Encinitas mayor and recently reelected city council member Jerome Stocks is one of the many bloggers over at the Red County Blog (San Diego edition). In his most recent post he mildly gloats about his reelection. Jerome says that the citizens of Encinitas rewarded the incumbents for doing a great job.
Incumbent city councilperson Maggie Houlihan once again received the highest number of votes in the recent election, a final total of 12505. Maggie has broken 10,000 votes in every election contest she has run in. Maggie has received more votes than Jerome Stocks in every election. Clearly the majority residents of Encinitas think that Maggie is doing a great job.
However, the city council Wall of Sausage (Dan Dalager, Jim Bond and Jerome Stocks) consistently paint Maggie as a radical outsider who is out of touch with mainstream Encinitas values.
It is clear that Maggie's continuing dominance at the polls shows that she has a mandate in this town (Maggie should probably stop being excluded from being mayor in our rotating system). As the most popular city council member Maggie is the spearhead of "the proven leaders of a reasoned and balanced council which has served our city so well these past six years."
Yep, I think Maggie's turn to be Mayor is a tad overdue.
ReplyDeleteAnd although the musical clip is a witty segway, oh man, that woman is nothing like Maggie. (Maggie can bake a pie). But that's gotta be one of my 10 least favorite songs of all time (with the other 9all being Anthony Newly songs). But I forced myself to listen to the whole thing once anyway. Now I want those 3 minutes of my life back. Ewwwww.
JP...when do you have time to find all these clips? But it is classic.
ReplyDeleteGood comments on Jerome's pompous self-promotion.
Hey, Fred. Sorry, I can't resist a little poke. "Segway?" It's "segue" for those who don't know the word and might try to look it up.
ReplyDeleteYou're right. Maggie is never that irritating. Her vote count proves her popularity. It's her turn to be major. But who will be deputy mayor?
It that really Jerome on that blog? I can't believe the way he talks down to people or even worse that he thinks he stuff doesn't stink. Instead of selling insurance he should opt for used cars...he is just that greasy. I am still amazed that he was reelected? Who are these people that don't see this side of him....
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ReplyDeleteThanks to you, I will always think of the phrase,"sausage wall", when I see the boys lean towards themselves in policy decissions. And I will smile or LOL.
That is funny.
8:21
ReplyDeleteMy dumb. I musta been thinkin about that thing Kurt Van Allen cruises around town on. Opp, a sentence that ends with a preposition.
Anon 9:09 am...
ReplyDeletePeople see the big signs and think "he must be doing something right". Check out his campaign contributors in archive.ci.encinitas.ca.us/weblink7/browse.aspx?startid=632517
Notice how many of his contributors are either realtors, developers, or connected to them. This is where his money comes from. The good 'ol boys - Stocks, Bonds and Dalager will not let Maggie assume her role as mayor as protocol dictates. They will continue the "tyranny of the 3 stooges", ignoring voter wishes and playing political hardball at the city's expense.
Maybe someday our electorate will realize how self-serving and manipulative these guys are. Until then - get used to it
Boys vs girls.
ReplyDeleteMaggie will become mayor. Dalager will become deputy mayor. That way Dalager is set up as mayor for the next election, and Bond would then become deputy mayor.
ReplyDeleteTerm limits could stop all of this.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 12:18pm
ReplyDeleteAfter Dalager is Barth not Bond. Are you suggesting that they pass over Teresa for Bond?
Your post is incorrect.
ReplyDeleteMaggie has not recieved over 10,000 votes in each election. Check the 2000 results.
The Council Member with the lowest numbers of votes is Barth by a WIDE margin.
This from the County web-site...
2008 election, City of Encinitas- City Council:
MAGGIE HOULIHAN 12512
JEROME STOCKS 10404
JAMES BOND 9773
2004 election, City of Encinitas – City Council .
HOULIHAN 13129
JAMES BOND 12701
JEROME STOCKS 11770
2000 election, CITY OF ENCINITAS - CITY COUNCIL JAMES BOND 9,946
MAGGIE HOULIHAN 9,414
JEROME STOCKS 8,881
And from 2006:
DAN DALAGER 10875
TERESA A. BARTH 8436
"So, of the current serving Council only Barth received less than 10,00 votes?"
ReplyDeleteYep...
"was Maggie "passed over" as Mayor before?
I can't see how as Stocks was Mayor in 2003, and she was i2004, and now Stocks was in 2008 and she'll likely be Mayor for 2009...
Stocks Bond and Dalalager have received over 31,000 votes. Barth and Houligan less than 21,000.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the real mandate again?
Oh yeah, it's situational like Maggies's and Barth's ethics.
8:14 So your point is the three boys got more votes than the two girls. Very insightful. Unfortunately Encinitas is 4 years behind the country...George Bush declared he had a mandate in 2004 when he eeked out the presidency...the point is, the percentage of voters not voting for Stocks and Bond was greater than than those voting for them. But, them worry...such a little detail.
ReplyDelete"Stocks Bond and Dalalager have received over 31,000 votes. Barth and Houligan less than 21,000."
ReplyDeleteWho cares, those guys have no guts. They let the girls run circles areound them on every issue.
Quick, let's ban some shit!
"Stocks Bond and Dalager have received over 31,000 votes. Barth and Houlihan less than 21,000."
ReplyDeleteThis means that the three boys on average got 10,333 votes each and the two girls got 10,500 vote each.
Advantage: the girls.
All this number manipulation is silly. There are too many factors in an election influencing the raw totals. This sounds like the fuzzy thinking of Jerome Stocks. Is he posting again?
We will see how good the boys are with numbers with the budget discussions starting in 2009. I hear from an insider that the city has a bit of a problem.
