[Lnc-business] Aaron Starr - Oxnard City Council - election results

[Vicki Kirkland]

I also agree with the Vice Chair.
Vicki Kirkland
Region 2 Rep LNC


On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Joshua Katz <planning4liberty at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I agree entirely with the Vice-Chair.  I would add that we need to do more
> than wait for Aaron's next campaign.  We need, as a board, to encourage and
> reward candidates who, like Aaron Starr, run serious, professional
> campaigns that stay on-message - by which I mean, not reciting the
> libertarian catechism correctly, but speaking in a way that relates
> directly to the office sought and explains what the candidate will DO in
> office, not what they believe.
>
> Another thing that Aaron did that we need to encourage, in addition to
> running a professional campaign and participating in the ongoing debate
> about current isuses, is establish credibility.  Our candidates need to not
> only sound good, (to the public, not just other libertarians) but convince
> the voters that they can govern.  While ultimately Aaron did not win, I
> don't think any voter doubts that he has the skills necessary to do the
> job, and that, had he won, he would have been able to actually move policy
> in his preferred direction.  Many of our candidates fail to establish this
> sort of credibility.
>
>  I would suggest adopting a goal of having some number of serious,
> credible candidates in local, winnable races (if Dr. Lieberman wishes to
> release his formula, we could use that, otherwise we would need to come up
> with some definition.)  I would suggest that this replace some or another
> of our existing goals, and that this goal would play a key role in
> directing staff efforts.
>
> I would also like to step forward to suggest setting up regional training
> for candidates, covering all aspects of running a serious, credible, local
> campaign, for the purpose of winning.  I would volunteer to participate in
> designing and offering such training in my region.
>
> Joshua Katz
>
> Joshua A. Katz
> Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)
>
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Arvin Vohra <arvin at arvinvohra.com> wrote:
>
>> Aaron ran a well organized, powerful campaign, and is continuing to bring
>> to light the waste and mismanagement in Oxnard. I'm looking forward to his
>> next campaign! -Arvin
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Scott L. <scott73 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Look at Aaron Starr’s post for Nov 16:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.facebook.com/AaronStarrforOxnard
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The actual vote totals are here:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Ventura/53334/149326/en/summary.html
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ms. Ramirez is a Hispanic Latina, and Oxnard is 74% Hispanic.  And she
>>> was an incumbent.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mr. Perello was the other incumbent.
>>>
>>>
>>> *Mr. Huber was not an incumbent.  But – he had a large amount of name
>>> recognition since he was Commanding Officer
>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/p?title=Commanding+Officer&trk=prof-exp-title>
>>> of the nearby Naval Surface Warfare Center
>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/1325?trk=prof-exp-company-name> from *May
>>> 2004 – August 2008.  Huber received much of his campaign funding from a
>>> PAC that was run by the Oxnard public employees union *   Scott
>>> Lieberman*
>>>
>>>
>>>
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