Click to expand; Paul Koretz corner campaigning
That’s City Council District 5 candidate Paul Koretz holding the sign above his head with the blue buttondown at the corner of Beverly and La Cienega—some last-minute campaigning in the works. I caught him last night around 5:30pm-ish as I was walking home, first from voting, then walking up to the Trader Joe’s on Santa Monica for dinner ingredients.
It surprised me to see him out there, and made me wonder if any of the other candidates were taking this literal hands-on approach that night, just hours before the polls were closing.
Koretz was doing something right, as the assemblyman will be heading to the runoff election for the seat with neighborhood council member David T. Vahedi May 19. Check all the results here. Following the top two was Adeena Bleich, Ron Galperin, Robyn Ritter Simon and Robert Schwartz.
» City—Last Week’s ‘Race for the 5th’ City Council District 5 Forum
» City—Last Sunday’s LA City Council District 5 Candidate Forum
3 responses so far ↓
1 Geri The Nile Nymph // Mar 4, 2009 at 12:19 pm
I supported Vahedi so am glad with the outcome. But had he not succeeded, my second choice was Koretz. So as you can imagine I am delighted with the results. Either of these fine community/grassroots oriented progressive men will do a good job for our area. I’m still voting for Vahedi in the runoff, but won’t be bummed if he doesn’t eke it out. Whomever is the winner, just remember: more parking garages in popular shopping districts; parks, trails, paths for fitness/lifestyle enthusiasts; better public transportation; less supergraphics/billboards; less big box retailers/chains/strip shopping – more of the Silver Lake/Culver City organic neighborhood growth strategy (bakeries, coffee shops, bookstores, wine shops).
2 B+S Dreams—Still of Green Spaces // Mar 6, 2009 at 1:32 pm
[...] Koretz—who really hung his hat on what he did to create such a stellar city as West Hollywood—does make it to the City Council 5th District, maybe this can be on his ‘to do’ [...]
3 B+S Weekly Round-Up—March 2-6, 2009 // Mar 7, 2009 at 8:06 am
[...] — B+S Eats—The Golden State Shines Friday Night — B+S Dreams—Still of Green Spaces — Eats—New, Lesser Expensive Offerings at Ortolan — Fashions—Oh No, Madonna Doing Line for Christian Audigier — Fashions—Forever 21 Launching Plus-Size Faith 21 — Fashions—Stop Staring! Offers Vintage Appeal from XS to XL — Shuttering Shop News—Fashion Factory Outlet Closed on Beverly — Fashions—Get In on theOutnet.com — Sales! Sales! Sales! — City—Paul Koretz Corner Campaigning, Koretz and David T. Vahedi to May 19 Runoff Election for City… [...]
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