Recall Endorsements

My recommendation for the recall election is to vote "No" on recall, and then vote for Greg Garcia and Don Schley. You may not vote for a replacement candidate if you fail to vote on whether you want recall for either Eric Christen or Sandy Shakes. Even though Christen has resigned, you must still vote for a replacement candidate, in this case Greg Garcia.

I oppose the recall. The cost to D11 and county taxpayers now exceeds $314,000 (thank you Anne Oatman-Gardner and Mary Ellen McNally for this big bill to the tax payer). The recall organizers have admitted that this is nothing but a political stunt that they are using the tax payers to fund for them. This stunt should not be rewarded by supporting the recall.

Why Garcia and Schley? If the recall is succesful, these are the only two candidates who are talking about the issues or who are at least on the right side of the issues. Albert Gonzales has a wife who chairs the D11 math department. Math is one area where D11 has performed dismally over the years. Gonzales' wife has not taken appropriate action to change the situation with math, and Gonzales tends to support a go-slow, status quo type approach. I believe that this approach will continue to harm the students of D11.

McNally's 2 candidates have literally been absent on any discussion of the issues. They are not worthy of anyone's support. Their only reason for running for the board is because they hate Christen. That is not good enough for the parents and students of D11. D11 has real issues to address. A hatred of Christen is not going to keep D11 moving forward. Let these two send their days hating Christen on their own time. We don't have time for this on the board. I want colleagues who are serious about D11's performance. I want colleagues who are serious about moving forward today, not at some point in the future. Our kids don't have time for that.

Vote "No" on recall, and then vote for Greg Garcia and Don Schley.