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CUSD Reform Slate TV Ad...
CUSD
Reform Slate...
Meet
the Reform Candidates
Jack Brick
Trustee Area 1
Aersospace Executive,
Teacher
Ken Maddox
Trustee Area 5
School Board Member,
Businessman
Sue Palazzo
Trustee Area 2
School Board Member, Property Manager, Teacher
Mike Winsten
Trustee Area 3
Attorney, Independent Businessman
CUSD Reform Slate Mailer...

Sample Ballot...
Find your polling place on the back cover of your Sam- ple Ballot Voter Information Pamph- let, on the web at www.ocvote.com
or call the OC Registrar at
(714) 567-7600.
See Sample Ballot.
Vote by Mail Applications may be
obtained at www.ocvote.com/mail. Applications for vote-by-mail ballots must reach the OC Registrar by Oct 28th.
Reform Election Results...
Nov 4, 2008 General Election
Jun 24, 2008 Special Election
Nov 7, 2006 General Election
Nov 5, 2002 General Election
Latest Poll Results...
What do you think of the CUSD Recall Committee's candidates' decision to skip the League of Women Voters' forum?
70%....They did the right thing.
28%.....It's wrong; the candidates should face the public.
1%..... It doesn't matter one way or another.
Source: Capistrano Dispatch, Oct 17, 2008, Page 10
How closely are you following the turmoil in Capistrano Unified School District?
62%....Like a hawk. The place is a mess!
15%.....Some - It seems like there's some valid issues.
23%.....Not at all - it's all political bluster now!
Source: Capistrano Dispatch, Sep 19, 2008, Page 8
Should CUSD opponents continue the attempted recall against trustees Marlene Draper and Sheila Benecke?
80%....Yes, they need to go ASAP
7%.......No, because it's a waste of money now
12%.....No, they're done in Nov, anyhow
Source: Capistrano Dispatch, Jan 25, 2008, Page 8
CUSD Trustees Marlene Draper and Sheila Benecke are the targets of a recall election planned for this summer. What do you think of the recall?
91%.....They’ve got to go.
6%........Keep them in office.
3%........I’m not sure yet, I need to hear more
0%........What recall?
Source: Dana Point Times, March 28, 2008, Page 10
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Latest Cartoons...

Featured Articles...
OC Weekly article, "Hard Knocks"
In-depth report on the three-year
grassroots effort to reform
CUSD.
"Capo Unified: Life In The Barracks, A peek at some of Capo Unified's schools"
The Pictures
The real story behind the pictures of CUSD's disgusting portables and that infamous SCHS toilet
Choosing to Crowd
OC Register reporter Keith Sharon reveals the truth about CUSD's infamous facilities planning blunders, inequities and waste in this four-part investigative series.
Featured Columns...
Steven Greenhut
Senior Editor
Orange County Register
• "The OC gadflies got it right on CUSD"
• "Picture this: Entire Capo board board target of recall"
Featured Interview...
Hena Cuevas, Reporter, KCET Ch. 28, Life & Times
Cuevas interviews Marlene Draper and recall leaders.
Featured Blogs...
Tom Russell
Spokesperson and Member
CUSD Recall Committee
• "Another turf war brewing in CUSD"
• "Attendance boundaries at issue again? Say it isn't so."
• "ABC committee members resign over flawed boundary assessment process and district's failure to take responsibility"
December 25, 2008 Holiday fun with Woody, Marlene, Sheila, Mikey and the Stiffler...
"Forest Elves",
"Flappers",
"Hoedown" and
"Disco Fever"
December 19, 2008
Was Capo superinten- dent supposed to be fired? Whether
he was or not, he should be now.
December 9, 2008 CUSD trustees select officers for 2009 Swearing-in is capstone to multi-year effort to replace seven-member board. See article OC Register by Rashi Kesarwani.
December 9, 2008 Capistrano trustees approve cost-cutting budget Officials caution that further cuts will likely be necessary; plan will be formalized after governor releases budget in January. See article OC Register by Rashi Kesarwani.
December 8, 2008 State schools facing $1 billion-plus midyear cut Parents will be asked to step up to the plate with carefully-crafted fundraising strategies. See article OC Register article by Scott Martindale.
December 8, 2008 Reform candidates sworn in, marking end of Fleming era Tonight, the last of the Fleming-era trustees were replaced as reform candidates Jack Brick, Ken Maddox, Sue Palazzo and Mike Winsten were sworn in as members of the CUSD board of trustees. All seven board seats are now held by candidates backed by the CUSD Recall Committee. The momentous event marks the end of the Fleming era and the beginning of a new era of reform at CUSD. Members of the CUSD Recall Committee were on hand to congratulate the new trustees and call upon them to fulfill the reform mandate of the voters who overwhelmingly spoke in landslide victories in three successive elections. Read and listen to speeches by Recall Committee leaders Michelle Russell, Jennifer Beall, Tom Russell and Tony Beall.
November 4, 2008 REFORM SLATE WINS IN 4-WAY SWEEP! Tonight, reform candidates Jack Brick, Ken Maddox, Sue Palazzo and Mike Winsten won all four open seats on the CUSD Board of Trustees. This monumental victory marks the end of the corrupt Fleming-era in CUSD and ushers in a new era in which all seven Board seats are held by reform trustees. Capistrano Dispatch, OC Register, Trabuco Canyon News
Brick, Maddox, Palazzo and Winsten
November 2, 2008
California Taxpayer Protection Committee supports
reform slate; warns voters against returning to the
days of CUSD corruption

