California Political Review: Charter school advocates in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) won a major victory Tuesday as two of their candidates won seats on the school board, giving them the majority.
Steve Zimmer, president of the LAUSD – the nation’s second-largest school district – lost in District 4 to teacher and attorney Nick Melvoin. Kelly Gonez also won a tight race in District 6 over Imelda Padilla, who was backed by the teachers’ unions.
Gonez and Melvoin will join incumbents Monica Garcia and Ref Rodriguez, creating the first-ever four-member majority of charter-school supporters on the board, reports the CBS local affiliate.
The school board races involved millions of dollars in campaign spending, the Los Angeles Times reports, with the candidates expressing frustration at times over the amount of outside spending from charter school advocate groups and unions making an impact on the campaigns.
Time now for 37 recounts until the leftists can cook the vote tallies.
FTA: “The unions reportedly spent some $2.5 million on Zimmer’s campaign and more than $2.34 million on that of Padilla.” Something is seriously wrong when unions have that much money to spend influencing the campaigns of those who will collectively bargain with them.
These pro-charter school people better get really good security for themselves and their families, capiche?
The president of the Teamsters Union is Jimmy Hoffa, Jr.
JIMMY HOFFA, JUNIOR
It could not be more obvious what’s going on if John Gotti was the president of the Teamsters Union.
And that goes double for public “servant” unions