Wednesday, March 07, 2007

PUSD BOE election results

Here are the results from yesterday's election, according to the website of the City Clerk. According to the election rules, a candidate must get 50% or more of the vote to win, so despite a commanding lead, Cooper will have to go up against Mastromatteo in a runoff. As predicted, Bib and Bob will have a rematch as well.

In a result that surprised me, the Stonehill News favorite for a Seat 6 landslide, Roberta Martinez, lost in what turned out to be a close race to the better funded Tom Selinske. I had at first assumed that a disparity in campaign financing might be an explanation, but I just heard from Roberta who informed me that in the end she and Selinske rang in at about $11,000 and $13,000 respectively... so that takes that theory off the table.

Seat 2 Votes %
George Loew 3,513 24.6%
Mark Mastromatteo 3,674 25.7%
Renatta Cooper 7,083 49.6%
Seat 4 Votes %
George Lewis 720 4.9%
Bob Harrison 5,238 35.9%
William A. Bibbiani 6,783 46.5%
Milena Albert 1,831 12.5%
Seat 6 Votes %
Roberta H. Martinez 6,881 48.3%
Tom Selinske 7,357 51.6%

Monday, March 05, 2007

How will you vote for PUSD BOE?

Find out where your polling place is at www.lavote.net, a website that let's you look up your polling location and view a pdf sample ballot if you like.

Follow the results as they are reported tomorrow on the Pasadena Star News tally

Tonight I compared notes with Isaac and Norah and wrapped up our opinions in a table with those other public endorsements I found which put a stake in the ground for all three seats.

Haven't made up your mind yet? Looking for a cheat sheet? Take a look at how the tiny sampling I took is stacking it up.

Updated 3/6/07 9:30am Stonehill News "finger-in-the-wind" poll results:


Seat 2 Seat 4 Seat 6
Norah Small
Cooper
Harrison
Martinez
Jeremiah Small
Cooper
Harrison
Martinez
Isaac Garcia
Mastro...
Bibbiani
Martinez
Larry Harter
Mastro...
Harrison
Selinske
Steve Gerow
Mastro...
Bibbiani
Martinez
Gino Sund
Mastro...
Bibbiani
Selinske
Walter Olszewski
Cooper
Albert
Martinez
Catherine Anderson
Cooper
Harrison
Martinez
PW
Cooper
Bibbiani
Martinez
PSN
Mastro...
Bibbiani
Martinez
UTofP
Cooper
Harrison
Martinez
Rene Amy
NOTA
Bibbiani
NOTA


Seat 2 runoff with Cooper and Mastromatteo

Seat 4 runoff with Bibbiani and Harrison

Seat 6 for Martinez by a landslide