On his first and only night as a civic agitator, Stephen Erickson got off to a shaky start. He arrived at City Hall late, could not find a seat and had to stand in the back of the room.
But Erickson was undeterred. For the first time since he moved to this San Francisco suburb 18 years ago, he stood up and addressed the City Council, telling his elected leaders that what they were about to do was wrong.
Five minutes later, the City Council voted unanimously to scrap the November municipal election for lack of candidates. Four people -- two incumbents and two new candidates -- were appointed to the four-year terms instead.
The move last month to cancel the election was particularly striking coming against the backdrop of the election to recall Governor Gray Davis, who happened to be campaigning a few miles away on the same evening.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/09/21/2003068685
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