May 4, 2016 Election Update
Final Election Results Certified at the May 3, 2016 El Segundo City Council Meeting
The old El Segundo City Council conducted minimal City business and adopted a resolution certifying the April 12, 2016 General Municipal Election results. The outgoing City Council members stepped down from the dais, the newly elected members were sworn in, and they voted to choose the new mayor and mayor pro tem. Then they voted on a proposal by Mike Dugan and Carol Pirsztuk to change to a rotating mayor and mayor pro tem with only one-year terms.
For more details and the results, see:
New El Segundo City Council Members Sworn In, Council Voted for Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem
April 21, 2016 Election Update
UNCERTIFIED FINAL ELECTION RESULTS:
The Uncertified Final Vote Count for the April 12, 2016 El Segundo General Municipal Election is now in. The vote counts have increased, but the election outcome has not changed. The campaign spending and the final cost per vote for each candidate and for Measure B have been calculated and summarized in two tables.
April 20, 2016 Election Update
543 UNCOUNTED BALLOTS
543 Ballots Remain to be Counted for the April 12, 2016 El Segundo General Municipal Election. They will be canvased and counted on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at City Hall in the City council Chamber.
April 12, 2016 Election Update
PRELIMINARY ELECTION RESULTS:
And the winners are … challengers Drew Boyles, Carol Pirsztuk, and Don Brann.
And the losers are … incumbents Marie Fellhauer and Dave Atkinson.
And Measure B passed … imposing a 50% increase in the Hotel TOT tax, from 8% to 12%, which far exceeds the excessive 9% sales tax in Los Angeles County.
For more details, see:
Election Information Flyers were distributed throughout the City of El Segundo to inform voters about Measure B and the City Council candidates before the April 12, 2016 El Segundo General Municipal Election.
Election Flyer #1 was distributed on Sunday, April 10, 2016.
Election Flyers #2 and #3 were distributed on Monday, April 11, 2016.
Click HERE to download a PDF file containing Election Flyer #1.
Click HERE to download a PDF file containing Election Flyer #2.
Click HERE to download a PDF file containing Election Flyer #3.
Click HERE to view Election Flyer #1 as a web page.
Arguments Against Measure B – El Segundo’s Bait-And-Switch Tax Hike
- Argument Against Measure B.
- Rebuttal to the Argument in Favor of Measure B.
- Additional Arguments Against Measure B.
Once You See What El Segundo Pays Its Police and Firefighters, You Won’t Vote for Any Tax Hikes!
And you will know why the El Segundo Police Officers’ Association (Police Union) and El Segundo Firefighters’ Association (Firefighters Union) PACs spent $30,175 as of March 27, 2016 to influence our votes in this election. (Source: FPPC Form 460 Campaign Finance Statements filed with the El Segundo City Clerk’s office.)
None of the firefighters and only about one-fourth of the police live in our city. (Source: City of El Segundo, in response to a Public Records Act request.)
- 2014 El Segundo City Employee Total Pay and Benefits, including CalPERS pension contributions paid by the City. (Source: City of El Segundo via TransParentCalifornia.com)
- Download the 2014 El Segundo City Employee Total Pay and Benefits data, including CalPERS pension contributions paid by the City, in Comma-Separated Values (CSV) file format. (Source: City of El Segundo via TransParentCalifornia.com)
- Which El Segundo City Employee was Paid Nearly $600,000 in his last year? (Source: City of El Segundo, in response to requests for multiple documents and data items made by Michael D. Robbins under the California Public Records Act, CA Gov Code Section 6250 et seq.)
- City of El Segundo employee compensation data. (The files mislabled “Total Compensation” only contain “Total Earnings”, which does not include City-paid CalPERS pension contributions, deferred compensation, and healthcare, dental, vision care, and life insurance benefits.)
- CalPERS El Segundo Employer Contribution Rates per Yearfor the last 12 Years (PDF file), showing how El Segundo’s CalPERS Employer Contribution percentage increases each year and is projected to be about 50% for 2016.
- Where to find what El Segundo pays its city employee union members and managers.
Articles on the City Council Election and Candidates
- Daily Breeze: El Segundo Councilman Dave Atkinson storms out of meeting, threatens to resign
- Marie Fellhauer’s ethics lapses pile up as El Segundo election approaches
Letters to the Editor of the El Segundo Herald and The Beach Reporter
Letters on Measure B
- No on Measure B – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Jerry Wellfonder
- Gouging Hotels – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Kip Haggerty
- The Notorious Measure B – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Edward Ryan
- TOT aka Anti-Visitor Tax? – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Edward Ryan
- Entitlement Versus Affordability – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by David Burns
Letters on the City Council Election and Candidates
- Elect Brann and Pirsztuk – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Mike Robbins
- Related article: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) honors former El Segundo City Councilman Mike Robbins as a “Hometown Hero”
- Strange Election – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Marianne Fong
- Knows Who She’s Not Voting For Council – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Donna Hooper
- Vote Out the Incumbents – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Marianne Fong
- Eight Reasons to Vote Out the Incumbents – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Mike Robbins
- Election Quiz – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Debbie Hayman
- Let’s Be Realistic – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Jane Waag Friedkin.
- Is Marie Fellhauer Endangering Proposition 13? – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Mike Robbins
- Related article: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) honors former El Segundo City Councilman Mike Robbins as a “Hometown Hero”
- Fantasy? – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Carol James
- No more Tantrums and Disrespect – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Sue Capo
Letters on Marie Fellhauer’s City Council Agenda Item to Allow Very Large Homes on Small Size Lots, Blocking Sunlight and Air Flow
- Likes Small Town Feel? – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Charles Fisher
- Too Big and Seriously Ugly – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Marlene Henneberg
Letters on Marie Fellhauer’s City Council Agenda Item to Reduce or Eliminate City Council Member Salary and Benefits
(Marie Fellhauer put an item on the April 15, 2014 City council agenda that read, “Consideration and possible action to discuss the salary and benefits that the City Council members receive and whether such should be reduced or eliminated either voluntarily or through formal action.” Note that Fellhauer gets generous pay and benefits off the taxpayers from her police job at LAPD, and she did not include the elected City Clerk and City Treasurer in her agenda item.)
- Post-election Council meeting – Letter to The Beach Reporter by Michael Robbins
- Council pay procedures – Letter to The Beach Reporter by Marianne Fong
Letters on the City Charging Residents More Than $1,850 for Each Fire Department Paramedic Ambulance Transport to the Hospital
(Incumbent City Council candidates Marie Fellhauer and Dave Atkinson voted to start charging El Segundo residents for Fire Department paramedic ambulance transports to the hospital, and had residents speaking against it at City Council meetings. They had plenty of time to stop charging this fee, but refused to do so. These fees are based on the City paying firefighter union members $150,000 to more than $375,000 each in total annual compensation. See http://TransparentCalifornia.com/salaries/2014/el-segundo/.)
- Feels Bill is Excessive and Unnecessary – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Marc Rener
- Call a Taxi? – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Lillian Wendel
Letters on the Police and Firefighter Associations (Unions)
- Police Union Fundraiser Mailer – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Mike Robbins
- Union Offers and Counter-Offers – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Mike Robbins
- Overpriced and Imperfect – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Mike Robbins – With proof and background information
- Cut the Raises – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Mike Robbins
- Union Claims Don’t Add Up – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Mike Robbins
- Worried About Repercussions – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Robert Clark
El Segundo Police Officers' Association (ESPOA) Exposed