{"id":159,"date":"2009-11-05T23:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T23:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terragrafix.com\/blog\/?p=159"},"modified":"2009-11-05T23:33:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-05T23:33:00","slug":"new-results-jennifer-west-and-kurt-brinkman-elected-to-the-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/?p=159","title":{"rendered":"New Results: Jennifer West and Kurt Brinkman Elected to the City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Tracy Schroth<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>latest results: Jennifer West and Kurt Brinkman – not Frank Flores, who was four votes ahead of Brinkman in the preliminary count – have been elected to the Emeryville City Council. The new total includes all permanent absentee and provisional ballots. The new results<\/a> were posted by the Alameda County Registrar of Voters at 2:30 p.m. today, Nov. 5. The results are still being listed as preliminary, while the Registrar completes its audit. The counts are expected to be made official early next week, according to the Registrar’s office.<\/p>\n

Jennifer West<\/a> easily won one of two seats with a whopping 855 votes (56%). Kurt Brinkman<\/a> received 746 votes (31.8%), and Frank Flores, 739 (31.5%).<\/p>\n

All three incumbents of the Emery Unified School Board were re-elected, with Cheryl Webb receiving the most votes at 879 (27.37%), followed by Joshua Simon, 844 (26.26%), and Miguel Dwin, 737 (22.95%). Brian Donahue and Darice Bridges received 476 votes (14%) and 272 votes (8.47%), respectively.
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Measure K, which increases the tax on the city’s card rooms, was passed 1,156 (83%) to 232. The tax will go from 9 percent to 10 percent under the new measure.<\/p>\n

(Photos: Jennifer West with family, Kurt Brinkman).<\/span><\/span>
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