It’s 9:14pm here in Rio Linda. Many of us working folks have hit the hay, because 4:30 and 5am comes very early.
There is a handful of people, however, firmly encamped at Tummy’s sub shop watching the changing of the guard.
The latest returns have Frank Caron and Martin Smith leading incumbent Mary Harris by over 5 percentage points.
Rio Linda / Elverta Comm Water District
Vote for 2
(WITH 11 OF 17 PRECINCTS COUNTED 64.71%)
FRANCIS J. CARON, JR. . . . . . . 555 24.62
MARTIN SMITH . . . . . . . . . 524 23.25
MARY R. HARRIS. . . . . . . . . 401 17.79
MEL GRIFFIN. . . . . . . . . . 395 17.52
STEPHANIE SUELA . . . . . . . . 373 16.55
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 6 .27
The short term race has Courtney Caron leading Belinda Paine also.
Rio Linda / Elverta Comm Water District-Short Term
Vote for 1
(WITH 11 OF 17 PRECINCTS COUNTED 64.71%)
COURTNEY J. CARON. . . . . . . . 683 59.55
BELINDA PAINE . . . . . . . . . 460 40.10
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 4 .35
So congratulations Rio Linda and Elverta. You did good. You did right. No matter what happens with LAFCo and the CDPH in the next few months, at least FINALLY we can be happy in the knowledge that we’ve done away with the source of irritation… we scratched that Mary Harris itch.
Ding dong, ding dong.
