San Bernardino Sentinel Nov 5, 2010
Grand Terrace Reform Candidates Take Two of Three Seats
Two of three reform candidates prevailed in the Grand Terrace city council and mayor races. Councilman Walt Stanckiewitz will succeed outgoing mayor Maryetta Ferre.
Running in a field of four candidates, Stanckiewitz captured 1,409 votes, or 48.14 percent to easily outdistance his closest competitor, planning commission chairman Doug Wilson, who pulled down 758 votes, or 25.9 percent.
In the race for the four-year council seat held by incumbent Bea Cortes, who has served eight years and was widely viewed as an establishment, status quo candidate, Cortes was handed a humiliating defeat, polling only 517 votes, 17.8 percent, to finish dead last. Reform advocate Bernardo Sandoval scored a solid victory over all of the others in the race, who included former city manager Tom Schwab and Richard Loder. Sandoval received 1,062 votes, or 36.82 percent.
In the race for the vacant position occasioned by the resignation of former councilman Jim Miller earlier this year, Darcy McNaboe, who has celebrated Grand Terrace as an ideal community as it now exists narrowly defeated reform-minded Sylvia A. Robles, 1,430 votes – 51.18 percent – to 1,364 – 48.82 percent.
A special election or council appointment to fill the gap created by Stanckiewitz’s elevation to mayor is now in order.
Voters Pick 2 N
ew Mayors (Grand Terrace Portion)
10:00 PM PDT on Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Coffee may have turned the tide in Grand Terrace, a city of 13,500 people near the Riverside County line.
With current Mayor Maryetta Ferre not seeking re-election, Councilman Walt Stanckiewitz apparently won her seat by hosting as many as 19 coffees at fellow residents' homes, where he and council candidate Bernardo Sandoval pressed their campaign for transparency in government and reform after a series of city scandals.
Sandoval appeared to have defeated three other candidates, including incumbent Bea Cortes and former City Manager Tom Schwab.
"We had a consistent message from the beginning," Stanckiewitz said. "We are going to make every effort to be as transparent as possible and include the public in what's going on."
Status quo in San Bernardino
Posted: 11/03/2010 05:40:21 PM PDTSun TelegramThe budgetary concerns that drove much of the debate in municipal elections likely contributed to the rejection of several monetary measures on Tuesday's ballot.
Redlands voters soundly defeated a half-cent sales tax increase that many believe was ill-timed; on the other hand, proposed bans on fireworks (which would have limited the fundraising efforts of local youth-sports leagues that live on shoe-string budgets) were duds in Fontana and Grand Terrace.insert here
Mayors Defeated in Colton and Redlans (Grand Terrace Portion)
12:30 PM PDT on Wednesday, November 3, 2010
GRAND TERRACE
The city's handling of recent scandals, attracting businesses and developing programs for young people were issues in the race for the mayor's post vacated by Maryetta Ferre.
Stanckiewitz defeated a field of four candidates, with his closest challenger being Planning Commission Chairman Doug Wilson, followed by Chamber of Commerce President Sally McGuire and real estate associate Denise "De De" DeCenty-Steinberg.
In the race for the four-year council seat, Cortes, who has served eight years, finished last in a field of four. Bernardo Sandoval soundly defeated his challengers, including former city manager Tom Schwab, Richard Loder and Cortes.
For the two-year seat, Darcy McNaboe defeated Sylvia A. Robles in a close race.
San Bernardino Sentinel Nov 5, 2010
Grand Terrace Reform Candidates Take Two of Three Seats
Two of three reform candidates prevailed in the Grand Terrace city council and mayor races. Councilman Walt Stanckiewitz will succeed outgoing mayor Maryetta Ferre.
Running in a field of four candidates, Stanckiewitz captured 1,409 votes, or 48.14 percent to easily outdistance his closest competitor, planning commission chairman Doug Wilson, who pulled down 758 votes, or 25.9 percent.
In the race for the four-year council seat held by incumbent Bea Cortes, who has served eight years and was widely viewed as an establishment, status quo candidate, Cortes was handed a humiliating defeat, polling only 517 votes, 17.8 percent, to finish dead last. Reform advocate Bernardo Sandoval scored a solid victory over all of the others in the race, who included former city manager Tom Schwab and Richard Loder. Sandoval received 1,062 votes, or 36.82 percent.
In the race for the vacant position occasioned by the resignation of former councilman Jim Miller earlier this year, Darcy McNaboe, who has celebrated Grand Terrace as an ideal community as it now exists narrowly defeated reform-minded Sylvia A. Robles, 1,430 votes – 51.18 percent – to 1,364 – 48.82 percent.
A special election or council appointment to fill the gap created by Stanckiewitz’s elevation to mayor is now in order.
Voters Pick 2 N
ew Mayors (Grand Terrace Portion)
10:00 PM PDT on Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Coffee may have turned the tide in Grand Terrace, a city of 13,500 people near the Riverside County line.
With current Mayor Maryetta Ferre not seeking re-election, Councilman Walt Stanckiewitz apparently won her seat by hosting as many as 19 coffees at fellow residents' homes, where he and council candidate Bernardo Sandoval pressed their campaign for transparency in government and reform after a series of city scandals.
Sandoval appeared to have defeated three other candidates, including incumbent Bea Cortes and former City Manager Tom Schwab.
