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School supporters handed some lessons from defeat of parcel tax
40+ min ago (419+ words) BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Unified School District should learn from its defeated parcel tax by having a more active campaign and concrete responses to opposition, a former school board member said yesterday. "People here want…...
Confusion blamed for defeat of parcel tax " Palo Alto Daily Post
17+ min ago (437+ words) BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A parcel tax for the Redwood City Elementary School District came up short because voters were confused and want to see more results, the board president said yesterday. Redwood City's Measure C faced online…...
Lead changes in county superintendent race
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (234+ words) Hector Camacho Jr. has moved into the lead in the race for San Mateo County Board of Education superintendent, taking the lead away from Chelsea Bonini. The county elections department counted an additional 8, 911 ballots in the race and Camacho's share…...
County agrees to pay employees in vaccine dispute, but who will pay $2. 1 million lawyer bill? " Palo Alto Daily Post
16+ hour, 39+ min ago (337+ words) BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County has agreed to pay $192, 783 to three employees who lost their jobs because they refused to take the Covid vaccine, court records show. The employees want the county to pay another $2. 1 million…...
Redwood City schools" parcel tax in trouble
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (123+ words) Redwood City School District's Measure C, a parcel tax based on the square feet of a property, appears to be failing in the first batch of ballots counted tonight. The measure needs approval by 66. 7% of voters. So far the results…...
Donnellan appears to have won judge race
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (167+ words) In a landslide, Deputy District Attorney Brian Donnellan has won a seat on the San Mateo County Superior Court, defeating Santa Clara County Chief Assistant District Attorney Jay Boyarsky. Donnellan 44, 226 " 80. 56% Boyarsky 10, 669 " 19. 44% State law allows a resident of one county to…...
In other races tonight
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (64+ words) San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, District 3 Ray Mueller 13, 231 " 86. 13% Joaquin Jimenez 2, 130 "13. 87% Ravenswood City School District, Measure A 55% needed for approval Yes 538 " 66. 92% No 266 " 33. 08% Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen 95, 106 " 61. 21% Daniel Chung 60, 270 " 38. 79% Donnellan has won judge race Bonini overcomes qualifications concern…...
Canepa has healthy lead over Irizarry for auditor " Palo Alto Daily Post
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (141+ words) San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa has opened up an 8-percentage point lead in the race for Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder against the second-in-charge in that office, Jim Irizarry. In the first batch of votes, While the other members of the board…...
Bonini overcomes qualifications concern and leads race for county superintendent " Palo Alto Daily Post
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (117+ words) In the first batch of ballots to be counted, second-grade school teacher Chelsea Bonini has a 447-vote lead over county board of education executive director Hector Camacho. So far, the results show Bonini 27, 865 " 50. 40% Camacho 27, 418 " 49. 60% Bonini ran despite lacking the correct…...
Palo Alto school parcel tax going down " Palo Alto Daily Post
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (104+ words) The first batch of returns tonight shows that the Palo Alto school district's parcel tax is failing. A parcel tax needs two-thirds of the vote for approval. The initial vote for Measure B is: Yes 5, 678 " 60% No 3, 660 " 39. 19% The tax would have…...