Comments on: Contra Costa: More retirements on the way? http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/03/08/contra-costa-more-retirements-on-the-way/ Politics in the Bay Area and beyond Sat, 18 May 2013 21:12:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: steve weir http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/03/08/contra-costa-more-retirements-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-11165 steve weir Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:12:11 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=10712#comment-11165 Come on, folks. DA Bob Kochly, Assessor Gus Kramer, and Treasurer/Tax Collector Bill Pollacek all came to office in an open election. Sheriff Warren Rupf, Auditor/Controller Steve Ybarra and myself, County Clerk, were appointed to fill a vacancy in office. The Sheriff was appointed when then Sheriff, Richard Rainey was elected to the State Assembly; Steve Ybarra was appointed when Ken Corcoran retired mid term; and I was appointed upon the death of County Clerk James Olssen. One usually imagines “gaming” the system by retiring mid-term in favor of an appointment by the Board of Supervisors for some favored replacement. That, obviously, has not happened here.

That someone from within the office would seek the position, in an open election, is not a conspiracy. It is, most likely, a good sign that there are people willing to enter the political fray. (Yes, one must observe that an incumbent can hold off filing to favor a chosen replacement. That is why the Legislature, wisely, passed the extension rule, so that when a qualified incumbent fails to file by the designated deadline (5 pm Friday, March 12) the filing is extended five days (5 pm, Wednesday, March 17).

I know the process, as I was appointed to my first office to fill out the term of an incumbent. In 1973, I was appointed on April 4, to fill out the unexpired term of Diane Weidner for the Contra Costa Water Board. I stood for election that November, and was able to run as an appointed incumbent (the moniker “incumbent” was not a negative at the time.)

]]> By: John W. http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/03/08/contra-costa-more-retirements-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-11161 John W. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:19:17 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=10712#comment-11161 Cook County, Illinois has got nothing on Contra Costa.

]]> By: Mike F. http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/03/08/contra-costa-more-retirements-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-11148 Mike F. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:24:56 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=10712#comment-11148 Alright more of the same. YAAAAA!

Is there some cooperation going on here?

Go Contra Costa Machine politics!

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