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THIS IS WRONG!!!
Election Results...
CUSD Recall Mailer...
Sample Ballot...
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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. The deadline to vote by mail is June 17th.
Latest Poll Results...
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
Latest News Videos...
The latest video news reports from the Emmy Award Winning Full Disclosure Network®
James Fleming and Susan McGill Indicted KCAL TV 9 News
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"
DA Raid
July 11, 2008 Trial for ex-Capistrano superintendent could be delayed again Prosecutors plan to subpoena more records in the case against James Fleming, The Orange County Register
July 10, 2008 New pipeline report radically underestimates potential fuel fuel spills at SJHHS Engineer has corrected report but still claims school is safe. Parent engineer who uncovered the issue, is skeptical. Reform trustees vow to get to the bottom of issues. D.A. puts district on notice and is closely watching. The Orange County Register
July 7, 2008 District Attorney commences criminal investigation against Super- intendent Woodrow Carter and Trustee Mike Darnold A clause was added to Carter's employment contract without school board approval; Carter denies wrongdoing, The Orange County Register; previous version of same article dated July 3, 2008
July 3, 2008 Maddox and Palazzo sworn in Dana Point Times
July 2, 2008 Capistrano trustees sworn in after recall The Capistrano Dispatch, San Clemente Times
July 1, 2008 New Capistrano trustees take office, select new board Trustees Mike Darnold and Duane Stiff, absent during session, are ousted as president and vice president, The Orange County Register
CUSD RECALL WINS!
Voters hand Draper & Benecke humiliating election
defeat & mandate for reform to Palazzo &
Maddox.
See
up-to-date news coverage:
June 29, 2008 Capistrano
Schools Recall Successful; New Trustees in Office,
Capistrano Dispatch
June 27, 2008 New Capo
trustees pledge hard look at district affairs, The
Ladera Post
June 27, 2008 New Capo
trustees pledge hard look at district affairs,
Rancho Santa Margarita News
June 27, 2008 Capistrano
Unified Trustees Removed from Office, Capistrano
Dispatch
June 27, 2008 RECALL IS
FINAL - Daily News Blast, Capistrano Dispatch
June 27, 2008 CUSD
Trustees Recalled, Capistrano Dispatch
June 26, 2008 CUSD
Trustees Recalled, San Clemente Times
June 26, 2008 Capistrano
Unified recall wins; Maddox, Palazzo in, Sun Post
News
June 26, 2008 CUSD
recall, Maddox and Palazzo win, Dana Point News
June 26, 2008 CUSD
recall, Maddox and Palazzo win, Capistrano Valley
News
June 26, 2008
OC Register Editorial: Extreme
makeover, CUSD edition - Capo Unified school district
parents do the right thing and recall obstacles to
reform
June 25, 2008 Capistrano
district braces for change after recall, OC
Register
June 25, 2008 New Capo
trustees pledge openness, hard look at district
affairs, OC Register
June 25, 2008 Capistrano
Unified school board members are recalled, LA Times
June 24, 2008 Recall
Final: Benecke and Draper Removed from Capistrano
Unified School Board, Capistrano Dispatch
June 24, 2008 More than
20,000 ballots already cast in CUSD recall, OC
Register
June 24, 2008 Capistrano
Unified recall wins, OC Register
June 23, 2008 Capistrano
schools battle goes to voters, LA Times
The
CUSD Recall Committee has en- dorsed Sue Palazzo and
Ken Maddox, candidates for the CUSD Board of Trustees
in the upcoming June 24th special recall
election.
Sue Palazzo
Trustee Area 2
Ken Maddox
Trustee Area 5
"Help us finish the job!"
CUSD Recall
News,
CUSD Recall Litigation
News,
Palazzo Website,
Maddox Website,
PM Reform
News,
PM Press Release,
Grounds for Recall
June 23, 2008
Front page news coverage of Tuesday's monumental
special recall election - Read the
media coverage of the upcoming CUSD Recall special
election by
the OC Register,
LA Times,
San Clemente Times,
Trabuco Canyon News.
June 10, 2008 Oh no, not that again! "Good Things Happening at CUSD"? Superintendent Carter borrows one right out of the James Fleming playbook Contrary to years of "happy talk" from CUSD, a recent OC Register study revealed the performance of CUSD high schools to be below average across the board. But never a district to let facts challenge the incessant, self-laudatory praising of the old guard, Carter has announced he will do what his predecessors have done best since the darkest days under the leadership of now-indicted, former Superintendent James Fleming...he's going to SPIN!
June 4, 2008 Old Guard trustees turn blind eye to superintendent's fraud, approve million dollar employment contract anyway ABC Reform Trustees leave Board meeting and refuse to participate in legal violations and cover-up. See stories and reader comments in the OC Register [1][2], Capistrano Dispatch [1][2], Dana Point Times [1][2] and San Clemente Times [1][2].
June 2, 2008 Law prohibits board approval of superintendent Carter's contract tonight Board cannot legally approve new three-year, million dollar superintendent's contract. See the CUSD Recall Committee's complaint letter to the CUSD Board and the secret illegal employment contract Superin- tendent Carter and Board President Mike Darnold are trying to hide.