Dax Choksi: Common Sense Choice for Fremont School Board

 Dax Choksi: Common Sense Choice for Fremont School Board  Politics, Schools  No Responses »
Oct 232014
 
Dax Choksi: Common Sense Choice for Fremont School Board

My last written recommendation for this election goes to Dax Choksi who is running for Fremont City Council.  This is based on his answers to the questionnaire I sent to him.  The Fremont School Board was mired in controversy earlier this year after they approved a sex education textbook that was too graphic for some puritanical parents, though it had the overwhelming support of health education teachers.  The Board voted to go back and use the previous textbook, which contained inaccurate information. Dax is an involved parent in Fremont schools and a man with common sense. 1) What do you think [Continue Reading]

School Board Tables Vote on Spending $1.7 million To Put Police in Schools

 School Board Tables Vote on Spending $1.7 million To Put Police in Schools  Police, Schools  1 Response »
Oct 222014
 
School Board Tables Vote on Spending $1.7 million To Put Police in Schools

The following are tweets from last night’s San Leandro School Board meeting, made by parent Mia Ousley  (@Mia4Council), who is currently running for City Council District 5. The SLPD applied for a $500K COPS grant to put four resource officers in San Leandro schools. In return, the district would have to pay $1.7 million dollars, and cut programs accordingly. In addition to the people quoted below, several other parents and several teachers/counselors/nurses also spoke out against accepting the grant. The student trustee – who does not get a vote – did so as well. Only Board members Diana Prola and Ron Carey [Continue Reading]

Tweets from Last Mayor & City Council Candidate Forum

 Tweets from Last Mayor & City Council Candidate Forum  Politics  No Responses »
Oct 202014
 
Tweets from Last Mayor & City Council Candidate Forum

The Hayward Demos held a candidate forum for San Leandro Mayoral and City Council candidates on Thursday, Oct. 17th.  All candidates, except for Leah Hall, were present. They answered questions from the audience.  The following are tweets from the forum sent by Mike Katz-Lacabe.  Because Mike is a candidate for District 1, he was unable to tweet during that part of the forum.   DISTRICT 3 San Leandro Dist. 3 candidates Victor Aguilar & Allen Schoenfeld against armored assault vehicle. Lee Thomas wants more info and justification. Lee Thomas disagreed with warrant-less searches of houses includes in chickens/bees ordinance. Aguilar & Schoenfeld [Continue Reading]

San Leandro City Council D3 Candidate Victor Aguilar Answers Questions

 San Leandro City Council D3 Candidate Victor Aguilar Answers Questions  Politics  No Responses »
Oct 192014
 
San Leandro City Council D3 Candidate Victor Aguilar Answers Questions

In order to better get to know the candidates for San Leandro offices, I sent out a questionnaire with questions provided by San Leandro residents and relevant to San Leandro. These are Victor Aguilar’s answers. PERSONAL INFORMATION 1- Do you have a website, Facebook Smart Voter page with more information about you and your platform? My Facebook page can be found at www.facebook.com/victoraguilarforsanleandrocitycouncil 2- What is your political philosophy? My political philosophy is to protect our environment, provide quality public safety, support a strong positive relationship between the City, and schools, place San Leandro on a substantial foundation for fiscal [Continue Reading]

Your Voting Guide to State, Alameda & San Leandro Measures

 Your Voting Guide to State, Alameda & San Leandro Measures  Politics  No Responses »
Oct 122014
 
Your Voting Guide to State, Alameda & San Leandro Measures

State Propositions Prop 1: NO Prop 1 is a bond measure that would raise billions to be spent on water infrastructure. Over 2 billion would be use to build dams, which has negative environmental consequences. The bond would be pay back from the state’s general fund, rather than by imposing fees to the agricultural businesses that will mostly benefit from this measure. Here is a useful and simple independent analysis of the bill. Prop 2: NO Prop 2 requires that 1.5% of general fund revenues be put into reserves. Half the money would go to pay off debt, and the other to be [Continue Reading]

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