….BUT THEY WON’T BE COMING THIS NOVEMBER AND THEY WON’T BE COMING BECAUSE ANYBODY’S LAWSUIT SAYS THEY ARE COMING
“Judge Bernard Schwartz, discussing his ruling from the bench, said a council needs a reasonable amount of time to determine how a city will be divided up into districts.
He cited state law that says forming boundaries must take into account population, topography, geography, cohesiveness, abutting territories and demographics.
Also, Schwartz noted that Wildomar wouldn’t have been able to meet the county’s June 27 deadline for scheduling an election in November because the city wasn’t incorporated until July 1….,” according to Friday’s Californian.
Will the City have to fund a special election in 2009? Maybe yes. Maybe no. If it does, the cost of the special election will be the sole responsibility of those who are trying to force the date that Wildomar must come to grips with LAFCO’s last minute addition of the “Vote By District” proposition at the last election.
On the other hand, if the City Council is permitted it’s reasonable time to deal with the issue, a Vote By District election for the three lowest vote-getters, each of those Councilpersons up for re-election, Sheryl Ade, Scott Farnam and Marsha Swanson, will have served their two year term and no one is deprived of their votes or opportunity to serve.
Now it becomes a question of the amount of hubris that the persons behind the ongoing litigation have in their expensive quest to save Wildomar from itself. And how much of the City’s limited resources will be expended defending this litigation.
It would appear that the Courts are loathe to force an expensive, premature election on Wildomar and is going to allow the City a reasonable amount of time to resolve a complex matter.
Zak’s guess is that 2009 won’t be the year of the Voting District, either.
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