Good morning, Redwood City!
As we get closer to the March primary, many political hopefuls are readying their speeches for the campaign trail. The race to watch is that of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors District 4. Supervisor Warren Slocum is termed out, and five candidates are vying for his seat, including Paul Bocanegra, Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Commissioner; Celeste Brevard, Project Manager, Stanford University; Maggie Cornejo, Director of Government and Community Relations, Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula; Lisa Gauthier, Councilmember, City of East Palo Alto; and Antonio Lopez, mayor, City of East Palo Alto.
Two candidate forums are scheduled:
Saturday, January 27, 2 – 3:30 p.m. at Woodside Methodist Church at 2000 Woodside Road in Redwood City.
Tuesday, Jan. 30, 6 – 8 p.m. at the City of Menlo Park Council Chambers
In other news, retired CFO Chris Robell dropped his case against chief elections officer Mark Church concerning ballot label transparency in school bond measures totaling $889 million. The original case, filed in March 2023, was dismissed by Superior Court Judge Nicole Healy in May 2023, who found the allegations unsubstantiated and the case untimely. County Attorney John Nibbelin said: "This outcome upholds the trial court’s well-reasoned decision concluding that Mr. Robell’s post-election challenge lacked merit on both the law and the facts and that Mr. Church complied with the law." Meanwhile, Robell is adamant that he will continue exercising his First Amendment rights regarding these school bonds or future elections.
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-Michelle