Wednesday, March 06, 2013

LAUSD BOARD OF ED ELECTION: The dust clears …what does it mean?

unofficial election results from the la city clerk with all precincts reporting | http://bit.ly/14tnzk2

March 6, 2013

MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF ED, DIST NO. 2
MÓNICA GARCÍA  15268 56.03 REELECTED
ANNAMARIE MONTAÑEZ 3220 11.81
ROBERT D. SKEELS 4105 15.06
ABELARDO DIAZ 1916 7.03
ISABEL VAZQUEZ 2740 10.05
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF ED, DIST NO. 4
STEVE ZIMMER  32137 52.1 REELECTED
KATE ANDERSON 29537 47.89
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF ED, DIST NO. 6
MARIA CANO 4113 13.56
IRIS ZUÑIGA 2778 9.15
MONICA RATLIFF  10351 34.12 TO RUNOFF
ANTONIO SANCHEZ  13087 43.15 TO RUNOFF
VOTER TURNOUT NUMBER BALLOTS PERCENT
REGISTERED CAST REPORTING
CITY OF LOS ANGELES 1817107 292760 16.11% 
OUTSIDE LA - LAUSD AND LACCD 157296 9270

5.89

2cents smf

smf: It’s too early in the post mortem for a final conclusion - (pending toxology results?) and too early in the morning  - one cup of coffee -  to write an essay.

First impressions:

As in baseball:

    • Sometimes you win.
    • Sometimes you lose.
    • Sometimes the game is put off because of rain.
  • Never shortchange the power of incumbency.
  • The huge infusion of outside/foreign money didn’t work in District 4. Zimmer beat Anderson the old fashioned way: by putting up a spirited fight, walking precincts, telling truth to power and getting out the vote.
  • The huge infusion of foreign money did work in District 2 – and the Anyone but Monica strategy failed. With no standout candidate in opposition – and no serious money arrayed against her – Garcia was able to avoid the run-off the strategy relied upon.   And the abysmal voter turnout contributed to the result.
  • In District 6 the result is interesting. The money spent by the ®eform ©oalition contributed to Sanchez’ plurality …but Ratliff’s strong showing shows resistance to the Deasy/®eform agenda. Fasten your seatbelt, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
  • It would be nice to be able to say the The Millions from Billionaires Didn’t Work – but the truth is The Millions from Billionaires Didn’t Work Very Well – but the less voters who vote the stronger the effect of outside moneyA cost benefit analysis of Mayor Bloomberg’s million (and all the other outside money) won’t make many data-driven bean counters happy: How much did each vote cost?

And that money didn’t help the educational outcome of a single child. In the end, lest we forget, it isn’t about the politics - it’s about the children.

Onward!

 

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