Mole

Trustees Draper, Benecke, Darnold and Stiff knew about enemies list and "mole"

Barbara Casserly, The Capistrano Dispatch "CUSD Trustees knew that Jim Fleming was actively involved in fighting the recall and voted to fund an investigation into matters which they knew to have occurred that cost taxpayers over $35,000! ... included in the [Waldrip] report is an April 21, 2005 memo written by James Fleming addressed to Marlene Draper and the entire CUSD Board entitled the “Report on presumed recall effort” that referred to the parent list, and included a report from a “mole” that infiltrated the recall group. The Trustees continued to support Jim Fleming until he retired in disgrace in August 2006, and subsequently voted to pay Fleming’s criminal legal defense fees. Trustees Draper, Benecke, Darnold and Stiff refuse to acknowledge that they knew Jim Fleming was illegally fighting the recall. The self-serving “independent” investigation concluded that the only crime that might have occurred was the leaking of documents by Smollar!"

Casserly is a Mission Viejo resident and PTA leader.

Fears of retribution among recall supporters not surprising

ocregister
Editorial, The Orange County Register "Fears of retribution among recall supporters are hardly surprising given the Register’s report Monday that the Capo administration kept tabs on families who supported the recall. The district also received information from an informant within the recall movement."

Fleming used a "mole" to spy on recall leaders in private home

Jonathan Volzke
Jonathan Volzke, The Capistrano Dispatch “Fleming also took advantage of a “mole” in the recall effort, and passed information about the recall effort on to board members.”

Volzke is the publisher of The Capistrano Dispatch.