June 27 Election in Venice May Be Postponed
At press time, it was unclear whether the
scheduled June 27 Venice Neighborhood Council election would take place, or be
postponed for up to 90 days.
On May 20, the Grass Roots Venice
Neighborhood Council (GRVNC) voted to hold the election as scheduled, in spite
of opposition from the anti-Progressive caucus group, which had filed a petition
for bylaw revisions that would make the GRVNC more restrictive. A May 6 vote on
the petition carried six of seven revisions.
However, the GRVNC is only
semi-autonomous from the city of Los Angeles. The city’s Dept. of
Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE) was not yet ruled on the validity of the May 6
vote, nor on an earlier set of bylaw provisions approved by the GRVNC
Board.
On May 25, DONE’s chief,
Greg Nelson, urged GRVNC’s Board, “in the strongest possible
way,” to delay the election for 90 days.
GRVNC has called a Board meeting for
7PM, June 7, at the Vera Davis Center to consider what to do about the
election.
Posted: Tue - June 1, 2004 at 08:56 PM