Font Resize- Nov 4:
- Incumbent, two newcomers win Redwood City Council seats
- Redwood City rejects business license tax
- San Mateo Union High School District: Incumbent trustees re-elected
- Atherton approves tax for emergency services
- Lentz pulls off upset victory in Brisbane City Council race
- San Bruno Park School District: Newcomer joins two incumbents
- Hillsborough City School District: One incumbent, two newcomers win
- One incumbent, two newcomers win in San Mateo-Foster City district race
- Nov 3:
- Papan and Holober cruise to victory in Millbrae City Council race
- Frisella, Bronitsky headed for victory in Foster City
- South San Francisco City Council: Incumbents regain seats
- Burlingame City Council: An end of an era, O'Mahony likely out after 20 years
- Ruane lands massive victory in San Bruno Mayoral race
- Measure W defeated in Foster City
- Burlingame Measure H: Hotel tax hike cruises to victory
- Burlingame Measure I: Voters make city clerk appointed post
- Portola Valley voters support utility-users tax
- Portola Valley voters support utility-users tax
- Millbrae city treasurer measure too close to call
- Measure O: South San Francisco voters pass hotel tax hike
- Newcomers Lim and Ross join Grotte on San Mateo City Council
- Newcomers Lim and Ross join Grotte on San Mateo City Council
- Voters turn out in force for hotel tax increase in San Bruno
- Familiar faces dominate Belmont City Council election
- Brisbane voters approve hotel tax hike
- San Mateo Measures L, M: Voters approve tax hikes
HALF MOON BAY — Incumbent Naomi Patridge easily held on to her seat and two other challengers claimed theirs on the Half Moon Bay City Council in an eight-way race on Tuesday night.
Of three incumbents, Patridge was the only one who chose to run again. She nailed down 18.4 percent of the vote, adding another term to her 20 years on the Half Moon Bay City Council. Newcomers Allan Alifano and Rick Kowalczyk seized the second and third seats with 15.6 and 13.7 percent of the vote, respectively.
The election results installed a so-called pro-growth group of council members who already agree on most issues ranging from city finances to developing the Beachwood property, which the city acquired after losing a costly lawsuit in 2007.
A slate of so-called pro-environment candidates also ran, claiming voters were unhappy with how the current council had handled the Beachwood case and predicting a repudiation of Patridge and the other candidates who stood by the actions of the council.
Tuesday's results proved the opposite, according to Alifano.
"Tonight the community said they want to have five solid, mainstream people on the council," he said. "I'm very pleased that we're going to have a really consistent group. Somebody said to me tonight, 'Aren't you all just the same?' No.
"I think what you're going to have now are five people who are going to work really well together and who have no agenda, except what's good for
Alifano, a popular Main Street business owner, and Kowalczyk, a financial consultant, also ran on a pro-business platform of attracting more commerce to Half Moon Bay.
Reach Julia Scott at 650-348-4340.
