There will be four new faces on the Altadena town council as voters today sent every incumbent home packing in the contested races.
Okorie Ezieme (CT 4602), Alice Wessen (CT 4603.01), Tecumseh Shackleford (CT 4610), and Ruth Neilan Edwards (CT 4612) won seats on the town council by comfortable margins. Wessen's was the tightest race, besting her opponent, councilmember Walter Olszewski, by 16 votes, whereas Shackleford bested incumbent Bobby Thompson by 62 votes, and Ezieme beat his nearest opponent by 66 votes. Neilan Edwards scored the greatest margin (69 votes), even though fewer total votes were cast in her race against council chair George Lewis.
Nine polling places around Altadena yielded a total of 735 votes this year, a significant number considering the record heat on election day. It took about two and a half hours to count the ballots, which were tallied at the Altadena Sheriff's Station.
Results of the election follow. Winners are listed in boldface.
4601 Eugene Sund (incumbent) 75
4602 Mabel Duncan (incumbent) 31
Regina Grimes 52
4603.01 Walter Olszewski (incumbent) 49
Alice Wessen 65
4603.02 Dr. Sandra Thomas (incumbent) 24
4610 Bobby Thompson (incumbent) 46
Tecumseh Shackleford 108
Rev. C.R. Tillman 4
4611 Alan Wasserman (incumbent) 29
4612 George Lewis (incumbent) 27
Ruth Neilan Edwards 96
4613 Susan Goldman (incumbent) 11
