Another updated election count, another slight gain for Measure Q.
That’s the bottom line as the San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters continues the laborious process of verifying less than 5,000 or so mail-in and drop box ballots from throughout the county cast in the Nov. 5 election.
The update on Friday placed the tally so far at 15,822 yes votes and 15,673 votes for the three-quarter of a cent temporary 20-year sales tax for the City of Manteca.
The measure now leads by 149 votes.
That’s up from a 123 vote lead on Monday and a 138 vote lead on Wednesday.
Indications are there are less than 800 votes that were cast in Manteca that have yet to be verified with signatures before they can be counted.
The tax requires 50 percent plus one votes in order to pass.
Recalling Carlon Perry’s tenacity
The news of the passing of former Manteca Mayor Carlon Perry prompted one of his long-time friends to share a memory.
The Bulletin story erroneously stated Perry had been a pitcher.
Eron Grishman noted Perry played second base for the Buffaloes.
“I pitched. And, he would rather die than make an error behind me. He seldom did,” Grisham wrote.
His legendary journey to Vero Beach, Florida for spring training was an inspiration. He hitchhiked. He was signed by Dodger brass on the strength of his tenacity shown in getting to Florida for a tryout.”
This may explain something about the man, the politician, the entrepreneur. He was a good soldier, a good friend.”
Perry, 79, passed away last week.
He served on the Manteca City Council from 1992 to 1998 before winning a four-year term as mayor that ended in 2002.
Perry was also a newspaper publisher with his last venture being the weekly Lathrop Manteca Sun Post.
The Korean War veteran also was a past commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6311.
Mayor Gary Singh adjourned Tuesday’s City Council meeting in Perry’s honor.
Pery’s services are set for Tuesday, Nov. 26, at the Park View Cemetery & Funeral Home on French Camp Road.
Illegal motorcycle drag
racing in northwest Manteca
Councilman Dave Breitenbucher shared two speeding concerns brought to his attention at the end of Tuesday’s council meeting.
One was speeding on Moffat Boulevard, the other was drag racing on Intermodal Way.
Breitenbucher said he was asked why speed lumps aren’t being placed on Moffat, especially near Manteca High, to slow traffic.
The councilman said he shared that given Moffat was an arterial that speed lumps couldn’t be deployed.
Breitenbucher suggested the city consider putting in place high-profile crosswalks with flashing lights suspended over the street on pole just like along Yosemite Avenue on the northern edge of the campus. The lights are activated when a pedestrian wants to cross.
Mary Gary Singh noted the city is working with the San Joaquin Rail Commission for the possible installation of traffic signals at Moffat Boulevard and Sherman Avenue at the southwest corner of the campus.
The parking lot for the ACE commuter train stop breaking ground next year will tie into the intersection.
Breitenbucher also asked that something about illegal motorcycle drag racing on Intermodal Way in northwest Manteca.
Intermodal is a wide street that runs behind Amazon 5.11 Tactical, et al in the Centerpoint Business Park.
The racers have left a lot of rubber on the asphalt.
However, it is a private road and not under the law enforcement purview of the Manteca Police Department.
Police, however, will bring the issue to the attention of the security firm that Centerpoint contracts with.
To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@manetcabulletin.com
