Robinson, McAustin, Cooper and Harrison. And Victory for V!
Big change in the District 1 numbers between the time I left the Convention Center, where Robin Salzer was maintaining a big lead of Jacque Robinson.
Precinct voters -- that is people who actually show up and vote -- gave Jacque the bump she needed to finish about 100 votes ahead of Robin.
Margaret McAustin, as expected, easily won the District 2 race.
Renatta Cooper, who finished with a strong lead on March 6, did equally well to take PUSD Seat 2.
Seat 4 incumbent Bill Bibbiani, the sole sitting member of the unpopular school board to ask voters for another term, was edged out by restaurant owner Bob Harrison.
And a last-minute addition: Sierra Madre's Measure V squeeked through on a (what's more narrow than a razor?) margin that could only be measured by its atomic weight.
"Semi-final" results:
City Council
District 1
Jacque Robinson 1,009 53.0
Robin Salzer 894 46.9
District 2
Margaret McAustin 1,015 61.1
Jim Lomako 646 38.8
PUSD Board of Education
Seat 2
Mark Mastromatteo 4,642 36.4
Renatta Cooper 8,099 63.5
Seat 4
Bob Harrison 6,949 53.1
William A. Bibbiani 6,115 46.8
Woo-hoo - 4 for 4!
Vegas - here I come!
BTW - what were your predications?b
Salzer got served.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/nuwaivaaron/robin-2.jpg
I'll own up to how far off the mark I was in a bit, I just woke up and have a story to write first.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hGONnHLRjU
Dude - what is up with you and that Enya song?
That Enya song rules.
OK - this one doesn't use Enya.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP9DKle2tk4
unpopular school board??
that is pure, defensive spin.
Bibbiani was a lousy board member whose only use was as a fink for the papers. Everyone is glad he's gone, BUT the papers.
now the board can get its work done.
This is a free-speech zone where even paid PUSD consultants are welcome to contribute.