Important Information for the April 12, 2016 El Segundo General Municipal Election


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:

April 12, 2016 El Segundo Election Results: Boyles, Pirsztuk, and Brann defeat incumbents Fellhauer and Atkinson; Measure B passes


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



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.)


Articles on the City Council Election and Candidates


Letters to the Editor of the El Segundo Herald and The Beach Reporter

Letters on Measure B


Letters on the City Council Election and Candidates


Letters on Marie Fellhauer’s City Council Agenda Item to Allow Very Large Homes on Small Size Lots, Blocking Sunlight and Air Flow


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.)


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/.)


Letters on the Police and Firefighter Associations (Unions)


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