RULE Wins Emery Unified School District Board Majority
Councilwoman Martinez Takes Historic 49% of vote
The historic election cements RULE's power in Emeryville with a popular total RULE backed City Council and now a new super majority RULE backed power base at the School District. In 2016, RULE crushed the election with the sweep of it's candidates John Bauters, Ally Medina and Christian Patz, shutting down the anti-RULE business backed contenders and turned the previous simple majority into a five for five 'RULE bloc' totality on the Council. This November's election RULE sweep notably makes the seat of existing School Board member Cruz Vargas the last lonely holdout for the anti-RULE minority in all of Emeryville.
Equally unparalleled in Emeryville history is the fact that RULE has never missed even one call. Every single candidate or ballot initiative measure (like last June's Measure C the affordable housing bond) RULE has endorsed has passed; a remarkable perfect record dating back to RULE's inception and the election of Councilwoman Jennifer West in 2009 who handily beat her contenders (anybody remember Frank Flores for City Council?). Anyone considering running in two years for the seat now occupied by School Board member Cruz Vargas might want to take to heart the last ten years in Emeryville election history.
NOTE TO READERS: This story originally contained an inaccuracy and the Tattler issued a retraction on December 8th. The retraction can be viewed HERE.
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| Asterisks represent RULE candidates as well as election winners |
There is some complicated math here. Dianne received 49% of all cast votes. But 66% of all voters voted for her. There were 4822 people that voted. Of those voters 3182 voted for her or 66%. The total number of votes cast was 6432 out of a possible 9644 because each voter could choose two candidates.
ReplyDeleteIf you look at the Measure S, 4554 people voted, 3841 yes and 713 no. That gives a better idea of how many people voted.
This shows you that not only did RULE sweep but it was not even close. Scott won with a majority of voters and Dianne only a handful of votes from a super majority. Any argument that they do not represent the voice of the community is wrong.
Wow, thanks (math major?) Tattler reader! Nice breakdown. Dianne and RULE speak for the community, yes, indeed. And they won big. To those who make the argument against it, stick that in your e'ville eye!
DeleteI voted for all the candidates who won, not because of RULE, or the Democratic party, but because I, like RULE and the Democrats, reviewed the candidates and selected those I felt were most qualified. "Cement[ing] their power" is neither what RULE did nor what they wish to do, I hope. However, they do provide a valuable service to the community.
ReplyDeletePerhaps you're unaware that the R in RULE stands for 'Residents'. RULE are the people of Emeryville and the people of Emeryville are RULE. For RULE to cement their power is for democracy to cement its power. As opposed to a previous era in Emeryville when the business sector called the shots. It was out of town business interests mostly that ran this town (through their sycophants) previously.
DeleteYes folks it's me again. Happy almost the end of 2018. I can't help but notice that we have some new people on the board. I'm sure that you've noticed and are pretty content with the fact that I'm not around there so much. my issue lies with the fact that there are now people on the board who were present doing some of the most atrocious acts committed by some of the staff at that school whom I personally turned to for support and got none. Now I see that you're sitting on the board at the school. I know for a fact that you're absolutely useless unless it comes to something that you personally find interesting or have something at stake in. I just wanted to put that out there because a lot of talk has been swirling around about how different things are. They aren't that different for me. Because among the very colorful and criminal activities that were committed by members of the staff at that school, I remember one very disturbing thing that one of the police officers told me. He very ominously told me, and I quote, do not get caught walking around the homes of that school alone unquote. So ever since thatincident so many of you would love to keep swept up under the rug, I have been intensely uncomfortable with even doing as much as bringing my son his phone when he forgets it. Picking up or dropping him off at times gives me anxiety. And I noticed that there are several people or at least a couple of people, I am naming names, Susan Donaldson. Glad to see you make it up the ladder to the board. My concern is that we have people on the board that don't really give a shit. this is just an observation and instead of thinking about this every time I pick up, drop off, or take something to the school that my son forgets, I'm just going to go ahead and express myself. we have the me to generation nowadays and we obviously have the hashtag if it's not my kids fuck it generation. That was what I was told by Susan Donaldson husband at a time that I needed major support from my fellow parents. Tata everybody
ReplyDeleteI know that I'm not even ON the subject but sometimes you just GOTTA say what you gotta say.
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