Capo recall leaders turn in 65,875 signatures
Scott Martindale, The Orange County Register
Community activists
attempting to recall two Capistrano Unified trustees from office
turned in about 33,000 petition signatures per trustee Friday to
the county registrar, about 50 percent more than the minimum
required to put the issue on the November ballot. The Parents for
Local Control recall group is targeting trustees Ken Lopez-Maddox
and Mike Winsten with 32,803 and 33,100 signatures, respectively,
or 65,903 total. If at least 21,850 signatures for each trustee are
declared valid by the county registrar, the politically fractured
school district will face its second recall election in as many
years…