Capo election spending soars, topping $374,000

Scott Martindale, The Orange County Register Capistrano Unified's teachers union has poured $261,863 into the district's school board election to date, including $67,040 this week alone, while its chief political rival, the Committee to Reform CUSD, has continued to lag behind, reporting no spending over $1,000 in the past two weeks. With spending by the union's ally – the Capistrano Unified Children First group – factored in, overall spending by these groups is outpacing the Reform Committee's spending by more than a 16 to 1 margin. Total spending by the two sides has reached $374,674, with the teachers union responsible for spending about 70 cents of every dollar...