The
prominent
taxpayer protection group has distributed a mailer
asking voters to support the Reform Slate of Brick,
Maddox, Palazzo and Winsten, and exposes special
interests behind the union-backed, status quo
slate. See CTPC mailer.
October 31, 2008
Teachers expose union lies, rejecting union claims they
represent views of all or most teachers
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The
OC Register
reports,
“The Prop. 8 flap isn't the only issue that has
local teachers concerned about accurate representation
by their unions. In the Capistrano Unified School
District, the teachers union has thrown at least
$73,400 into a hotly contested Nov. 4 school board
race. The concern is that at least 5 percent of the
district's 2,400 members, by the union's own admission,
are backing an opposing slate of
candidates.” The local
CUSD teachers union, the CUEA, first claimed ALL 2,400
CUSD teachers supported their status quo slate of
candidates. When this patent lie was exposed, the union
backed off, claiming 2,300 did, and conceding that AT
LEAST 5% (115) supported the reform slate. The truth
is, only 100 of the 2,400 CUSD teachers voted on the
matter, which is LESS THAN the 5% they conceded! Now
the sleazy teachers union, that doesn't even respect
its own members, would have you believe the social
agendas of their benefactor, the CTA, and their
socially liberal status quo slate of candidates won’t
eventually limit parent choice by imposing their social
“values” on your kids in the classrooms. Sure they
won't. See OC Register
article.
October 26, 2008
Reform Candidate Mike Winsten offers sensible solutions
to improve transparency and restore public trust in
CUSD
October 22, 2008 State Senator Dick Ackerman criticizes teachers union for spending $1.7 million of teachers' money on partisan, social issues unrelated to education, while state cuts squeeze teachers and schools
Ackerman says, "CTA's choice to take money from teachers and use it to fund a campaign for a social issue unrelated to its mission is shameful. It is time for CTA to stop throwing money around and focus its attention on representing the priorities of its members." See OC Register column
October 21, 2008 Teachers unions are spending big money on a liberal, non-educational social agenda and like-minded candidates who will decide what to teach your children, if elected
The CUSD Recall Committee is deeply disturbed by the recent contribution of $1,000,000 to the No on 8 campaign by the California Teachers Association. We are equally disturbed by the tremendous amounts of money being spent by the union in our local Capistrano Unified School District elections (the CUEA) in an effort to elect socially liberal and unqualified candidates. Schools may not be required to discuss these issues in classrooms, but have discretion to do so, and likely will if such liberal, union-backed candidates are elected. See OC Register article, "Will gay marriage be taught in public schools if Prop. 8 fails?"
October 18, 2008 Reform Candidate Mike Winsten explains key element of reform platform: "Spend our tax dollars equitably throughout CUSD."
October 17, 2008 Old Guard CUSD trustees disgraced again with "Darkness Award" Tomorrow, the California First Amendment Coalition, a freedom of press group, will present its annual Darkness Award to three recipients, including the CUSD Board of Trustees, in recognition of "conduct that thwarts freedom of speech and the public's right to know." The award follows the release of a September 2nd OC District Attorney's report condemning the CUSD Old Guard trustees for their "disturbing disdain, if not outright contempt" for district residents. The same report praised the CUSD reform trustees for their commitment to end such disgraceful practices at CUSD. OC Register, CFAC Blog, CUSD Recall Blog
October 14, 2008




