Purissima Hills Water District Election Results 2012: Holtz, Jordan, Solomon Post Wins

Brian Holtz, Steve Jordan and Ernest Solomon were all returned to the Purissima Hills Water District Board of Directors Tuesday night. 

Holtz, with 1,297 votes, or 33 percent of the vote, led, followed by Steve Jordan with 1,153, or 29 percent of the vote, and Ernest Solomon, with 1,133 votes was third.

William Bowden, a 19-year-old campaign consultant, aslisted in the voter handbook, received 391 votes, or nearly 10 percent of the vote, with virtually no campaign.

Four candidates ran for three positions on the water board which serves about two-thirds of Los Altos Hills and some surrounding unincorporated areas of the county.

Three responded to a Patch questionnaire about their qualifications. You will find a link to their responses by clicking on each name.

Here is additional information provided by smartvoter.org:

Steve Jordan

• Occupation: Incumbent, Management consultant
• Management Consultant, self employed
• Previous consultant with McKinsey and R.B. Webber
• Previously, General Manager, Fairchild Semiconductor
• BS, Electrical Engineering and BS, Economics, MIT
• MBA, Harvard Business School

Priorities:

• Search for lower cost water supply
• Reduce controllable costs to limit future price increases
• Establish long term plan to obtain fire service related funding from LAH County Fire District

Ernest Solomon

• Occupation: Retired engineering geologist
• BA Geology, U.C. Berkeley
• 40 years professional experience as engineering geologist on infrastructure and environment.

Priorities:

• Continue emphasis on hardening the District's system against earthquake and slope failure.
• Continue pursuit of additional water supply.
• Maintain the District's current consumer/owner-friendly culture.

Brian Holtz

• Occupation: Director/Software Engineer
• Software Engineer, Kabam
• President, Purissima Hills Water District
• resident of Los Altos Hills since 2006
• software engineer in Silicon Valley since 1990
• M.S. in Computer Science, U. of Michigan, 1990
• husband and father

Priorities:

• Control costs while maintaining reliable clean water supply
• Explore alternatives for water sourcing and district operations
• Defend property rights of district ratepayer-owners

William Bowden

• Occupation: Campaign Consultant

Results

10 of 10 Precincts Reporting (100%) Votes Percentage Purissima Hills Water District Director
Steve Jordan*  1,153
29.01% Ernest "Ernie" Solomon 1,133 28.51% Brian Holtz 1,297 32.64% William Bowden 391 9.84% *indicates incumbent