The primary election yesterday determined the top vote-getters from each political party and those nominees will be in the run-off February 5.
Mike Gipson did not make it into the run-off.
If Warrren Furutani falls short of the 50%, which is likely, although there are absentee ballots and provisional ballots yet to be counted, he will face Herb Peters the Libertarian and Charlotte Gibson the American Independent candidate on February 5 in what will certainly be a coronation for Furutani.
As to whether Republicans made a choice in this election, we can only look to the results by party when they are reported in the next few days.
Public comments from Long Beach residents, however inconvenient it might be to councilmembers, should not be restricted.
Call your councilmembers today and tell them that we elected them to be fair and this agenda item cuts Long Beach residents out of their government! If we don't stop this now, we may learn a few months from now that even more restrictions will be placed on public comment-- maybe to only one minute once a week.
If you don't reach your councilmember today, please join me tomorrow at the City Council meeting for a last stand on this issue. Defend our rights!