Political insiders are rolling their eyes at the strange and costly turn of political events in Sunnyvale. Dave Whittum resigned from the City Council even though only a few months of his term remained. He would have been termed out at the end of this year. His resignation was early enough to force the City Council to call a special election to fill his seat for the remainder of the year, instead of filling the seat in the regularly scheduled general election in November. The special election on August 16 will cost Sunnyvale $767,600. Since Whittum is an outspoken fiscal conservative, the costly timing of his resignation seemed strange enough. But the story gets stranger. Whittum’s resignation was late enough to force the candidates to file for the November election before the special election takes place. The filing period for the November election to fill Whittum’s old seat ends before August 16. If Whittum had planned it out, he could not have made these elections more confusing or costly for his Sunnyvale neighbors.
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