Results from local May 10 elections tallied
By James Bolen

Results are in from the local May 10 elections, with the number of votes cast surprising some.

The $295 million San Jacinto College bond proposal passed with overwhelming support. Nearly 71 percent of the 1,836 people who cast their vote in the election were in favor of providing the additional funds that will go toward new facilities at all three campuses in the district.

Almost three times as many people voted in this bond election than in the last one held in 1999. In fact, more people voted early in this bond referendum than voted in the last one altogether.

In the Pasadena Independent School District election, Vickie Morgan held on to her Position 7 seat on the board of trustees, easily defeating challenger Randy Clay Smith.

Morgan received 1,029 votes to Smith’s 322. This was the first time that more people voted in a San Jac election than in a concurrent, contested PISD board election.

Additionally, more people voted in this election at the San Jacinto College South Campus than at the Central Campus - another first.

In the Clear Brook City Municipal Utility District election, Chuck Tylka easily defeated incumbent Bill Jones for the Position 1 seat on the board of directors.

Tylka received 78 votes in the race to Jones’ 35.

In the contest for a position on the Sagemeadow Municipal Utility District board of directors, challenger Dean Baier was unsuccessful in his attempt to unseat incumbents David Dittmar and Glenn Williams.

Baier received 59 votes, while Dittmar received 120 and Williams received 110.

These numbers are also somewhat surprising, given that the Clear Brook City MUD is significantly larger than the Sagemeadow MUD.

The Clear Brook City MUD includes 12 subdivisions and roughly 5,500 households, whereas the Sagemeadow MUD includes only two subdivisions and roughly 2,100 households.