North County Times

Of the suggestions thus far, one made by Steven Hill of the New America Foundation at a Constitutional Convention Town Hall held in July in Santa Monica seems to make the most sense. ... Original Article

The conviction of Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham over serious ethics violations has left a bad taste in many voters' mouths. Now taxpayers are about to waste scarce tax dollars on an election to fill the vacancy.

Because none of the 18 candidates in April's special election received more than 50 percent of the votes cast, North County voters must trudge to the polls a second time for a June 6 runoff election to determine the winner -- who will serve less than six months.