June election full of choices for Tahoe voters
By Kathryn Reed
Voters will have a slew of decisions to make in June during the primary election.
The deadline to file for office for El Dorado County was March 7 at 5pm. That was the same for Placer County. However, for Placer the date is extended to March 12 if an incumbent has not filed. March 14 is the deadline to file for Douglas County races.
The following people are running for El Dorado County offices:
• Superior Court Office 1
Vicki Ashworth, David Combellack, Joe Weinberger
• Superior Court Office 3
Suzanne Kingsbury
• Superior Court Office 4
Steven Bailey
• Superior Court Office 5
Joseph Hoffman, Dylan Sullivan
• Superior Court Office 6
James Wagoner
• County superintendent of schools
Jeremy Meyers
• County supervisor District 4
Scott McNeil, Tim Palmer, Lori Parlin, Howard Penn, Michael Jon Pettibone, Winston Pingrey, Michael Ranalli, Dave Souza
• County supervisor District 5
Kevin Brown, Kenny Curtzwiler, Gerri Grego, Sue Novasel, Teresa Piper, Angela Swanson
• Assessor
Karl Weiland
• Auditor-controller
Joe Harn, Michael Owen
• District attorney
Judson Henry, Vern Pierson
• Recorder-clerk
Chris Amaral, Bill Schultz
• Sheriff
John D’Agostini
• Surveyor
Rich Briner
• Treasurer
Ron Briggs, C.L. Raffety.
Here are the candidates in Placer County:
• Superior Court Office 1
Charles Wachob
• Superior Court Office 2
Michael Jones
• County Superintendent of Schools
Gayle Garbolino-Mojica
• County supervisor District 1
Jack Duran
• County supervisor District 2
Regy Bronner, Robert Weygandt
• Assessor
Kristen Spears
• Controller
Andrew Sisk
• Clerk-recorder
Jim McCauley
• District attorney
R. Scott Owens
• Sheriff
Edward Neil Bonner
• Treasurer
Jenine Windeshausen.
California statewide offices on the June ballot include:
• Governor
• Lieutenant governor
• Secretary of state
• Controller
• Treasurer
• Attorney general
• Insurance commissioner.
In order to win the contest outright on June 3 a person must receive 50 percent plus one vote. If no one reaches that amount, then the top two vote getters will square off in November.
In addition to the individual races, there are a number of local and statewide initiatives that will be before voters in June and November. Plus, El Dorado and Placer residents will be asked to vote on a congressional race and Assembly.
On the November ballot will be South Lake Tahoe City Council candidates. The seats occupied by Angela Swanson, Brooke Laine and Tom Davis will be up.
November will be the first time Lake Tahoe Unified and Lake Tahoe Community College candidates are elected by district. This means people will vote for only one person.
South Tahoe PUD seats will also be up.
The filing for November opens in mid-July.
On the November ballot will be South Lake Tahoe City Council candidates. The seats occupied by Angela Swanson, Brooke Laine and Tom Davis will be up.
Now is the time for the locals to start over and rid the City of these three and start new with a Majority on the Council that thinks of the people and not themselves.
Good luck to all of the candidates! Kudos for putting yourselves out there.
In addition to candidates, an important issue will also be on the June ballet- Measure L (the Library tax). Why will I vote “Yes” on Measure L? I am probably one of the most a-political people I know, however, I feel very strongly about this measure to support our South Lake Tahoe Library. I have seen, firsthand, the benefit the library adds to our community: summer arts programs, computer classes, homework help, story time in English and Spanish, book clubs, knitting groups, cultural and educational enrichment lectures, and my favorite, an inter-library book request system that gets you books from any library in the entire county- all free and available to anyone.
Measure L continues the existing library parcel tax we have already been paying. Where else can you get everything a library offers for less than $20 a year or one book on Amazon?
A library opens the world to all of us. It is a wise investment and one I hope everyone makes. That’s why I will vote “Yes” on Measure L.
Get out and VOTE!
Just reading the news article about the City being sued over an employe reporting a sex offendder should tell you that the current board should be voted out.
Denise I couldn’t agree more with you.
Libraries are very important to any community.
As in the past ALL candidates are invited to speak before our group, just call and we will put you on the agenda. taccd.org
VOTE, its your right and if you dont vote you really cant complaine.
VOTE YES on measure L. Librarys are one of the most important parts of a community. They are for everyone!