor pro tem signals the wish of a new City Council majority to begin work on a 17-point “contract for Yorba Linda” endorsed by Schwing, Anderson and Nancy Rikel in the past election (see the four-page document at www.contract4yl.com/contract.pdf).
The elected officials also started work on nine items Schwing added to the new council’s first agenda Dec. 2, and Schwing broadened council representation on five county boards.
Schwing named himself to replace Jan Horton on two toll road boards, picked Rikel for the Fire Authority position previously held by Horton, kept Jim Winder on the Vector Control board but appointed Anderson to replace Winder as Sanitation District director.
Horton asked to keep her fire board seat but was the only council member not named to a paid board post (from $100 to $212 per meeting). She later called Schwing “dictatorial.”
Two more election items:
First, Winder’s seven-vote win is the second slimmest victory in city history, behind Keri Wilson’s three-vote win over Schwing in 2002.
Other less-than-100 vote wins: Barbara Kiley over Robert Meador by 16 in 1996, Hank Wedaa over Jim Matych by 25 in 1974, Rudy Castro over Matych by 34 in 1970, Herb Warren over Betty Christiansen by 53 in 1967, Wedaa over Gene Wisner by 68 in 1982.
Winder begins his final four years in office under the city’s term limit law, after placing first in 2000, third in 2004 (4,307 votes ahead of Ed Rakochy) and third this year (seven votes ahead of Rakochy).
Second, Yorba Linda Residents for Responsible Representation endorsed five of the last six winners: Anderson and Horton in 2006, Wedaa in 2007 and Rikel and Schwing this year, but, as reported in past columns, the grassroots group soured on Horton and Wedaa.
Much of the money raised by the city’s only locally funded political action committee this year came from three successful yard sales.
A FINAL NOTE
Councilwoman Nancy Rikel filed a complaint with the county Sheriff’s Department against David Wilson, a department captain and husband of former Councilwoman Keri Wilson, over an alleged confrontation in the East Lake Village Von’s parking lot. Rikel claimed “conduct unbecoming an officer” by Wilson as Rikel was campaigning Nov. 1.
“An investigation into the incident was initiated and is currently underway,” Sgt. David Njust of the Professional Standards Division told Rikel in a Nov. 5 letter. Njust added, “Internal Affairs will send you a letter informing you of the outcome of your complaint within 30 days of the investigation’s completion.”
The elected officials also started work on nine items Schwing added to the new council’s first agenda Dec. 2, and Schwing broadened council representation on five county boards.
Schwing named himself to replace Jan Horton on two toll road boards, picked Rikel for the Fire Authority position previously held by Horton, kept Jim Winder on the Vector Control board but appointed Anderson to replace Winder as Sanitation District director.
Horton asked to keep her fire board seat but was the only council member not named to a paid board post (from $100 to $212 per meeting). She later called Schwing “dictatorial.”
Two more election items:
First, Winder’s seven-vote win is the second slimmest victory in city history, behind Keri Wilson’s three-vote win over Schwing in 2002.
Other less-than-100 vote wins: Barbara Kiley over Robert Meador by 16 in 1996, Hank Wedaa over Jim Matych by 25 in 1974, Rudy Castro over Matych by 34 in 1970, Herb Warren over Betty Christiansen by 53 in 1967, Wedaa over Gene Wisner by 68 in 1982.
Winder begins his final four years in office under the city’s term limit law, after placing first in 2000, third in 2004 (4,307 votes ahead of Ed Rakochy) and third this year (seven votes ahead of Rakochy).
Second, Yorba Linda Residents for Responsible Representation endorsed five of the last six winners: Anderson and Horton in 2006, Wedaa in 2007 and Rikel and Schwing this year, but, as reported in past columns, the grassroots group soured on Horton and Wedaa.
Much of the money raised by the city’s only locally funded political action committee this year came from three successful yard sales.
A FINAL NOTE
Councilwoman Nancy Rikel filed a complaint with the county Sheriff’s Department against David Wilson, a department captain and husband of former Councilwoman Keri Wilson, over an alleged confrontation in the East Lake Village Von’s parking lot. Rikel claimed “conduct unbecoming an officer” by Wilson as Rikel was campaigning Nov. 1.
“An investigation into the incident was initiated and is currently underway,” Sgt. David Njust of the Professional Standards Division told Rikel in a Nov. 5 letter. Njust added, “Internal Affairs will send you a letter informing you of the outcome of your complaint within 30 days of the investigation’s completion.”
posted by Jim Drummond at 12:00 PM
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