My sister, Myrna Lardizabal de Vera elected 1st ever Filipina mayor of Hercules, CA
The story is complicated but let me give you the short news as written by my other sister Lorna Lardizabal-Dietz :
Our sister, Myrna Lardizabal de Vera, was elected Mayor of Hercules, CA tonight, June 21, 2011. She was elected as a Council member last November 2010, then was elected as Vice-Mayor in January 2011. Prior to becoming a Council Member, Myrna was a Planning Commissioner of the City of Hercules for five years. Together with Vice-Mayor John Delgado (who is, by the way, one-quarter Filipino, and Myrna and John won in the same election without splitting the “Filipino vote”), they are the most experienced Council members to-date since the three newly sworn-in Council members came from the Recall Movement that successfully removed two council members (including the former mayor) from office… Myrna says: “Thank you, everyone, for your congratulations! There’s a lot of work to do!”
The good news is my sister won a seat in the council but didn’t get the top spot. She was linked to the old administration which had issues with the citizenry. Winning the second spot would make her by tradition the mayor by 2014. I thought no big deal.
By a twist of fate, the appointed mayor resigned before he could be charged with impropriety, which then made the seat vacant for mayor. Another appointment for mayor was done on January 28. 2011. Myrna was then appointed the Vice-Mayor of the city of Hercules.
The citizens in Hercules were not happy with the old council members and demanded a recall or another election. So yesterday night, there were three new council members and voting for the new mayor of 2011.
They voted for my sister, Myrna as the new mayor, just barely a year after her election to the city council last November 2010.
Congratulations to Mayor Myrna Lardizabal de Vera! And as @gmanews reported in Twitter:
Myrrna Lardizabal de Vera named 1st ever Pinay mayor of Hercules, CA for 2011; she is the 5th Pinoy to be elected mayor in Hercules.
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Noemi Lardizabal-Dado
Noemi Lardizabal-Dado is a Content Strategist with over 16 years experience in blogging, content management, citizen advocacy and media literacy and over 26 years in web development. Otherwise known as @MomBlogger on social media, she believes in making a difference in the lives of her children by advocating social change for social good. She is a co-founder and a member of the editorial board of Blog Watch . She is a resource speaker on media literacy, social media , blogging, digital citizenship, good governance, transparency, parenting, women’s rights and wellness, and cyber safety. Her personal blogs such as aboutmyrecovery.com (parenting) , pinoyfoodblog.com (recipes), techiegadgets.com (gadgets) and benguetarabica.coffee keep her busy outside of Blog Watch. Disclosure: I am an advocate. I am NOT neutral. I will NOT give social media mileage to members of political clans, epal, a previous candidate for the same position and those I believe are a waste of taxpayers' money. I do not support or belong to any political party. I was part of accredited media covering the Office of the Vice President and Leni Robredo as she ran as a presidential aspirant in the 2022 National and local elections. On August 5, 2021, YouTube announced that I was selected as one of 50 Program participants of its Creator Program for Independent Journalists She was a Senior Consultant for ALL media engagements for the PCOO-led Committee on Media Affairs & Strategic Communications (CMASC) under the ASEAN 2017 National Organizing Council from January 4 -July 5, 2017. Having been an ASEAN advocate since 2011, she has written extensively about the benefits of the ASEAN community and as a region of opportunities on Blog Watch and aboutmyrecovery.com. Organization affiliation includes Consortium on Democracy and Disinformation Updated June 6, 2022