Heh that was a little awkward. Just got thru playing at a fundraiser for the United Farmworkers, and Florice and…
What a tempest in a teapot. Screw the Charter and do any damn thing you want. The Democrat corporatist, Zionist,…
Sure you can, Cire!
Thanks for the correction on timing, Vern. I wanted to go ahead and respond to Chumley’s story as soon as…
Seems rather toxic fascism er femininity. Florice is a fascist!
Johnathan Hernandez, also running for AD 68, and eager to speak to the (former) Club, wanted me to mention him;…
A C&D email threatening damages for using the word Democrat? Wow. Seems wildly unnecessary. Why does DPOC have a problem…
On timing, Greg & Dan both seem confused. LAST YEAR - May 2024 - we got in our charter application…
That was actually a great Anaheim Democrats meeting. Our membership just keeps growing, and though I worried we might lose…
Mike Winsten Archive
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Oxford Prep, Capistrano reactionaries’ pet charter school, caught spiking its test results!
Posted on October 7, 2012 | 203 Comments. The funniest part about all this is that the anti-public-education reactionaries who champion this charter school, the folks who want to take over one of your public high schools […] -
Capo Recall: The Saam Alikhani Interview.
Posted on November 1, 2010 | 6 CommentsAs was predicted, like sharks to chum, the reactionaries in the Capistrano Unified School District – the defenders of the current pathetic Trustees – have chosen to make mockery of […] -
A video message from CAPO candidates Pritchard, Hatton & Alikhani
Posted on October 21, 2010 | 9 CommentsGet to know three of your five great Capistrano Children First candidates here! And where are the other two, John Alpay and Martha McNicholas, you may ask? Well if you […] -
Capo Recall: Are Maddox and Winsten the Union-Endorsed Candidates?
Posted on October 13, 2010 | No CommentsDid beleaguered Capo Trustee Ken “Lopez-Maddox” go hat in hand, with his colleague Mike Winsten, to solicit support from his old allies at the Teamsters Local 952? A top official […] -
Capo Recall gets over $90 grand of local grassroots contributions. And latest Maddox-Winsten goofiness.
Posted on October 11, 2010 | 27 CommentsFirst, a press release from my friends at Capistrano Unified Children First, the group behind the recall of wasteful incompetent trustees Ken “Lopez-Maddox” and Mike Winsten. This is pretty spectacular, […] -
Capo Recall: The John Alpay Interview.
Posted on September 13, 2010 | 96 Comments. . . I got together at Starbucks with John Alpay, the San Clemente executive who’s running on the Capistrano Unified Children First ticket to take the place of trial […] -
For your edification: Iconographic Pop Culture Images pressed into service to elucidate the personalities and issues at play in the CAPO RECALL kerfuffle.
Posted on September 10, 2010 | 5 Comments -
Breaking Bad News for the clowns on the Capo School Board.
Posted on August 17, 2010 | 8 CommentsCan I get a big “Ruh-Roh?” I’ve just stumbled across a bulky complaint filed today with the Registrar of Voters, against the candidate statements of all five of the beleaguered […] -
A Capo Recall Primer.
Posted on July 27, 2010 | 27 Comments. . . . . The upcoming recall of two key members of the current Board of Trustees of the Capistrano Unified School District (Maddox and Winsten) as well as […] -
Capo Unified Throwdown: Alpay & Pritchard take on extremists Maddox & Winsten
Posted on July 21, 2010 | 111 CommentsHere is your latest news from Ground Zero in the War on Education, aka the Capistrano (Capo) Unified School District: Capo Unified Children First candidates Gary Pritchard, John Alpay. On […] -
Capo recall gets way too many signatures, in way too little time.
Posted on May 3, 2010 | 9 CommentsUPDATE 5/4/10 – New, fairer poll: [poll id=”282″] [poll id=”250″] Can’t get over that poll – since January, over 400 of you have taken it, and 84% want to see […] -
400 parents and teachers show up to CUSD Board Meeting
Posted on April 14, 2010 | 7 CommentsPicture courtesy of the Beyond the Blackboard blog The Beyond the Blackboard blog reported that as many as 400 people, including some children, showed up at last night’s meeting of […] -
Should CAPO Trustees Lopez-Maddox and Winsten be recalled?
Posted on January 14, 2010 | 11 Comments[poll id=”250″] “Parents for Local Control, a newly formed coalition of parents and community leaders that opposes Capistrano’s “reform”-minded school board, presented trustees Ken Lopez-Maddox and Mike Winsten with recall […]
The 24th Amendment to our Constitution doesn't get a whole lot of attention. It is a relic from an era…