Van Nuys Neighborhood Council horse race

While the Van Nuys Neighborhood Council member in charge of elections has been ignoring my e-mail, and the VNNC and Department of Neighborhood Empoowerment Web sites don't acknowledge that it's even happening, I learned about the imminent NC election from ... two of the candidates themselves.

In my mailbox (my U.S. Mail box ... the one attached to my front door) last night I found a flier from Ted C. Wood, running for Van Nuys Neighborhood Council, Zone 4. He lists his e-mail address: Ted_C_Wood_for_VNNC@yahoo.com.

His platform is simple: To Continually Improve Van Nuys.

Yeah, doesn't say or mean much, but what the hey?

At least he gives the particulars of the VNNC election:

Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Van Nuys Elementary School, 6464 Sylmar Ave. (one block east of Van Nuys Boulevard, one block north of Victory Boulevard).

And according to Mr. Wood's flier, you need one of the following to be considered a "stakeholder," and therefore be eligible to vote: driver's license, student ID, AARP card, any photo ID, postmarked mail, church bulletin/newsletter to which one belongs, or a letter with signature from the director of a community organization.

But there's a race afoot. Also seen in my neighborhood are fliers from another candidate, Delores Nascar. And they come complete with a glamour shot of said Ms. Nascar. She has a few points on which she is running, though I can't remember them at this very moment. Ilene things Delores Nascar is the same Delores (or Deloris) we met at our polling place during this month's election. She had on a very large hat and seemed to defy her age (unless she was 40 ... but I suspect she was more 70, less 40). I don't think it's the same person, but in any case, this Delores Nascar has an IMDB page, meaning she's involved in film or TV, her last credit being a 2002 movie called "Woman on Fire."

So who do you trust?

Maybe I'll shoot an e-mail over to Mr. Wood and see what he has to say.