Elections Teacher
takes fourth place
in California Assembly race
California
middle school teacher Shane
Parmely lost her bid for the 79th
District Assembly seat vacated by
Shirley Weber, who became named state
secretary of state. Weber's daughter, La
Mesa Councilwoman Dr. Akilah Weber, won
the five-way special San Diego
County election with 52% of the
vote. Shane was fourth with 5%. She was
also unsuccessful in a bid for a seat on
the local Democratic Party Central
Committee in 2020.... Coming in second in a
10-way race for four open seats on the
Monteagle, Tenn., City Council in fall
2020 was Dorraine Parmley,
with 279 votes. The town of 1,200
stretches into Franklin, Grundy, and
Marion counties.
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Our Cousins
in the White HouseTwo men to occupy
the White House are descendants
of the Guilford Parmelees! Rutherford B.
Hayes, right, and George W. Bush, below,
were declared victors after close
votes and
disputed ballots in Florida. Both were
Republican governors who lost the popular
vote but won in the Electoral College by
slim margins.
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Presidential
Encounters
John Quincy Adams: The pages of
his diary
mention visits from Dr. Eleazer
Parmly, [1797-1874; Eleazer,
Jehiel, Stephen, Stephen, John, John]
the pioneering New York City dentist who
also owned a hotel in Painesville, Ohio.
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William
McKinley:
Cleveland Mayor William and Martha
Emily (Parmelee) Rose [1834-1923;
Theodore Hudson, Theodore, Abraham,
Abraham, Isaac, John, John]
entertained the Ohio governor -- and
future president -- and his wife, Ida.
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William Howard Taft: Once he'd
left office and returned to Yale to
teach, he had his eye on Henry
Spencer Parmelee's [1844-1902; Spencer
"Thomas," Henry, Samuel,
Joseph, Isaac, John, John] old home in Hartford, Conn. |
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From the U.K. to
N.Z.
Chief
exec trades post in South Somerset for one in
Waitaki
Alex
Parmley, chief executive for the 60-member South
Somerset District Council in the United Kingdom,
has been chosen to fill the same position for the
Waitaki District Council in New Zealand. He and
his family -- wife Elizabeth, who is from New
Zealand, and their four children -- made their
move half-way around the world in July 2021.
The
family always planned to move to New Zealand, he
said, but he didn't want to settle somewhere with
just any job. "I wanted a job that would be
both interesting and challenging, as well as
being a good match to my skills and
outlook," he said. "We also wanted to
be in a place that would be good for our young
family, and Oamaru and Waitaki clearly have a lot
to offer in this respect."
Alex, , right, who was a finalist last year
for chief executive of the year in the UKs
MJ Local Government Achievement Awards, thought
the Waitaki District Council held a clear
ambition to do the best for its residents. He
said he believes local government has important
roles in dealing with COVID-19, climate change,
supporting growth of local business and jobs, and
protecting the environment.
"My job is not to have all the answers,
but instead to ensure we engage with councilors,
staff, communities, businesses, government and
partner organizations to get the answers that are
right for the residents and communities of
Waitaki."
Forty-one applied for the chief executive
role. The executive committee
interviewed seven candidates, then three were
selected for final interviews with Mayor Gary
Kircher and all councilors.
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Election
2019
Former prosecutor wins
council seat in New Jersey
Two
decades ago, Mark [Gordon
Victor, Gordon Victor, Arthur Leroy,
Martin "Frank" Francis, Erastus
Kellogg, Joshua, Joshua, Jehiel, Joshua,
John, John] and wife rolled into
Westfield, N.J., and it just felt like a
good place to call home.
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Westfield,
N.J., Town Council
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Bodmer-R |
767 |
38.14% |
Parmelee-D |
1,244 |
61.86% |
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After putting down roots and
raising four children, Mark, a Democrat, decided
to run for the Ward 2 council seat against
Republican Richard J. Bodmer in the Nov. 5
general election. Mark is a securities litigator
for Greenberg & Traurig; previously he was a
prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney's
Office.
"I can help make meaningful
strides in the growth of our town," he says
with an eye on increasing access to improved
athletic facilities and cultivating the downtown
business district for long-term growth. "I
want my children to see that being part of a
community means contributing to its
success." Even if you don't live in the
Garden State, you may have heard Mark -- on TV!
He also does voice-overs for the NFL, the Fox
Television Network and Dick's Sporting Goods
commercials.
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Colorado Mayor
Ousted
but Recall Backer Loses
Bid for Council SeatBrighton,
Colo., voters sent Mayor Ken Kreutzer
packing in 2020, but pro-recall candidate
Debra Parmley [Carl
"Skinny" E., Henry Lincoln,
Thomas Benton, William Henry, John,
Richard, Ephraim, Giles, Hiel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John], a
Republican, lost her bid for a seat
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Brighton,
Colo., City Council
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Parmley-R |
704 |
45.54% |
Jordinelli-D |
842 |
54.46% |
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in raucous council race. Some
accused her of using a loophole to secure her bid
while opponents registered false websites to
hobble her campaign.
When Debra submitted her
candidacy petition, she needed 25 signatures from
Ward 3 residents; only 17 were ruled valid.
"The signature page statement on the
petition states the person signing is a
registered voter in Brighton," she said, but
the cover page says signers must live in the
ward. Nevertheless, municipal code also states
that if 25 signatures -- valid or invalid -- are
submitted a cure period is allowed. Debra was
granted four days to submit the required number
of valid signatures and did so.
Sam McKinney, a Brighton resident
who has butted heads with Debra while serving on
a local homeowners association board, registered
a 527 political organization with the city called
Citizens against Debra Parmley, which supported
Jordinelli but wasn't guided by the candidate.
To ensure Debra couldn't register
a pithier campaign URL, McKinney registered three
separate URLs, in case she wanted to use any of
them. Said Debra: "For my opponent to allow
this malice and scorn to occur speaks volumes to
his character and lack of integrity not
mine."
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