In a Tuesday interview with SD Rostra, Ernie Dronenburg declared victory
over appointed Democrat David Butler in the race for San Diego County
Assessor/Recorder/Clerk. Dronenburg leads Butler by 16,380 votes with
just 2,000 more to process countywide.
He reaffirmed his campaign pledges to (1) Refuse any County Pension
and (2) Self-impose a limit of two 4-year terms on his service in the post.
[Voter-approved term limits adopted in the June primary apply only to
County Supervisors, not the four countywide offices of DA, Sheriff,
Assessor and Treasurer/Tax Collector].
…………………….. Dronenburg’s “Road Map”
SD Rostra asked about a frequent critic at this site who claims Ernie
will be a part-timer, working only at the North county center in Vista. The gadfly suggests the ARC office will then be left to drift like a rudderless ship.
Dronenburg laughed at this dire picture. “What that person does not
realize is that I commuted for 11 years to San Diego, from 1998 to 2009, in my job with Deloitte/Touche. Of course I will often be at the down-
town County Administration Center, which is the nerve center of county
government.” Dronenburg was an elected member of the State Board of
Equalization from 1978 to 1998, before accepting a job with the
prestigious Deloitte-Touche national accounting firm.
Dronenburg confirmed to SD Rostra that he does have a map from his
home in North County all the way to downtown San Diego, and will travel
that distance frequently!