NEWS RELEASE: PfCONA THANKS VOTING EFFORT VOLUNTEERS!!!/ELECTION RESULTS

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Contact: Rod Reyna, PfCONA Chair, rodreyna@aol.com 
Cecilia Galliano, PfCONA Vice Chair, ceciliagalliano@yahoo.com
Also, go to: info@pfcona.org or sign guestbook or see blog at www.pfcona.org

PfCONA THANKS VOTING EFFORT VOLUNTEERS!!!

On behalf of its affiliated neighborhoods, the Pflugerville Council of Neighborhood Associations (PfCONA) would like to thank all the neighborhood volunteers and community organizations that took part in the Pflugerville VOTES! effort.  The effort helped encourage the 12,000-plus voter-registered citizens to come out and vote in city council/school board elections during May early voting period and on election day.  In the end, 1296 residents voted in the 2004 city election as opposed to less than 500 in 2003.  PfCONA's goal was to help triple the city election overall vote from the year before, and for neighborhoods to do the same.  The effort included neighborhood yard signs with early voting and voting dates; Council/School Board Candidate Forums (videotaped/televised on Cox Cable Ch. 10); Deutschen Pfest booth/flyers; Deutschen Pfest parade entry with banners/leaflets; Council/School Board Candidate Q&A articles/E-mail to neighborhood/community leaders for their constituents; Voting locations/Voting Effort/Candidate information on PfCONA website; Spring Market Days booth (cancelled due to weather); Voter Information via E-Newsletter and PfCONA Meetings; and, neighborhood election results count/analysis.

The following individuals from neighborhoods and civic organizations played a vital part in Pflugerville VOTES!:

Allegra Azulay - Deutschen Pfest booth, Website;
Carolyn Buckley - Candidate Forums;
City of Pflugerville - Candidate Forums broadcast
Cox Cable 10 - Candidate Forums broadcast/promotion;
Michael Cohen - Forums video production;
Creekside Neighborhood Association - Candidate Forums Sponsor and Q&A;
Louis deCuir - Forums video production;
Sandy Flora - Pflugerville Pflag Q&A articles; Candidate Forums promotion; Pflag copies at Forums
Mike Gannaway - Parade;
Cecilia Galliano - Parade, Deutschen Pfest booth, Yard Signs, neighborhood vote results, flyers/leaflets; PfCONA Meetings
Mario Galliano - Parade, Deutschen Pfest booth, and neighborhood votes results;
Carolyn Graf - Candidate Forums Co-Host/promotion;         
Jean Garlick - Candidate Forums;
Bretta Herzog - Candidate Forums;
Retha Jackson - Candidate Forums;
Barbara Kolinek - Candidate Forums;
W.C. Kolinkek - Candidate Forums;
Clay Leben - Forums video production, Yard Signs;
Eva Maldonado - Parade;
Rene Maldonado - Parade;
Helen Mary Marek - Candidate Forums Co-Host/promotion and Q &A;
Pflugerville Downtown Association - Candidate Forums Sponsor, Volunteers;
Pflugerville Police Department - Candidate Forums site, Deutschen Pfest booth host;
Nancy Ramsey - Parade, Yard Signs, PfCONA Meetings
Rod Reyna - Candidate Forums Host/promotion, Yard Signs/Banners, Parade, Flyers, Q&A, Website, Forums video production, E-Newsletter & PfCONA Meetings, Neighborhood vote results;
Jackie Robertson - Candidate Forums;
Karen Thompson, City Secretary - Candidate Forums broadcast/promotion, Neighborhood vote results.

Thank you to all the citizens, neighborhoods and businesses who participated in placing Pflugerville VOTES! signs in their yards to promote city/school board elections including:

Arbor Creek, Blackhawk, Bohls Place, Bohls Crossing, Brookhollow, Club at Wells Point, Creekside, Flowers and Frills, Gatlinburg, Old Town, Parkcrest, Prague Market, Ridge at Steeds Crossing, Saxony, Second Chance Used Books, Willow Creek, and others who picked them up.  Residents from Bohl's Place, Creekside, Katymead, Gatlinburg, Picadilly, Saxony, and Willowcreek were volunteers in certain parts of the Pflugerville VOTES! effort.

This year PfCONA focused on getting neighborhoods more involved in the get out the vote process--to have citizens join their neighbors in voting. In 2005 the effort will focus on encouraging all members of a household or all their friends to vote. It will also encourage neighborhoods to double their 2004 results, including reach out to registered voters who did not vote the year before.  It can be done, especially when there are whole families, blocks, and entire Pflugerville neighborhoods that did not vote.  There are also registered voters who did not vote such as: family members (voter's husbands, wives, daughters, or sons), neighborhood residents and leaders, city staff, school staff, church members, and many people active in the community.  Our community has a lot of work to do--to challenge area residents to vote in every election--so we can all proudly say that Pflugerville votes.  The November 2004 State/Federal Elections are already on the horizon and the next City/School Board election is May 7, 2005.

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CITY ELECTION VOTING RESULTS BY NEIGHBORHOOD

The Pflugerville Council of Neighborhood Associations (PfCONA) volunteered to compile results of election instead of city staff spending the time to do so.  The following tabulations by neighborhood subdivision were made:


157 - Old Town

112 - Saxony

108 - Creekside

91 - Katymead

83 - Settlers Ridge

79- Gatlinburg

73 - Willow Creek

72 - Blackhawk

58 - Bohls Place

57 - Mountain Creek

50 - Brookhollow

40 - Meadow Park South

35 - Cambridge Estates

29 - Springbrook

27 - Parkcrest

26 - Club at Wells Point

25 - Bohls Crossing

25 - Meadows of Blackhawk

24 - Park View Estates

23 - Wells Point Pass

19 - Springbrook Glen

16 - Heatherwilde

16 - Park Place at Heatherwilde

13 - Windermere

8 - Mountain Creek Estates

3 - 1825 Place Apts

3 - Arbor Creek                                       

3 - Chisholm Point

3 - Falcon Pointe Brookwood Trail

2 - Meadow Park West

2 - Heatherwilde Park Retirement Apts

1 - Enclave At Springbrook

1 - Falcon Pointe The Vistas

1 - Highland Park North

0 - Colored Addition, The

0 - Falcon Pointe

0 - Falcon Pointe Arbor Landing

0 - Lakes of Blackhawk

0 - Meadow Ridge

0 - Rosemont @ Heather Bend Apts

0 - Settlers Meadow

0 - Skyview Village Apts

0 - Swenson Farms

11 - Not in a subdivision

1296 - TOTAL