DLANC Election Results Are In
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — 
Yesterday DLANC held its 2006 election at Macy's Plaza. Hopefully you saw the candidate information and got out to vote.
The preliminary results were released today and I'm pleased to say that I won with one vote, just as I had hoped1.
Overall 471 ballots were cast. That number is held down by how many races were uncontested, but it's also a sign of how much DLANC needs to focus on outreach in these next two years.
The full results after the jump...
The Contested Races
The names in bold won. In some cases that's one candidate, in others it's three.
J. Russell Brown (63)
Genevieve Liang (42)
Harold Lauderdale (9)
Joseph M. Thomas (5)
Bumdog (0)
Ginny-Marie Case (20)
Theodor Reinke (8)
David Robinson (8)
Michael Gagan (5)
Jennifer E. Chapman (25)
Scott Bytof (7)
Peter Grunz (50)
Brady Westwater (42)
Shane Guffogg (27)
Geoffrey Rivas (14)
Don Halfenberg (29)
Larry Adamson (21)
Shannon Buhrmaster (19)
Samuel Miguel Sanchez (5)
Susan Tae (73)
Julie Butcher (67)
Javier G. Cardenas (17)
Benjamin Pezzillo (2)
The Uncontested Races
I won't bother putting in bold who won because, well, they all did.
Eric Richardson (1)
Eric Woolery (2)
Robert Donnell Lockhart (9)
Raby Savage (2)
Stanley B. Michaels (7)
Tara Jones (3)
Hal Bastian (36)
Matthew Klekner (2)
James Doizaki (10)
Argishd Galustian (1)
Gary K Warfel (20)
Lynn Myers (19)
Michael Delijani (16)
Wendy Bruget (4)
Shiraz D. Tangri (5)
My One Vote
Because I was running unopposed and DLANC's voting structure is set up so you can only vote in one stakeholder category, I told people not to vote for me in the time leading up to the election. Anyone eligible to vote for me as "Area Wide Resident Artist" must also be a stakeholder able to vote in the regular residential races. I'd much rather see them cast a vote in a contested race there than throw away a vote on me. I voted for myself; that's all I needed.
David Kennedy on September 18, 2006, at 12:11PM – #1
Does anyone represent the people who support the all the small businesses along Broadway? I wonder who represents my mother-in-law and the likes of her. She's a garment worker, lives in Pico-Union, and shops along Broadway and in the Fashion District.
Nic Cha Kim on September 21, 2006, at 03:41PM – #2
Well, congrats to Eric nonetheless. You do a lot of good for Downtown and probably don't hear it as much as you deserve to. Anyway, looking forward to seeing what happens.
Ginny on December 19, 2007, at 01:20PM – #3
I just noticed that David never got a response.
Based on the DLANC Map, Broadway is split between South Park, Fashion District, Historic Downtown, and Downtown Center. So - depending where you mother-in-law works, she's represented by a couple of folks:
Shiraz Tangri - Area wide, private sector employee Lynn Myers - Fashion District - Business Hal Bastian - Area wide, Business Gary Warfel - Downtown Center, Business Michael Deljani - Historic Core, Business Wendy Bruget - South Park, Business
Sorry that it took so long to answer your question.