This Tuesday, August 26, 2014 voters will go to the polls and vote for the candidates of their choice. If you don’t vote then you are part of the problem and have lost the right to complain about your representative. Glendale’s three district elections are quite important and could determine Glendale’s future for many years to come.
Let’s focus on the Ocotillo district for a moment. Choices are current Councilmember Norma Alvarez; a more polished and slicker version of Alvarez, Jamie Aldama; Michael Hernandez, nearly invisible; and Bud Zomok.
On August 13, 2014 I received a voice message from Councilmember Alvarez. In the space of 62 seconds she managed to call me a liar three times, reminded me I am only an ex-councilmember and then invited me to a verbal duel, of sorts. She suggested we meet and bring “seconds” as witnesses or perhaps the purpose of the “second” would be to drag one of our mangled bodies off the field of verbal combat. As I have said before, one of my favorite sayings is, I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.
Ocotillo residents need a strong, sane voice of reasonable representation. Two candidates, Alvarez and Aldama, seem to have their own agendas that are often not in sync with ALL of the residents of the Ocotillo district. For that reason and many more, I urge Ocotillo voters to select Bud Zomok.
Please note there are two picks for the Cholla district and the Sahuaro district. As stated previously, with so many candidates in each district, it is not anticipated that any candidate will capture 50% plus 1 in the Primary Election this Tuesday. This blog’s picks for the three districts are as follows:
Cholla District
- Van DiCarlo
- Lauren Tolmachoff
Barrel District
- Randy Miller
- Bart Turner
Ocotillo District
- Bud Zomok
Good luck to all of the candidates who put themselves before the public.
© Joyce Clark, 2014
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Joyce,
As always, you have been a person who speaks her mind. And you are not afraid to make your voice heard.
As a longtime member of the Glendale team, I have watched the baton being passed from Marty to Ed to Horatio and now to Brenda. I continue to see the City of Glendale circling the drain. Unfortunately, instead of getting away from the drain, it appears as though the City is about to go down the proverbial drain.
In my opinion, the City of Glendale continues to be deficient in the one thing it needs the most, leadership. Leadership starts at the top. If the leader does not lead, then there is no direction to follow. I see managers, clueless. Scrambling. Making attempts to guess what is wanted of them. Scared that they may be called to task. Terrified that an audit will unmask their weaknesses or lack of leadership within their own ranks. Or worse, unmasking the many ‘work arounds’ they’ve participated in throughout their careers at the City.
I watch the heads, continuing to bob up and down. And all I can do is shake my head and wonder when will the citizens wake up and vote these guys out of office. When will the citizens vote these bobble heads out of office and put someone in office that is willing to make the choices that are right for Glendale instead of themselves and their own self-serving interests.
As for myself, if you know the story The Matrix, you will understand when I say, ” I should have taken the blue pill”.
Joyce, you are so right.
NOW is the time for the citizens of Glendale to make their collective voices heard.
VOTE !!!
Bravo! And thank you!!
Joyce, I am honored to be one of your picks, but it is the Barrel District.
Sorry Randy…I keep doing that! Will correct it immediately.
She would have brought a knife to the gun-fight!