CD2 Candidates Forum “Big Three Vs The Little 7″ from Joe Barrett on Vimeo.
The forum Saturday for the 10 candidates vying to succeed Councilwoman Wendy Greuel filled the Sunland-Tujunga auditorium Saturday with residents from all over the sprawling and cruelly-gerrymandered Council District 2.
Deputy LA Weekly Editor Jill Stewart and I served as moderators for a 2 1/2-hour session in which all the candidates made a positive impression, as far as I was concerned.
Several close observers credited Michael McCue, a Studio City Neighborhood Council member, with being the most impressive. I also thought businessman August Bisan. with his declaration that he’s not an activist or a politician, made a strong positive impression with a common sense view of government as an instrument for cost-effective problem solving.
Michael Higby of Mayor Sam sent out a play-by-play of what the candidates had to say and his own POV on Twitter.
Jill Stewart asked the best question, pitting the LIttle 7 — McCue, Bisani, Mary Benson, Josef Essavi, David “Zuma Dogg” Saltsburg, Peter Sanchez and Frank Sheftel — against the Big 3 of Chris Essel. Tamar Galatzan and Paul Krekorian. The dividing line is official positions, access to campaign money, connections to special interests versus grassroots and citizen activism.
Writer Joseph Mailander offered his take at Mayor Sam, saying:
“Conventional wisdom is thinking Paul K and Chris in a runoff, but I
think this debate may change conventional wisdom. Tamar may eke out
Paul K, and I think Chris E is brought more than a little down to earth
in facing community groups, which she’ll be obliged to do more. A good
race and I think it showed its first signs that it’s not necessarily
going to follow CW.
“Thanks for great work on debate coverage,
Michael. David Hernandez made a great point to me before the debate. He
said that Internet transparency means that who works for you is more
and more of a factor, and the less known the better. That fact helped
Carmen and it helped Measure B and it may hurt Paul K most, enough for
Tamar to come close if not pull into a runoff.
“Very interesting,
because it seems nobody will come close to 40%, let alone 50%. So the
top three better be polite to everyone else, Zuma too.”
Video of the comments on this question and others will be available later. Here’s video of the opening statements provided by Joe Barrett, the event’s lead organizer:
CD2 Candidates Forum “Opening Statements” from Joe Barrett on Vimeo.
CD2 Candidates Forum NC Financial Disclosure & CC Paycut from Joe Barrett on Vimeo.
Thanks for posting this, I hope to see more videos of the candidates.
I am so impressed with the concept followed by Ron and Jill of letting each candidate actually address the voters so that finally the voters can
decide who represents their point of view. In past years that did not happen and so people did
not vote. I will be watching the CD2 election with a great deal more interest – it is not my
election.
Jill Stewart rocks the house. She is simply amazing. Good job to both Ron and Jill for their insightful questions and editorializing moderation. I loved it.
Very interesting. Hope Joe videos all the debates so voters get a better idea of these candidates. Chris and Paul top my list, prepared, focused and sincere. Tamar was the opposite – she sounded very insincere and really only spoke about herself and how proud she is of herself. Also has a very annoying voice probably because she hates NCs. Tamar is the Mayor’s and Nooch’s pet project, so when those two agree on something, watch out! Zuma Dogg actually must be taking his meds or something, because for a moment you could almost take him seriously. Almost.
If you want high-density development, tax payer subsidies for developers, and eminent domain for private use, vote for Chris Essel-That’s the position she and her organization supported (she is also a big cheerleader and was the Chair of the CRA). The only position that I would agree with her on is help to keep the film industry in Los Angeles (because of her long-time affiliation with Paramount).
3:53: Who says Tamar is also the mayor’s “pet project?” Supposedly they had a falling out a while ago. Others say he’s supporting Essel, whose campaign manager Shallman was also Nuch’s and is attacking Tamar as the mayor’s girl. None of it jives. We know of course that Wendy is supporting her.
IS Nuch really supporting Tamar or just trying to press her to support him and oppose the mayor, since she’s a Deputy City Attorney? Maybe being in that conflicted position is one reason she wants to get out?
No, that is not why Tamar wants to get out. This was planned back when she ran for the school board. It was to be used as her stepping stone for City Council. We knew it then and it’s crystal clear now.
I still don’t believe there is a mayor’s candidate yet.
Chris was prepared and focused? Oh please. She’s the worst one of the bunch.
I’m going grassroots first. Forget the “big 3″. They’ll be no different than the Big 3 Automakers.
This is Hollywood and prepared, focused and sincere can only mean they spent a fortune on getting their presentation that way!
I have met Paul Krekorian and what impresses me about him is that he comes to all kinds of events, from large to tiny. Many politicians pick and choose what events they will attend, trending toward those in which they can meet the wealthiest donors or largest crowds, but Paul is not like that. He has really made time for the people of Burbank and I support him because I think he’s going to keep in touch with the people of L.A. too. Plus he has a ton of experience and since he has been involved on a school board and the state assembly, he really knows how all the pieces of the puzzle of CA fit, and don’t fit, together.
Yes, Paul was very present at some of our local NC events, though he’s just out of my District…which is just as well. He’s fine if you agree with his politics perhaps, but back when he was in Post Traumatic Strees mode in early Budget wranglings with the mayor, he beat his drum on that while the rest of us were just trying to dedicate a trail. I finally excused from him politely, and talked to Curran Price, who I recognized as my future State Senator.
Just spoke with Mary Benson Saturday, and I’m included to prefer someone who isn’t a careerist.
Excuse me “early Budget wranglings with the GOVERNOR”…Freudian slip…
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