Stocks, Bond and Dalager did not run together, and if they had with Maggie as a fourth, she still would have gotten more votes than any of them individually. Your formula to diminish the top vote getter doesn't add up. True, she only came in second in 2000 the first time she ran, but that was before she was even on the Council. Pretty impressive if ya ask me.
ReplyDeleteFunny math . . . ur doin it rong
ReplyDeleteDifferent elections, different total voters and possibly different voters. Percentages are squewed and way to many unsubstatiated assumptions are being made.
If the total possible voters all voted right now between these 5 council people - we might have a conversation. Otherwise it is calculation masterbation.
It is clear that somebody is really scared of Barth. The terror shows. Keep up the great work Councilwoman Barth!
ReplyDeleteFact Man and Anonymous Nov. 29 7:39pm. You should check the facts
ReplyDelete2002 Election Results
Dalager 8799
Guerin 8110
Looks like some others won with less than 10,000
http://www.co.san-diego.ca.us/voters/Eng/archive/200211bull.txt
CURRRENT Council vote recipients, meaninig votes allowing people to sut as our Council NOW dummy!
ReplyDeleteHey, it is what it is:
ReplyDeleteStocks Bond and Dalager have received over 31,000 votes. Barth and Houlihan less than 21,000."
Mandate: the boys.
Do you think we will fall for your crazy spin? Of course two winning candidates will receive less total votes than three winning candidates.
ReplyDeleteJerome is gloating, and its sickening that people are so unaware and so deceived that he and James Bond were re-elected.
Yes, term limits could help, and forcing Council to participate in the primaries so they could be running against three, instead of seven. The two thousand plus votes Betsy Aceti received, could have made a significant difference for Rachelle or Bob, for example.
Also, Tony Brandenburg drew away votes from Rachelle and Bob, too. He should NOT have been running as a judge, period, and did not abide by the election code. The "spread" certainly benefitted the incumbents, as did James Bond waiting until the last moment to decide to run again, after he and his wife had promised he would not.
Keep your kids away from James Bond. He is the classic liar.
ReplyDeleteZero integrity, and not much memory left.
Do as I say (sometimes), Not as I do.
Anonymous said:
ReplyDelete"Hey, it is what it is:
Stocks Bond and Dalager have received over 31,000 votes. Barth and Houlihan less than 21,000."
Mandate: the boys."
November 30, 2008 7:56 PM
WOW INCREDIBLE TO THINK THAT WHEN YOU ADD UP THE TOTAL VOTES OF 3 PEOPLE THAT IT WILL BE MORE THAN THE VOTES OF 2 PEOPLE.
calculation masturbastion . . .
ReplyDelete"WOW INCREDIBLE TO THINK THAT WHEN YOU ADD UP THE TOTAL VOTES OF 3 PEOPLE THAT IT WILL BE MORE THAN THE VOTES OF 2 PEOPLE."
ReplyDeleteKinda makes me wonder why they didn't pile on Chuck DuViver's and Lou Aspell's votes in their scientific vote total comparison against Maggie and Teresa...
Here are the REAL NUMBERS:
ReplyDeleteDALAGER - 1 Vote
BOND - 1 Vote
STOCKS - 1 Vote
TOTAL - 3 Votes
HOULIHAN - 1 Vote
BARTH - 1 Vote
TOTAL - 2 Votes
Now you tell me who's numbers look better!
Anon November 30, 2008 10:03 PM:
ReplyDeleteYou have plenty of time to educate yourself, especially since the election is over. The American Indian tribes of north county selected Brandenburg as their Chief Justice, and as a result he was sworn in (Just because you weren't invited, that doesn't mean it didn't happen). You obviously know nothing about the Native American legal system, and very little about the election code.
Unfortunately, the power of the incumbency and the general voter's lack of awareness about the "tactics" at City Hall in Encinitas led to Jerome Stocks and James Bond being re-elected with a bare plurality. One of the reasons for our so-called reserves is that the Cardiff Sanitary Division and Encinitas Sanitary Division are grossly overcharging ratepayers compared to the Leucadia Sanitary District, which just increased its yearly fees to $250 per year. LSD has a separately elected board of directors. ESD and CSD have Encinitas City Council as their Boards of Directors. The average ESD household pays over $500 per year on the property tax bill, which amount is also being raised, as with staff's operating costs through salaries and benefits at over 3% per year until 2012. The average CSD property tax bill is for over $700 per year.
ReplyDeleteUnder Jerome Stocks and the incumbents, Council has raised fees for an individual homeowner to pull permits for a remodel over 40%. Development companies like Barratt American, now going bankrupt, were given special "settlement" considerations and provided a 40% decrease in fee amounts for multiple model homes. Some permits, like a low income affordable housing permit went up 150%. The cost to file an appeal also went up 150%. Meanwhile Council is voting itself raises, and giving out staff raises without proper notice for its closed session negotiations.
We all do have "special interests." Jerome Stocks has shown over and over that he sides with soccer leagues, including out of city soccer leagues over the needs of this city's residents. Jerome was re-elected because he takes advantage of every opportunity for free publicity as incumbent, and got himself selected as deputy mayor by the three man majority, so he could "Lord it over" everyone and get re-elected. Most people who attended the forums and who watch or go to City Council Meetings who are citizens of Encinitas, did not vote for him, in my opinion. We should have term limits and Council Candidates should have to participate in the primaries so the incumbents will not benefit by a divided field. Jerome Stocks also broke his promise about agendizing a Sunshine Ordinance for more open and accountable government, which he had stated, in writing, that he would hold by October.
i'm gonna make my own journal
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