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SPECIAL REPORT
eLECTION Watch 2008
an Orange Net News
Special News and Analysis Series

DELIGIANNI and WAYLAND win OUSD

Republican Party backed and Education Alliance tied Alexia Deligianni and Mark Wayland were elected to the Orange Unified School Board Tuesday night. The pair who ran as the AM slate defeated the well-financed and establishment-endorsement-rich Arianna Barrios and Florice Hoffman. The local race was part of a huge ballot that apparently led voters to rely on slate endorsements. Conservative Proposition 8 voters also appear to have made an impact in their voting to approve the initiative in Orange County 57% to 42.3%. In the two way race between Barrios and Wayland, the voting percentages closely mirrored the Proposition 8 vote: Wayland 56.9% and Barrios 43%. The OUSD Board philosophical split still favors the Godley Majority of Kathy Moffat, Lissa Smith, Kim Nichols; and John Ortega. Independent fiscal conservative Trustee Rick Ledesma often was the odd man out with oppositional defiant Trustee Steve Rocco often voting apart from the majority. Rocco came in third in his bid for a Santa Ana City Council seat and will have his last OUSD meeting this month.

Trustee John Ortega now appears to be the swing vote on any major future issues that may split the OUSD Board. The much more conservative Ortega has often appeared to be a reluctant member of the Godley Majority, but has yet to find his own voice on the Board. OUSD Board watchers attribute Ortega’s silent voting style to the demands of his duties as an Orange County Deputy Sheriff and family obligations.

GREATER ORANGE ELECTION RESULTS

ORANGE UNIFIED TRUSTEE AREA 3
Alexia Deligianni 17,503
Jerry Winant 16,928
Florice Hoffman 16,055

ORANGE UNIFIED TRUSTEE AREA 6
Mark Wayland 29,302
Arianna Barrios 22,170

CITY OF ORANGE COUNCIL (2 seats)
Teresa “Tita” Smith 17,948
Jon Dumitru 15,841
Robert Douglas 7,660
Michael Farrel 7,213
Stuart Campbell 5,564

CITY OF ORANGE CITY TREASURER
Helen Walker 22,641
George “Geb” Small 6,697

Orange County Water District Two
Denis Bilodeau 32,981
Bill Nelson 13,437


City of Villa Park Council (2 seats)
Bill MacAloney 1,806
W. Richard Ulmar 1,674
Patricia Burnes 1,102

Silverado-Modjeska Recreation District (2 seats)
Brett Peterson 462
Marty Weel 347
Kip Craig 286
Mike Colgan 165

#AA- City of Villa Park National Motto Display
Yes 2,240
No 668

Santa Ana City Council Ward 3
Carlos Bustamante 15,223
Art Pedroza 5,830
Steve Rocco 5,476
Becky Valencia-Verdin 4,267


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