Well the day after the City of Santa Clarita council election shows that the status quo is alive and well. The local shopper commented in an editorial that “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” and so goes the election. There was a very diverse slate of candidates that ran but ultimately the low voter turn out proved to be favorable to the incumbents.
Marsha McLean was the top vote getter with 4857 votes or 16.79%. Frank Ferry was number two, very appropriate, with 4781 votes or 16.52%. Laurene Weste got 4553 votes or 15.74%. Mark Hershey made a very good run at a seat with 3817 votes or 13.19%.
I actually thought that at least one of the incumbents would have lost out. Many were predicting that Marsha McLean would possibly lose her seat, were they wrong! It certainly doesn’t look like the relationship between the city and the unincorporated areas will be changing anytime soon.