Gary Davis falters in election try

Gary Davis, president of Associated Students Inc., lost in his bid to become one of three members of the Cordova Parks District on Nov. 3, winding up sixth out of the eight-candidate field.

Davis finished with 8.9 percent of the vote, less than half of the top vote-getter, Cathy Nickerson. Davis said he ran for the position because he did not want the race to go unopposed, as it was when he filed for candidacy. Since some of the incumbents did not file for reelection, the filing period was extended. In that time frame four more candidates filed, including one of the incumbents. The district covers Rancho Cordova, Rosemont and Gold River.

"I really didn't care about winning or losing. I filed on the next to last day," said Davis, who added that most of the candidates did not do a lot of campaigning and voiced similar concerns.

"I think we all talked about making the parks safer," he said. "My main thing was working to offer more community based classes."

Davis said he was not worried about such a post interfering with his ASI duties. He said there would have only been four months of overlap between completing his term as ASI president and serving a four-year term with the park district.

"I feel like I've been able to take care of business here," Davis said. "I've been pretty good about managing my time."

Davis also spent time running the Folsom-Cordova school board campaign of Brian Cooley. former ASI executive vice presient. Cooley also lost his race, placing fifth in a nine candidate field.

While disappointed with the outcome, Davis said he and Cooley would be meeting this week to discuss the results of the elections and how to do things better.

"The main thing Brian and I tried to do was bring some new leadership to the area," Davis said.