"We had a consistent message from the beginning," Stanckiewitz said. "We are going to make every effort to be as transparent as possible and include the public in what's going on."
Status quo in San Bernardino
Posted: 11/03/2010 05:40:21 PM PDTSun TelegramThe budgetary concerns that drove much of the debate in municipal elections likely contributed to the rejection of several monetary measures on Tuesday's ballot.
Redlands voters soundly defeated a half-cent sales tax increase that many believe was ill-timed; on the other hand, proposed bans on fireworks (which would have limited the fundraising efforts of local youth-sports leagues that live on shoe-string budgets) were duds in Fontana and Grand Terrace.insert here
Mayors Defeated in Colton and Redlans (Grand Terrace Portion)
12:30 PM PDT on Wednesday, November 3, 2010
San Bernardino Sentinel Nov 5, 2010
Grand Terrace Reform Candidates Take Two of Three Seats
Two of three reform candidates prevailed in the Grand Terrace city council and mayor races. Councilman Walt Stanckiewitz will succeed outgoing mayor Maryetta Ferre.
Running in a field of four candidates, Stanckiewitz captured 1,409 votes, or 48.14 percent to easily outdistance his closest competitor, planning commission chairman Doug Wilson, who pulled down 758 votes, or 25.9 percent.
In the race for the four-year council seat held by incumbent Bea Cortes, who has served eight years and was widely viewed as an establishment, status quo candidate, Cortes was handed a humiliating defeat, polling only 517 votes, 17.8 percent, to finish dead last. Reform advocate Bernardo Sandoval scored a solid victory over all of the others in the race, who included former city manager Tom Schwab and Richard Loder. Sandoval received 1,062 votes, or 36.82 percent.
In the race for the vacant position occasioned by the resignation of former councilman Jim Miller earlier this year, Darcy McNaboe, who has celebrated Grand Terrace as an ideal community as it now exists narrowly defeated reform-minded Sylvia A. Robles, 1,430 votes – 51.18 percent – to 1,364 – 48.82 percent.
A special election or council appointment to fill the gap created by Stanckiewitz’s elevation to mayor is now in order.
Voters Pick 2 N
ew Mayors (Grand Terrace Portion)
10:00 PM PDT on Wednesday, November 3, 2010
With current Mayor Maryetta Ferre not seeking re-election, Councilman Walt Stanckiewitz apparently won her seat by hosting as many as 19 coffees at fellow residents' homes, where he and council candidate Bernardo Sandoval pressed their campaign for transparency in government and reform after a series of city scandals.
Sandoval appeared to have defeated three other candidates, including incumbent Bea Cortes and former City Manager Tom Schwab.
"We had a consistent message from the beginning," Stanckiewitz said. "We are going to make every effort to be as transparent as possible and include the public in what's going on."
Status quo in San Bernardino
The budgetary concerns that drove much of the debate in municipal elections likely contributed to the rejection of several monetary measures on Tuesday's ballot.
Redlands voters soundly defeated a half-cent sales tax increase that many believe was ill-timed; on the other hand, proposed bans on fireworks (which would have limited the fundraising efforts of local youth-sports leagues that live on shoe-string budgets) were duds in Fontana and Grand Terrace.insert here
Mayors Defeated in Colton and Redlans (Grand Terrace Portion)Status quo in San Bernardino (CJSD &Grand Terrace Extracted)
Likewise in Grand Terrace, on the heels of embarrassing revelations about council members failing to pay taxes on their stipends, Councilwoman Bea Cortes garnered fewer votes than any of her three challengers. Voters elected Bernardo Sandoval to replace her.
| Mayor GRAND TERRACE |
| 8/8 100.00% |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| DOUG WILSON | 758 | 25.90% |
| WALT STANCKIEWITZ | 1,409 | 48.14% |
| SALLY MCGUIRE | 680 | 23.23% |
| DENISE DECENTY-STERNBERG | 80 | 2.73% |
| Total | 2,927 | 100.00% |
| Member, City Council - FT GRAND TERRACE |
| 8/8 100.00% |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| BEA CORTES | 513 | 17.79% |
| RICHARD LODER | 655 | 22.71% |
| THOMAS SCHWAB | 654 | 22.68% |
| BERNARDO SANDOVAL | 1,062 | 36.82% |
| Total | 2,884 | 100.00% |
| Member, City Council - ST GRAND TERRACE |
| 8/8 100.00% |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| SYLVIA A. ROBLES | 1,364 | 48.82% |
| DARCY MCNABOE | 1,430 | 51.18% |
| Total | 2,794 | 100.00% |
Measure Z Defeated Sun Telegram
GRAND TERRACE
Grand Terrace voters defeated a proposed fireworks ban by more than a 2-to-1 margin.
There was no organized effort win passage of Measure Z, which would have banned the use, sale and possession of all fireworks, including the kind dubbed "safe and sane" that do not shoot into the sky and explode.
Proponents said it was all about the fire risk during the tinder-dry summer.
Opponents, including a citizens group that wrote a sample ballot argument, contend that banning fireworks sales would have crippled fund-raising efforts for Little League and youth soccer programs providing recreation for as many as 450 and 800 kids, respectively.
The issue was so volatile that the Grand Terrace City Council declined to vote on a proposed ban, opting instead to leave the question to voters.
