OC Political

(UPDATED SUNDAY 3/11 7:40 PM with most of the missing ballot designations.)

I realize I promised a post before midnight; I hope you’ll forgive five minutes delay.

In the Fullerton recall, voters will decide whether or not to recall City Councilmen Don Bankhead, Dick Jones, and Pat McKinley.  Each man’s recall is technically a separate race.  (I explained the logistics of the election in this post, as some of you may have read.)  Since each recall is technically a separate race, candidates had to pick one seat to run for.  (The Elections Code prevents them from running for more than one of the three seats at a time.)

So here’s a look at the candidates…

Running for Bankhead’s seat:

• Rick Alvarez (R) – Ballot Designation Not Yet Released by County Registrar or City Clerk Businessowner/Planning Commissioner
  A Fullerton Transportation & Circulation Commissioner, Alvarez originally pulled papers for all three seats.
• Jane Rands (G) – Systems Engineer
  The Chair of the Fullerton Bicycle Users Subcommittee and Treasurer of the Green Party of Orange County, Rands originally pulled papers for all three seats.  She ran for the State Assembly in 2010.
• Greg Sebourn (R) – Businessman/Educator
  The Chair of the Fullerton Citizen’s Infrastructure Review Commission and Assemblyman Chris Norby’s Alternate on the Republican Central Committee, Sebourn originally pulled papers for all three seats.  He ran for the City Council in 2010.
• Paula Williams (D) – Public Employee
  Williams only pulled papers for this seat.

Running for Jones’s seat:

• Dorothy A. Birsic (R) – Ballot Designation Not Yet Released by County Registrar or City Clerk
  Birsic only pulled papers for this seat.
• Glenn P. Georgieff (D) – IT Specialist
  A former Fullerton Library Trustee, Georgieff only pulled papers this seat.
• Matthew Hakim (D) – Ballot Designation Not Yet Released by County Registrar or City Clerk Musician, Artist
  Hakim only pulled papers for this seat.
• Travis Kiger (R) – Fullerton Planning Commissioner
  A Fullerton Planning Commissioner and blogger at Friends for Fullerton’s Future, Kiger only pulled papers for this seat.
• Roberta J. Reid (NPP) – Student
  Reid originally pulled papers for all three seats.

Running for McKinley’s seat:

• Doug Chaffee (D) – Business Attorney
  A former Fullerton Planning Commissioner, Chaffee pulled papers for all three seats.  He ran for the City Council in 2010.
• Barry Levinson (R) – Ballot Designation Not Yet Released by County Registrar or City Clerk Parks and Recreation Commissioner/Auditor
  A Fullerton Parks & Recreation Commissioner, Levinson pulled papers for all three seats. He ran for the City Council in 2010.
• Sean Paden (R) – Ballot Designation Not Yet Released by County Registrar or City Clerk Construction Attorney
  Paden only pulled papers for this seat.
• Matthew Rowe (NPP) – Aerospace Project Manager
  Rowe orignally pulled papers for all three seats.

Tune in to OC Political after 6:00 AM for the wackiness of Central Committee and the partisan offices.

(As you might note, I’ve played it straight, reporting just the facts on this post, rather than doing any analysis.  In the interest of full disclosure, I should note my day job is working in the Fullerton office of Assemblyman Chris Norby, who served on the Fullerton City Council from 1984-2002.  One of my co-workers in the office is Fullerton City Councilman Bruce Whitaker, who was elected in 2010 and is not a target of the recall.)