Mello-Roos Taxes
Reform advocate identifies basic inequities of CUSD's misplaced priorities
Sep 28, 2007
By Sharon Campbell, Mission Viejo
I am a longtime parent volunteer and active supporter of Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) schools. I, like many others, have dedicated time to serve the students and staff of CUSD. As a resident of Mission Viejo I can say I have never believed Trustee Draper had any interest in the condition of the schools or the children of my community. I have heard her talk a lot about the schools and children in San Juan, but in the past three or four years I have not heard any level of interest about other communities in CUSD, and I attend every board meeting. Trustee Draper does not seem to understand the impact she has on the schools outside her own city. I recently wrote to her about two comments I continually hear her make that led me to my conclusion, but she did not respond. Read More...
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1990-1991 Grand Jury Report exposes the deep roots of, and players behind the CUSD culture of corruption
Jun 17, 2007
It looks like Benecke, Draper and others at CUSD are
up to their old tricks ... very old
tricks.
Have you read the
1990-1991 Grand Jury report on CUSD’s unethical
and illegal conduct during the 1989-1990 Measure
A Mello-Roos election? The issues are
strikingly similar to those recently exposed in
numerous CUSD scandals, and those recently
investigated by the Orange County District
Attorney and the 2006-2007 Grand Jury, and which
recently became the subjects of formal criminal
indictments against former superintendent James
Fleming and former assistant superintendent
Susan McGill. Read
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Your Mello-Roos Tax Bill
May 01, 2007
When speaking with residents of Rancho Santa Margarita, I am routinely asked, “When will my Mello-Roos taxes go away?”
I am proud to say that our City Council is working to obtain the information and answers you need. Let me explain. Read More...
Superintendent Fleming “Resigns” In Disgrace
Jul 19, 2006
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. CUSD Superintendent James Fleming has “resigned” in disgrace. “This moves us one step closer to restoring honesty, integrity and accountability into our public school system,” said Thomas Russell, spokesperson for the CUSD Recall Committee.
In announcing his resignation, Fleming posted three self-serving, self-aggrandizing and misleading statements on the CUSD official website. In summary, those statements provided: Read More...
CUSD Recall Committee To Unveil Identities of Three Reform Candidates
Jun 28, 2006
Media Event. This coming
Thursday afternoon, representatives of the CUSD
Recall Committee, the grass roots group of parents
and concerned taxpayers that have led the widespread
effort throughout South Orange County to recall all
seven trustees of the Capistrano Unified School
District will announce the identities of three reform
candidates. These candidates will challenge the three
CUSD incumbents who must run for re-election in this
November’s elections. All television, radio and print
media are encouraged to attend.
Date: Thursday, June 29
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: At the Front Driveway Entrance to the Controversial New CUSD Administration Building, 33122 Valle Road, San Juan Capistrano, CA Read More...
Date: Thursday, June 29
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: At the Front Driveway Entrance to the Controversial New CUSD Administration Building, 33122 Valle Road, San Juan Capistrano, CA Read More...
Cost of CUSD administration building balloons to $52 million! True sources of funding finally revealed.
Nov 14, 2005
A blockbuster article by the Orange County Register confirms that this extravagant project ultimately will cost $52 million, more than twice the amount originally announced by CUSD. That's right, the CUSD Trustees chose to spend 52 million taxpayer dollars to house approximately 300 administrators in San Juan Capistrano while thousands of children languish in decrepit portable classrooms.
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