QUESTION: How many of the county’s 29...
QUESTION: How many of the county’s 29 cities have never had a woman city council member? Answer: Only one, San Juan Capistrano, which has been electing city councils since 1961. . . . Three women are among the 14 candidates on the November ballot, but longtime city political activist Russ Burkett doesn’t think their chances are good. “Neither the right candidate nor the right voter attitude has occurred,” he says.
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