School board candidates report contributions
The union representing 1,200 teachers in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District played a major role in returning three incumbents to the district’s five-member governing board, according to state-required financial forms filed by a Feb. 2 deadline.
Carol Downey, Judy Miller and Eric Padget listed $37,811 worth of resources from the Association of Placentia-Linda Educators or the union’s political action committee, the Community for Better Schools, in campaigns for trustee seats won on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Downey, a retired district teacher, reported raising $18,580 to win a third four-year term, including $11,328 in union expenses and $6,527 she loaned her campaign. She paid off $1,338 of the loan from contributions and listed the $5,189 balance as “forgiven.”
Miller, a Tustin district teacher, reported raising $17,522 to win her sixth term, including $11,327 in union expenses and $5,744 she loaned her campaign. She paid off $359 of the loan from contributions and listed the $5,385 balance as “forgiven.”
Padget, a Garden Grove district teacher, reported raising $17,681 to win his first elected term, including $15,156 in union expenses and $2,525 in cash contributions from others. He was appointed to the board in June 2008 to fill the remainder of Craig Olson’s term.
Padget lives in Yorba Linda, while Downey and Miller reside in Placentia. Trustees Karin Freeman and Jan Wagner, whose terms expire in 2010, are Yorba Linda residents.
One of two other candidates in the race, Jim Brunette of Yorba Linda, reported raising $4,025 through Oct. 18, including $3,600 he loaned his campaign and $425 donations. Shawn Burch of Anaheim didn’t file, indicating he spent less than $1,000 to finish fifth.
The union paid for roadway signs, mailers and phone banks for Downey, Miller and Padget, according to the filings. The three winners also paid $3,467 each for endorsements on a California Voter Guide slate mailer sent to the district’s 88,875 registered voters.
APLE also supported the $200 million Measure A bond measure in 2008, which won by 864 more votes than the 55 percent needed to pass, out of 45,272 ballots cast on the issue.
The union donated $2,500 cash and $3,043 in goods and services, according to reports filed by Joe Ham of Yorba Linda, treasurer of the pro-A Campaign for Kids committee.
However, the union’s contributions were dwarfed by donations ranging from $1,000 to $25,000 each by nearly two dozen architectural, banking, construction and landscaping firms that gave the bulk of the $263,773 raised to support the measure.
Carol Downey, Judy Miller and Eric Padget listed $37,811 worth of resources from the Association of Placentia-Linda Educators or the union’s political action committee, the Community for Better Schools, in campaigns for trustee seats won on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Downey, a retired district teacher, reported raising $18,580 to win a third four-year term, including $11,328 in union expenses and $6,527 she loaned her campaign. She paid off $1,338 of the loan from contributions and listed the $5,189 balance as “forgiven.”
Miller, a Tustin district teacher, reported raising $17,522 to win her sixth term, including $11,327 in union expenses and $5,744 she loaned her campaign. She paid off $359 of the loan from contributions and listed the $5,385 balance as “forgiven.”
Padget, a Garden Grove district teacher, reported raising $17,681 to win his first elected term, including $15,156 in union expenses and $2,525 in cash contributions from others. He was appointed to the board in June 2008 to fill the remainder of Craig Olson’s term.
Padget lives in Yorba Linda, while Downey and Miller reside in Placentia. Trustees Karin Freeman and Jan Wagner, whose terms expire in 2010, are Yorba Linda residents.
One of two other candidates in the race, Jim Brunette of Yorba Linda, reported raising $4,025 through Oct. 18, including $3,600 he loaned his campaign and $425 donations. Shawn Burch of Anaheim didn’t file, indicating he spent less than $1,000 to finish fifth.
The union paid for roadway signs, mailers and phone banks for Downey, Miller and Padget, according to the filings. The three winners also paid $3,467 each for endorsements on a California Voter Guide slate mailer sent to the district’s 88,875 registered voters.
APLE also supported the $200 million Measure A bond measure in 2008, which won by 864 more votes than the 55 percent needed to pass, out of 45,272 ballots cast on the issue.
The union donated $2,500 cash and $3,043 in goods and services, according to reports filed by Joe Ham of Yorba Linda, treasurer of the pro-A Campaign for Kids committee.
However, the union’s contributions were dwarfed by donations ranging from $1,000 to $25,000 each by nearly two dozen architectural, banking, construction and landscaping firms that gave the bulk of the $263,773 raised to support the measure.
posted by Jim Drummond at 12:00 AM
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