EASY VICTORIES VANDER BORGHT, CAMPBELL WIN BURBANK COUNCIL SEATS.Byline: Susan Abram Staff Writer BURBANK- City Councilman Jef Vander Borght easily won a return to his seat Tuesday, while public policy director Todd Campbell stepped up from the field of challengers to claim the second spot on the council. Vander Borght captured 34.4 percent of the votes in Tuesday's runoff Runoff The procedure of printing the end-of-day prices for every stock on an exchange onto ticker tape. Notes: If the "tape is late" then it can take a long time to print off all the closing prices. , while Campbell garnered 31.7 percent to take the vacant spot created by the departing de·part v. de·part·ed, de·part·ing, de·parts v.intr. 1. To go away; leave. 2. To die. 3. Mayor David Laurell. ``As an appointed council member, I felt tentative because the decisions I made were mine but they didn't represent the plurality The opinion of an appellate court in which more justices join than in any concurring opinion. The excess of votes cast for one candidate over those votes cast for any other candidate. Appellate panels are made up of three or more justices. of the residents,'' said Vander Borght, 51, named to the council a year ago. ``I believe it was my longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective experience on the planning board Noun 1. planning board - a board appointed to advise the chief administrator advisory board governance, governing body, organisation, administration, brass, establishment, organization - the persons (or committees or departments etc. and also on the council that made people recognize I was right for this job.'' Campbell, 32, who ran on a campaign of easing traffic around the city's busiest corridors, said his door-to-door canvassing made the difference for him. ``I walked the city three times during my campaign,'' Campbell said. ``I think the people realized I was personable PERSONABLE. Having the capacities of a person; for example, the defendant was judged personable to maintain this action. Old Nat. Brev. 142. This word is obsolete. and I cared about Burbank.'' Also in the runoff field Tuesday, restaurant owner restaurant owner n → dueño/a or propietario/a de un restaurante Gary Bric captured 22.6 percent and Brian Malone earned 11.3 percent of the votes. About 17.4 percent - 8,829 - of Burbank's 50,743 registered voters turned out for the runoff. The two winners, who will serve four-year terms, take their seats on the five-member council on April 29. Bric and Malone praised the winners for running clean races and both were supportive of Vander Borght and Campbell. ``I was very pleased for Jef,'' Malone said. ``I endorsed and supported him from day one. He brings balance and depth to the council.'' ``I think you have two excellent council members,'' Bric said. ``They both ran excellent campaigns.'' Also Tuesday, voters by a 34-vote margin approved a transient A malfunction that occurs at random intervals and lasts for a short duration such as a spike or surge in a power line or a memory cell that intermittently fails. See spike and power surge. transient - 1. parking measure that would allow the City Council to raise the tax on those who use short-term parking facilities. And voters overwhelmingly passed a measure that would amend the city's charter on holding special elections if a council member or any other elected official vacates a seat. A special election would be held if there are 16 months or more left on the term. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, box Photo: (1) Nina Gonzales checks her ballot after voting at Burbank City Hall on Tuesday. Jef Vander Borght and Todd Campbell were elected to four-year terms on the City Council. John McCoy/Staff Photographer (2) VANDER BORGHT (3) CAMPBELL Box: LATEST RESULTS |
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