Benson for CD2

One vote can make a difference!

In the CD2 election between Wendy Greuel and Tony Cardenas, the difference was only a few hundred votes!

About the common "my vote doesn't make a difference" misconception, well-known community activist, neighborhood council board member, and accomplished horsewoman Royan Herman makes the following observation:


I just heard a horse person say that he/she did not plan to vote for Mary Benson because it would waste a vote. Thought I would send some info so that people can make better educated decisions.

CD2 has roughly 250,000 residents, including children. If half are adults, registered to vote, that's 125,000. This being a special election, expectations normally run at about 10% turn out by voters, That's 15,000 people to elect one of ten (10) candidates. Seven of those candidates have Studio City -Sherman Oaks as a base. If Shadow Hills, Lake View Terrace and La Tuna stick together, we can seat the candidate of our choosing.

For me that candidate would be Mary Benson. She has already devoted two decades of her life to preserving and improving our horse and foothill communities. Did you know that Wendy Greuel won her first election by about 400 votes - that's hundred, not thousands?

If you care a lot or not at all who sits for us in City Council, but you worry about horse rights or developers along Foothill Blvd. in Lake View Terrace, the foothills of Shadow Hills now that McBroom is paved and people killing horse keeping in La Tuna with huge storage buildings on large parcels and you can vote, you can seat a local candidate who who knows many of us personally, knows our needs and understands our worries for the future and the kids coming up.

Should we decide to seat a local candidate, there will be no vote wasted. We can do it.

Please think about this!

Royan