BARRY LEVINSON
And the Race for Fullerton City Council begins:
I report, you decide.
Well the field of candidates is shaping up for the Fullerton City
Council race. Seven have filed papers and assuming they all have
the necessary valid signatures they will be as follows:
Bill Chaffee, (Doug Chaffee’s younger brother)
Jane Rands, Green Party
Doug Chaffee, Democrat
Greg Sebourn, Republican
Rick Alvarez, Republican
Larry Bennett, Republican
Sean Paden, Republican
During the course of this campaign I will be speaking on the issues
and noting each candidates strengths and weaknesses. I will report
on what they have said and what they have done that may or may
not jive with their campaign rhetoric. It is so important that I point out
any candidate’s inconsistencies. I believe this will help the voters
determine who is trustworthy and who may not be as trustworthy.
- As I have said many times there are certain characteristics that I
- believe are essential to have for any candidate that I want to support
- wholeheartedly. Those characteristics are the following:
- 1. Honesty and integrity,
- 2. Knowledge, intelligence and wisdom,
- 3. Common Sense and
- 4. Guts and strength of character and convictions
- I believe it should be rather self-evident why all the above
- characteristics are important for the good candidate to possess. But
- if I had to name just one reason, it would be that a candidate that
- possesses all of the above characteristics I believe can be counted
- on to make informed, impartial decisions that are in the best interests
- of the citizens of Fullerton. This is something that a majority of our council does not consistently do now in my opinion.
- A candidate for instance could have the first three characteristics and
- still not be able to carry forth their principles without guts.
- So I will be informing all of you what positions each candidate has on
- all key issues facing Fullerton. I will also be telling you whether based
- on the candidates previous words and actions that we can reasonably
- count on them keeping their campaign promises.
Of course I will be stating what positions I believe are best for our city as well.
Barry Levinson
#1 by Mark Powell on August 21, 2014 - 5:20 pm
Sorry Barry. Must have hit the submit button too early. Unless the courts cites what is known as the “Gingles” factor, (Thornburg vs. Gingles) which in this case I don’t think they will, the courts will usually go on what is referred to as an “ideal population” which is based on whats called Census Block Data from the most recent census.
This is simply the number of persons required for each district to have an equal population.
For instance, in Fullerton we had roughly 140,000 persons living within our city borders. The court says that if you have 5 city councilman to elect, that you divide the 140,000 people equally, so that each district would have 1/5th, or 35,000 people within each district.
These new boundaries will effect each and EVERY citywide election such as School board members, trustees,etc..in the not too distant future.