Agoura Hills Heads to the Polls

Agoura Hills voters began filing into polling places at 7 a.m. Tuesday to cast their ballots on Measure K, the proposed parcel tax, as well as for two City Council seats.

Four council candidates are in the running: incumbent , who is up for re-election, and challengers , and . Mayor Pro Tem Dan Kuperberg is vacating his post.

Many of the residents Patch spoke with were divided on who they were voting for, with no one name dominating the list.

The issue that seemed to have driven most people to the polls was Measure K, the parcel tax in support of local public schools.

Patch asked several residents on how they were voting, and the opinions on Measure K were split right down the middle.

"I voted no on K," said John Wood. "I think it's outrageous, and we don't need to be spending any more money."

Ron Lyon agreed. "There's got to be another solution to help the schools. I voted no," he said.

Evelyn Fong and husband, Waylon Jeong, voted yes on K. "We need to support the schools," said Fong. "The schools are suffering, and we don't have enough money."

"I voted yes on K," said Paul Feinsinger. "We need to keep up the school system, which also keeps up our property values."

Michael Nineberg, an inspector stationed at the City Hall polling station, agreed that Measure K was bringing out the voters. "We've seen a steady flow all morning," he said. "This is a pretty big turnout for a local election."

Two voting precincts were located at because of the small size of the local election, said inspector Susan Bukowski at the school site.

Bukowski said that a steady flow of voters began filing in at 7 a.m. "We've had a fairly good turnout, over 40 so far, and it's just after 10 a.m.," she said.

Bobby Tarn, an inspector also stationed at Willow, said that 90 voters had already filed through during the course of the morning and that he expected up to 250 by the end of the day.

There are 12,851 registered voters in Agoura Hills, according to City Clerk Kimberly Rodriques. Local polling locations are at Willow Elementary, , , and

Check back later tonight for election coverage updates and voting results.