March 2011 Election, Norwalk, Los Angeles County, California
Election for Norwalk, Los Angeles County, California
Candidates
City Council: 3 Seats Available
Currently identifying picks and dividing candidates into OK, No, and Need More Information.
Our picks for Norwalk City Council in 2011 are Leonard Shryock and Judith Brennan.
OK
Leonard Shryock | Seems ethical and conservative. Favorable endorsement. Best campaign of OK's. |
Judith Brennan | Religious, probably conservative. 2nd best campaign of OK's. |
Anthony Garcia | Conservative views. |
Steve L. Lowe | Citation issue. Seems to be fairly libertarian. |
Need More Information
Alfonso Aduna | |
Larry McIntosh | |
Craig Beckman | Favorable stance on homeschooling. |
Scott Collins | |
Rick Ramirez | Incumbent, Sexual harassment lawsuit, Flip-flop on whether to run |
Ginger Silvera | Political science PhD |
No
Mary Jane McIntosh | Liberal endorsements, though seems to have a relatively even temperament. |
Marcel Rodarte | Seems juvenile, liberal-leaning endorsements |
Luigi Vernola | Democratic contributions. Conflict of interests issues. |
Jesse M. Luera | Incumbent, Sexual harassment lawsuit |
Vacating council member Gordon Stefenhagen does not plan to run for reelection.[1]
I wrote a letter to 12 of the 14 candidates (the ones I had email addresses for at the time) and have gotten 8 responses. I'm not yet sure whether to make the responses public, but you can see the letter.
External Resources
- Notice of Nominees for Public Office, Norwalk, CA, 8 March 2011
- Voter information from Norwalk's web site.
- Randy Economy, "A PEEK AT THE UPCOMING NORWALK CITY COUNCIL ELECTION: A DOZEN HOPEFULS TAKE OUT NOMINATION PAPERS. MORE ARE EXPECTED IN CROWDED RACE FOR THREE SLOTS", November 21, 2010
- Randy Economy, "14 Candidates vie for three seats on the Norwalk City Council. Election set for March 8th", December 17, 2010
- Phillip Zonkel, "Area election lineups are fleshed out", Press-Telegram, 12/16/2010
- "Council Member; City of Norwalk Voter Information", SmartVoter, March 8, 2011 Election
- "Ramirez may run in Norwalk", Los Angeles Wave, 25, November, 2010
- City of Norwalk Sample Ballot and Voter Information Pamphlet: General Municipal Election, March 8, 2011
- Phillip Zonkel, "Norwalk council hopefuls debate", Press-Telegram, 02/10/2011 11:54:58 AM PST
References
- ↑ Arnold Adler, "Norwalk City Council campaign off to an early start", Los Angeles Wave