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Experience Wins out on Election Recession hits local merchants IN BUSINESS | P.17 NOVEMBER 7, 2008 VOLUME 16, NO. 44 INSIDE: WEEKEND | PAGE 21 650.964.6300 MountainViewOnline.com Experience wins out on Election Day By a clear margin, Sweeley, Faillace Macias, Means, retain their seats Kasperzak and Inks as trustees on take council seats MVLA board By Daniel DeBolt By Casey Weiss ity staff will take orders from some y a comfortable margin, incumbents familiar faces in January after the Susan Sweeley and Phil Faillace kept Cfour open seats in the City Council Btheir seats on the Mountain View-Los race were taken largely by current or former Altos Union High School District board, council members on Tuesday night. capping months of campaigning in the dis- When the results were tallied, incum- trict’s first contested election in a decade. bent Laura Macias received 10,580 votes, With all districts reporting, Sweeley followed by Mayor Tom Means with 9,148. received nearly 44 percent of the vote, Former council member Mike Kasperzak Faillace 32 percent and challenger Colin received 8,276 votes, while longtime city Rudolph 24 percent. commissioner John Inks received 8,187. Rudolph, a technology account execu- Inks and Kasperzak will replace termed- tive, said the district’s board of trustees out members Matt Pear and Nick Galiotto. needed a fresh perspective. He planned to The change will likely maintain the cur- build new partnerships with Silicon Valley rent balance on the council, which gives companies, saying it could help close the only three of seven votes to more aggressive achievement gap in the district. advocates of housing growth. COLLEEN CUMMINS The incumbents, who endorsed each Kasperzak returns after eight years on the Tom Means, right, watches the election results come in with supporter Joan O’Rourke at other, debated with Rudolph about budget council from 1998 to 2006. As the city faces the Tied House on Tuesday night. cuts, term limits and standardized testing budget cuts, he campaigned as the only throughout the campaign. Sweeley has candidate with city budgeting experience back, John [Inks] has been a commissioner U.S. presidency was the only thing anyone been on the board for eights years and Fail- during hard times. for a long time now — it’s kind of telling. It wanted to talk about, even Macias. lace for 12. They said their experience made “It seemed people were more concerned speaks a little bit to the times.” “This is amazing,” she said, repeating a them the most qualified candidates. with experience this time around rather Frontrunner Laura Macias was ecstatic sentiment heard throughout the night. After “I think people in the district recognize than shaking things up,” Kasperzak said. as the results were posted throughout the that Susan and I have been deeply involved “Re-electing two incumbents, bringing me night. But Barack Obama’s win of the See COUNCIL, page 11 and have accomplished a lot,” Faillace said on Wednesday morning, after the county announced election results. Four of the district’s five trustees have Gleeful celebration over Obama victory served on the board for at least six years. By Casey Weiss waited for the president-elect to give his who excitedly discussed the election with During forums throughout the campaign, acceptance speech. Volunteers and secu- several friends. local residents questioned the candidates here were tears of joy for Barack rity guards greeted the participants at the “It is nice to see what everyone can do about imposing term limits. All three Obama on election night. door, handing out posters and balloons when you get together,” added Sara Spy- candidates said they would support terms T About 2,000 local supporters and congratulating them on the win. eth, a Menlo Park resident. limits, but on Wednesday morning, Fail- of the Illinois senator’s presidential bid Two large groups gathered in separate Silicon Valley for Obama, a group of lace said election results showed residents crowded into the Computer History rooms with huge television screens, many local volunteers with a campaign office were happy with the board’s work. Museum on Tuesday night to celebrate still incredulous that the campaign was in Palo Alto, had rented the museum and “I don’t think our experience was held what turned out to be a historic night for finally over after two long years — and provided food and dance floors for the against us,” Faillace said. “Incumbents need America and a joyful night for them. that America had elected its first African- many guests. Several laptops were placed to be held accountable when things are going Outside in the street, supporters honked American president. in the halls so people could check the wrong, but they need to be given credit when their horns and cheered. Inside, locals “It has restored my faith in America,” cried and hugged each other as they said Stanford student Catherine Dunlop, See OBAMA, page 8 See SCHOOL, page 12 INSIDE GOINGS ON 26 | MARKETPLACE 28 | MOVIES 24 | REAL ESTATE 32 | VIEWPOINT 16 There is a Safe and Secure Place for Your Money! “★★★★★” - Bauer Financial, Inc.* Star One Credit Union, one of the largest and strongest credit unions in the nation has been rated “SUPERIOR” year after year by Bauer Financial, Inc. We were awarded their highest Five Star rating (★★★★★) for being safe,financially sound, and operating well above the regulatory requirements. 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