Ellen Addonizio
Filed in: A | Ellen
Addonizio
Certified Public Accountant
Ellen is a Mission Viejo resident who represents Trustee Area 6, which covers portions of Laguna Niguel and Mission Viejo. Ellen was elected in 2006 for a term ending November 2010. She is one of the “ABC Reform” trustees.
Ellen has lived in Southern California since the 1980s and has lived within the Capistrano Unified School District for more than 15 years.
Ellen is an accomplished Certified Public Accountant. For the past 20 years, Ellen has represented large and small companies, as well as individuals. Ellen’s practice has included auditing, investigative accounting and tax services. Ellen has developed extensive knowledge and special expertise in general accounting, tax planning, long range capital and operational budgeting and cost accounting. Read More...
Lois Anderson
Filed in: A
Jennifer Beall
Filed in: B | Jennifer
Beall
Member, Committee to Reform CUSD
President, Rancho Santa Margarita Republican Assembly
Member, Citizens for a Safe Rancho Santa Margarita
News
Tony Beall
Filed in: B | Tony Beall
Member, Committee to Reform CUSD
Councilmember, City of Rancho Santa Margarita
Former Planning Commissioner, City of Rancho Santa Margarita
Alternate Member, Orange County Republican Central Committee
Member, Rancho Santa Margarita Republican Assembly
Member, Citizens for a Safe Rancho Santa Margarita
Member, California Bar Association
Speeches:
Mar 15, 2010 - Remarks Upon Re-Opening of RSM Public Library
Jan 12, 2009 - Public Comments, CUSD Board of Trustees Meeting
Dec 8, 2008 - Public Comments, CUSD Board of Trustees Meeting
Jun 4, 2007 - Public Comments, CUSD Board of Trustees Meeting
Aug 14, 2006 - Public Comments, CUSD Board of Trustees Meeting
Sheila Benecke
Filed in: B | Sheila
Benecke
Laguna Niguel resident represents Area V, which covers Aliso Viejo and a portion of Laguna Niguel. First elected in 1992 and returned to office in 2004 for a term ending November 2008. An anti-reform, Fleming-era trustee.
Neil Blais
Filed in: B | Neil Blais
Member, Republican Central Committee
Member, Rancho Santa Margarita Republican Assembly
Robert Bower
Filed in: B
Jack Brick
Filed in: B | Jack Brick
Aersospace Executive, Teacher
Jack Brick has been an educator in our public schools for 25 years -- he is a lifelong supporter and advocate for public education. As the Principal Director for a major aerospace firm, Jack directed an agency with 170 employees and a multi-million dollar annual budget. He has expertise in real property acquisitions, construction and refurbishment – including complex administration, contract and management negotiations. Jack is a former CSULB Public Safety Director (recognized by the FBI for achieving lowest crime rate among the 270 largest U.S. universities) and is committed to making our schools safe and drug free. He has a Masters Degree and a lifetime California Teaching Credential. Jack’s wife was, and two daughters are, public school teachers.
Anna Bryson
Filed in: B | Anna
Bryson
Businesswoman, Former President & CEO, Software Technology Company
Dana Point resident represents Area IV, which covers portions of Laguna Niguel, Dana Point and San Juan Capistrano. Elected in 2006 for a term ending November 2010. One of the ABC Reform Slate candidates.
Bio | Endorsements | Smart Voter Listing
Tim Brooks
Filed in: B
Austin Buffum
Filed in: B | Austin
Buffum
Woodrow Carter
Filed in: C | Woodrow
Carter
John Casabianca
Filed in: C | John
Casabianca
Larry Christensen
Filed in: C | Larry
Christensen
Owner-Operator Engineering Firm, Real Estate Developer
Larry is a Coto de Caza resident who represents Trustee Area 7, which covers portions of Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita and the Coto de Caza and Wagon Wheel areas. He was elected in 2006 for a term ending November 2010. He is one of the “ABC Reform” trustees.
Larry is a Southern California native. Larry has been married to his wife Deborah for 24 years. They have two daughters, both of whom attend California universities. The Christensen family has lived within the Coto de Caza area of the Capistrano Unified School District for 18 years. Read More...
Andriette Culbertson
Filed in: C
Mike Darnold
Filed in: D | Mike
Darnold
Quotes | Speeches
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David Doomey
Filed in: D | David
Doomey
Marlene Draper
Filed in: D | Marlene
Draper
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San Juan Capistrano resident represents Area II, which covers portions of San Juan Capistrano and Mission Viejo, and the Ladera Ranch and Las Flores areas. First elected in 1988 and returned to office in 2004 for a term ending November 2008. An anti-reform, Fleming-era trustee.
Letters | Quotes
Helene Dykes
Filed in: D
Linda Finn
Filed in: F
James Fleming
Filed in: F | James
Fleming
Stacie Hanson
Filed in: H
Sita Helms
Filed in: H
On June 16,
approximately 50 parents, headed by Sita Helms, filed a
complaint with Las Palmas Elementary School and
Capistrano Unified School District, alleging unhealthy
classroom conditions, deteriorated buildings, sewer
back flow and more. Helms expressed concern because of
the sewage smell in the kindergarten rooms and kids
coming home sick from some kind of exposure in the
portables. The children, she said, should be provided
for because they are the No. 1 concern.
Shelia Henness
Filed in: H | Shelia
Henness
Erin Kutnick
Filed in: K | Erin
Kutnick
Ron Lackey, EdD
Filed in: L
Letters | Smart Voter Listing | Website
David Larson, Esq.
