Monday, June 30, 2008

FIRST ON CCN - Town Council Elections Could Be Thrown Out!

There was drama last year, and this year looks like more of the same. You're hearing it here on CCN first. The June 21st Altadena Town Council elections may be completely thrown out.

There are so many complaints and candidates contesting the results, Town Council Chair George Lewis says the Ethics Committee will be investigating and that the entire Council will vote whether to throw out the results and start all over at the next Town Council meeting.

We caught up with candidate Regina Grimes who is challenging the results in tract 4602. The presumptive winner Okorie Ezieme responds to the allegations, saying he won fair and square. We hear first from Grimes, then Ezieme in their own words on CCN – Crown City News this week. Log onto www.crowncitynews.com to find the air times.

Town Council Chair George Lewis says 3 other people plan to contest the election including Walter Olszewski for census tract 4603.01, which Alice Wessen initially looks to have won. But Lewis says he hasn't received their official letter with the written challenges yet. Lewis says Joe Brown and the rest of the Ethics Committee will investigate all the complaints, and that the Council will decide whether to keep the election results or throw them out at the Tuesday July 15th meeting.

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