The CotoBuzz Journal, Community Journalism

April 2008 ISSUE

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Coto de Caza Elections Above Board- Local Media Continues to Assert

March 17, 2008

The recent Coto de Caza elections dealing with direct democracy were above board, continues to assert the local media, in the face of

Alleged board support for direct elections and,

Convoluted process involving several changes when according to associaiton legal counsel in an email distributed in the Coto Discussion Group, an option on the table was to consider a direct election amendment without delegate involvement, and

Official association newsletter continues to promote and misrepresent a delegate system as a representative form of government, when critics call it a most corrupt delegate system

Overly complicated SECRET ballot system – more complicated than Los Angeles’ recent double-bubble resulting in a disenfranchisement of 40,000 voters

Questionable election process that may no hold up in court, and

70% of Members who voted support Direct Popular Elections, and

69% of Delegates who voted support Direct Popular Elections

Apparently the only dissident on the board supports direct elections "if that is the will of the people" and the only objection is a recall threshold. It is fair to say that a major change such as direct elections will trigger the law of unintended consequences and other things will need to be fixed if and when direct elections come to Coto de Caza. Recall threshold is simply a red herring.

I won’t allow RECALL to be a red herring. I have a commitment from all CZ Board Members not just Mr. Varo to move direct elections forward to avoid costly litigation. Obviously, 70% of our member who voted were in favor. 69% of Delegates present were in favor. The majority on the CZ Board says they are in favor. So, after we deal with the Recall issue which was legitimate, what excuse could there possibly be for not approving Direct Popular Elections for Coto. As Winston Churchill always said, “Never Give Up, Never Give In”. I have always lived by this motto. I will not rest until we have Direct Popular Elections in Coto because it is the right thing to do. We will get there one way or another. Joseph Morabito, former member CZ board of directors.

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