DOWNTOWN — Having already raised objections to the campaign season tactics of the group Santa Monicans for Quality Government with City Hall, Diana Gordon, co-chair of the Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City, has taken the battle against the group up a notch by filing a detailed complaint with
CITY HALL Challenger Ted Winterer continued to trail in the only still-undecided race for a City Council seat on Tuesday, with Los Angeles County election officials releasing an updated tally that showed only a one-vote change in the razor thin gap between Winterer and incumbent Bob Holbrook.
City Council incumbent Bob Holbrook leads challenger Ted Winterer by a slim 61 votes with less than 6,000 ballots remaining to be counted. So this week, Q-Line asked: Who are you rooting for and why? Here are your responses: “Bob Holbrook, of course! He is the only council member in many years that
CITY HALL — The City Council earlier this week backed plans to tighten local campaign finance disclosure laws, a step prompted by the election season activities of the group Santa Monicans for Quality Government (SMQG), which used money from developers to create mailers some called “deceptive” and f
The latest election results from the lone disputed Santa Monica City Council seat reveal that challenger Ted Winterer has gained on incumbent Bob Holbrook, L.
DOWNTOWN — A close election got closer late on Tuesday, with updated results showing five-term City Councilman Bob Holbrook leading challenger Ted Winterer by 61 votes — fewer than .
The votes are in and there were a few surprises. I predicted that Measure Y, which will add another half cent to the city’s current 9.75 percent sales tax, would carry by 60 percent of the vote.
DOWNTOWN — Just 121 votes — fewer than .2 percent of those cast in the contest — separated City Council challenger Ted Winterer from five-term incumbent Bob Holbrook by Friday afternoon, after thousands more ballots from Tuesday’s election were tallied.
DOWNTOWN — With nearly 6,000 ballots left to count, one local race remained too close to call on Wednesday, as Bob Holbrook and Ted Winterer were neck and neck for the final available four-year City Council term.
CITY HALL — The group responsible for the most controversial political mailers in Santa Monica this election year received all of its funding from real estate interests, financial disclosure forms reviewed by the Daily Press on Monday showed.
Tomorrow is election day; vote if you haven’t already. There are some important issues to be decided — like Measure Y. Should voters approve a permanent half-cent increase in the city’s sales tax? City Hall claims it needs the revenue.
DOWNTOWN — As negative television ads targeting candidates for statewide and national offices blare non-stop during the final days before the election, local races in Santa Monica seem comparatively civil.