Filed in: L
Kathleen Le Bon
Filed in: L
Smart Voter Listing | Website
Ken Lopez-Maddox
Filed in: L | Ken
Lopez-Maddox
School Board Member, Businessman
Ken Maddox was elected to the CUSD Board by a landslide margin in the June 24th recall election. He is a former member of the California State Legislature and served on the State Assembly’s Education Committee -- educating and protecting children is Ken’s top priority. Ken authored California’s Amber Alert system, co-authored legislation requiring class size reduction and led efforts to protect children from toxins on campus. A 17-year police officer, he proudly served as a DARE officer in nearby schools – Ken is committed to making our schools safe and drug free. Ken has his Masters Degree in Management and was a Senior Fellow at the UCLA School of Public Policy and and Social Research. He is father of two children who have attended CUSD schools.
Opposition to Union-Backed Recall Campaign
Maddox Website
Kerri Maxwell
Filed in: M
Kate McIntyre
Filed in: M
Assistant to Interim Superintendent Charles McCully,
Capistrano Unified School District
Charles McCully
Filed in: M | Charles
McCully
Paul Meyer
Filed in: M
Brenda Mierczynski
Filed in: M
Doug Mierczynski
Filed in: M
Eileen Moore
Filed in: M
An appellate court justice who heard arguments by attorney Mark Rosen on October 24, 2007, on behalf of ten recall proponents, whose earlier challenge of the OC Registrar's rejection of certain recall petitions, was rejected by a superior court judge on July 11, 2006.
Bio | News | Quotes
Sue Palazzo
Filed in: P | Sue
Palazzo
School Board Member, Property Manager, Teacher
Sue Palazzo was elected to the CUSD Board by a landslide margin in the June 24th recall election. She has been an educator in our public schools for thirty-three years -- educating and protecting children is her top priority. Sue has been a property manager for thirty years, with significant experience in facility maintenance, code compliance and real estate accounting. She is a lifelong supporter and advocate for public education and is committed to reallocating resources back to the classroom and away from district bureaucracy. Sue has her Masters Degree in Elementary Education and is a mother of three children who attended CUSD schools.
John Perry
Filed in: P
San Juan Capistrano resident, former superintendent of business for several school districts, former director of school planning for an architectural firm specializing in school design
Mark Rosen
Filed in: R
Tom Russell
Filed in: R | Tom
Russell
Member & Spokesperson, Committee to Reform CUSD
Member, Citizens for a Safe Rancho Santa Margarita
Member, Rancho Santa Margarita Republican Assembly
Former Planning Commisser, City of Rancho Santa Margarita
Member, California Bar Association
Speeches:
September 10, 2007 - Public Comments, CUSD Board of Trustees meeting
July 2, 2007 - Public Comments, CUSD Board of Trustees meeting
June 25, 2007 - Public Comments, CUSD Board of Trustees meeting
May 7, 2007 - Public Comments, CUSD Board of Trustees meeting
November 7, 2005 - Press Conference, Office of the Orange County Registrar
Charles Salisbury
Filed in: S
Duane Stiff
Filed in: S | Duane
Stiff
San Clemente resident represents Area III, which covers most of San Clemente. Appointed in 2000 and returned to office in 2004 for a term ending November 2008. An anti-reform, Fleming-era trustee.
Ray Turner
Filed in: T
San Juan
Capistrano resident whose letters to the editor are
often published in The Capistrano Dispatch and The
Orange County Register. Turner is a CUSD status quo
advocate and CUSD apologist who is very critical of any
effort to reform CUSD, and he often excuses the most
egregious CUSD misconduct. Recent letters by Turner
pertaining to CUSD issues can be viewed at:
Letters
Letters
Londress Uso
Filed in: U
Jody Vaughn
Filed in: V
Smart Voter Listing | Website
Carol Veravanich
Filed in: V
Carol Veravanich has worked as a teacher and assistant principal in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District and lives in Mission Viejo. Veravanich has written Ask the Teacher for the Orange County Register since early 2005. It appears on page 2 of the Local Section each Wednesday and draws many questions from readers. Ask the Teacher/South County deals with issues specific to South Orange County and is published in Freedom Orange County Information's South County community newspapers and web sites. Veravanich welcomes questions, which can be sent to southocteacher@yahoo.com.
Columns
Hon. Stuart Waldrip (ret.)
Filed in: W
December 28, 2006 Investigative Report
Ron Wenkart
Filed in: W
General Counsel for the Orange County Department of
Education
Agreed with CUSD counsel David Larsen's assessment that Marlene Draper's voting on giving business to an environmental consulting firm that employes her daughter, Shawna Schaffner, does not constitute a conflict of intererst. Capistrano Valley News, August 15, 2002
Quotes
Agreed with CUSD counsel David Larsen's assessment that Marlene Draper's voting on giving business to an environmental consulting firm that employes her daughter, Shawna Schaffner, does not constitute a conflict of intererst. Capistrano Valley News, August 15, 2002
Quotes
Heather Wheeler
Filed in: W | Heather
Wheeler
Carolyn Williams
Filed in: W | Carolyn
Williams
Former Principal, Dana Hills High School
News
Mike Winsten
Filed in: W | Mike
Winsten
Attorney, Independent Businessman
Mike Winsten has been a business, finance and real estate attorney for 21 years. Mike will be your eyes and ears to ensure CUSD complies with all laws. He has been the owner-operator of a successful independent O.C. business for 11 years and a proven, effective, results-oriented leader. As the CUSD Recall Committee Chairman, Mike is dedicated to restoring honesty, integrity and accountability to CUSD. He has an Undergraduate Degree from Cornell, law degree from USC and MBA from UCI. Mike and his wife have five children, four attending school in CUSD.
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Official Statement: Opposition to Union-Backed Recall
