The Department of Neighborhood Empowerment has posted unofficial preliminary election results for both the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council and the Mid City West Community Council. Final certified results will be posted eight days from now.
(* indicates elected in all races below)
Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council
(NOTE:Â second place finishers in the GWNC election become the official Alternates for each seat)
Geographic Area 1 Director
* Owen Smith – 7
Joane Henneberger Pickett – 3
Geographic Area 2 Director
* Jeffry Carpenter – 7
Zubin Davar – 0
Geographic Area 3 Director
* Brian Donahoe – 4
Jose Tamayo – 2
Geographic Area 5 Director
* Jennifer Devore – 111
David Trainer – 12
Geographic Area 6 Director
* Cathy Roberts – 3
Geographic Area 7 Director
* Charles D’atri – 28
Kathryn Burke – 11
Vince Cox – 7
Geographic Area 8 Director
* Christopher Hauck – 7
Philip A. Farha – 6
Robert Lindall – 0
Geographic Area 9 Director
* Bindhu Varghese – 6
Geographic Area 10 Director
* Patricia Carroll – 21
Geographic Area 11 Director
* Conrad Starr – 15
William Schneider – 4
Geographic Area 12 Director
* Juan Portillo Jr. – 12
Geographic Area 13 Director
* Michael Duggan – 6
John Gresham – 4
Kimberly Nortman – 1
Geographic Area 14 Director
* Gary Gilbert – 44
Caroline Labiner Moser – 42
Thomas Atlee – 13
Geographic Area 15 Director
* Stephanie Shim – 5
Beau Lloyd – 2
Renter Representative
*** Hayden Conner Ashworth – 6
*** Bailey Benningfield – 6
Maria Sulprizio – 0
(***Note: According to the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment: “Tie votes will be resolved by drawing lots after the official results are posted. the City Clerk will conduct the tie resolution in public.”)
Business Representative
* John Winther – 16
Raphie Cantor – 6
John McNicholas – 2
Michael Knowles – 1
Education Representative
* Scott Appel – 3
Religion Representative
Michael Genewick – 0
Other Nonprofit Representative
* Cindy Chvatal-Keane – 81
Helen Eigenberg – 5
Colette Amin – 4
At Large Representative
* Brian Curran – 124
Joe Suh – 54
Sam Uretsky – 39
April Hannon – 36
MID CITY WEST COMMUNITY COUNCIL (MCWCC)
Zone 1 Representative
* Daniel Kopec – 51
Rochelle F. Blisten – 6
Zone 2 Representative
* Nasim Kablan – 50
Dan Frieber – 30
Zone 3 Representative
* Amy Goldenberg – 39
Judith Benezra – 37
Zone 4 Representative
* Dale Kandall – 51
Thomas Bailey – 47
Zone 5 Representative
* Andrea Guttag – 104
Indira Cameron-Banks – 72
Cindy Bitterman – 45
Zone 6 Representative
* Ryan Weisert – 78
Barbara Gallen – 77
Zone 7 Representative
* Roxanne Arvizu – 82
Thao Tran – 81
Rocky Wicker – 6
Homeowners (3 elected)
* Valerie Jaffee Washburn – 577
* Shem J. Bitterman – 573
* Don Whitehead – 554
Lee Kondo – 403
Michael Malone – 370
Renters (5 elected)
* Lynda La Rose – 568
* Adam Gerber – 558
* Lauren Borchard – 556
* Tyler Lambert-Perkins – 530
* Xander Wikstrom – 528
Kelly Kaufman – 380
Dinah Perez – 377
Rachel Shultz – 355
Charles A. Lindenblatt – 353
Margaret Rose Flores – 352
Juan Thomas Kimble – 47
Kendall Durkee – 31
Business (6 elected)
* Lauren Nichols – 571
* Isack Fadlon – 569
* Jenny Mortaya – 568
* Maria Malbas – 548
* Michael Schneider – 547
* Will Hackner – 538
Devin Galaudet – 361
Rita Hand – 360
Suzan Horne – 355
Brian Harris – 346
J. Michael Shoemaker – 335
Elizabeth Wilson – 298
Nonprofit Organizations (6 elected)
* Arnali Ray – 573
* Lindsey Chase – 561
* Lyndsey Bonomolo – 549
* Ghermayn Baker – 538
* Daniel Schoorl – 529
* Anderw Werner – 528
Tee Mitchell- 386
Steven Luftman – 378
Patrick Seamans – 364
William Hochhaus – 354
Zachariah Siciliano – 351
James Binaski – 331
Derrick Henry – 31
Members at Large (8 elected)
* Taylor Holland – 572
* Melissa Algaze – 559
* David Mann – 552
* Nanette Barrutia – 543
* Benjamin Kram – 543
* Christian La Mont – 538
* J. Keith Van Straaten – 516
* Sky Whitehead – 507
Victoria Yoon – 417
Ellen Ehrlich – 403
Sharon Mastropietro Malone – 382
Carisa Barah – 367
Michael Conway – 356
Thomas Challener – 352
I really don’t understand the huge disparity between the vote totals in the two neighborhood councils. Did GWNC Geographic Area 15 really have only 7 votes cast? Area 6 had 3 votes cast? While MCWCC’s lowest vote count was for Area 1 at 57 votes?
Is this a density issue or is it related to the debacle of absentee ballot applications for GWNC?
Individual neighborhood councils are allowed to set their own rules about who gets to vote for which of their board seats. In the GWNC election, only people who live, work, or own property within the boundaries of a specific geographic area can vote for that area’s seat on the board. Also, in addition to a geographic area seat, voters can choose only one other race (at large, or one of the five “special interest” seats) to vote in. In contrast, all voters in the Mid City West election can vote for all the individual seats on the board. So that means there will be a lot more people voting for each seat in that election than in the GWNC election. Doesn’t necessarily say anything about the total number of voters in either election, or about specific ballot issues in either election.