Only Two Elections for Santa Barbara in an Off Year
Governor Recall and S.B. Mayor and Three Council Seats Up for Grabs
Joe Holland | Credit: Paul Wellman (file)
This article was originally posted on Newsmakers with Jerry Roberts.
On Joe Holland’s office wall hangs a framed copy of the 2003 recall ballot that ousted Governor Gray Davis — including the names of Arnold Schwarzenegger and 134 other politicos, media hacks, low-rent movie stars, sex workers, and sundry self-promoters who signed up to replace him.
For Holland, the registrar of voters for Santa Barbara County (also: county clerk, recorder, and assessor), it’s not only a personal memento of the first election that he oversaw but also a professional reminder to leave no detail overlooked in staging one.
