Minority Rules WL Elections!

Got your attention, didn't I? It really is true. Let me explain.



First of all the good news. Weatherby Lake has 1,570 registered voters. There were 804 votes cast for Mayor, representing 53.3% of all voters...a majority and an impressive turnout. Our friends in Parkville had 33% of the registered voters cast a vote in their mayoral race which had a fair amount of interest. We (WL) beat that number by 20%.



Jerry Bos received 415 votes and won the election for Mayor. Do the math and you will find that total represents 26.4% of the registered voters, so in fact a minority of registered voters elected the Mayor. No rap against the Mayor-elect, just a reflection that in a tight contest with the number of total votes cast just above 50%, almost always a minority makes the decision. With the exception of the West Ward election (DeJong winner) all the races were relatively close. 766 folks didn't vote, could that make a difference? Don't know but the margin in the Bos/York election was 26 votes.

We had a good turnout for the election, the weather certainly didn't make for a fun excursion to vote. Could we do better? I think so. Surely some of the 766 no shows have an interest in how our City government is run.