More changes to the candidate field for the Board of Trustees Friday.
This is the first year that trustees will be elected by specific areas and not by the expansive district at large.
In two of the four seats up for election – Trustee Area No. 3 (San Clemente) and Trustee Area No. 5 (Aliso Viejo) – the period in which to declare candidacy ends Friday at 5 p.m. because incumbents Gary Pritchard and John Alpay will seek re-election.
In two others, Trustee Area No. 1 (Capo Beach, Dana Point and parts of San Juan Capistrano) and Trustee Area No. 2 (parts of San Juan Capistrano, Ladera Ranch and Coto de Caza, prospective candidates have until Wednesday, Aug. 15 to come forward.
Here are the changes:
Trustee Area No. 1
For a trustee area that had no one publicly interested up until a few days ago, now there are two. Jack Brick is the incumbent, but he .
The latest entrant is Capo Beach resident Amy Hanacek, who represents herself as a small business owner in her paperwork. Her Facebook page indicates that she owns a company called Everythinghome.co.
Hanacek was quoted in the Los Angeles Times as a parent who fought the new boundary lines for San Juan Hills High, which moved away from Capo Beach students to the new high school. She served as the PTA president at San Clemente High School in 2009.
She joins , a professor at Cal State Fullerton.
Trustee Area No. 2
When the trustee area boundaries were redrawn, Area No. 2, didn’t include a current trustee residence. This area has attracted the most candidates with a fifth entrant making an appearance. Carol McCormick, president of Ladera Ranch Community Services, pulled and filed her candidacy papers Thursday.
McCormick has set up a Facebook page. She identifies herself in her filing papers as a community volunteer.
She joins San Juan Capistrano residents and and Ladera Ranch residents and .
Trustee Area No. 3
The field stands at two, with Alpay facing challenger , who owns a roofing company.
Trustee Area No. 5
The field here also stands at two, with Pritchard facing challenger .
http://sanjuancapistrano.patch.com/articles/two-cusd-trustee-races-set
What he fails to mention that his wonder team of 2010 has cut up to 3 weeks of school, increased class size, put us on the verge of bankruptcy and have us leveraged to the max with over 100 million in borrowed funds. If that is stability I will be looking for a different team May I suggest voting for anyone but Pritchard , Alpay , Mccormick or that unfit to serve Amy Hanacek!
Sorry to offend you but I am a going to post whatever I want to post. I don't plan to be honest or accurate. I hide behind my moniker and take advantage of Patch's policy to let anyone post whatever they want. Basically I am a disgusting person. I know it, my family knows it and my neighbors know it. Expect more of my obnoxious posts through November
I stated this was my opinion and felt it should be shared. I see you ignored the awful job the Korpi slate of 2010 did and decided to play games. So I ask voters are you happy with the way things have gone, I am not and no way no how will Mr. korpi ever be trusted again. Ignore the children first crowd and pick a candidate who you like with good ideas!
2) Lori, political speech is the most protected under the First Amendment. People are allowed to give any opinion they want regarding candidates no matter how crude. They cannot libel a candidate (for example, accuse them of some crime they did not commit), but they are free to express their opinions. 3) Sharon Y. and Sharon Y are not the same, at least, they're not registered to the same email address. 4) I'm off this week. Please address all concerns to Assistant Regional Editor Roy Rivenburg (roy.rivenburg@patch.com), one of the best journalists I know. Have a great week!
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Sharon Y (the impostor), Patch won't be allowing people to adopt other's identity and post with the intention of deceiving our readers. This is your one warning. Thanks for your cooperation, and I encourage you to join the conversation legitimately.
Start with not giving back $20 million without getting a legal opinion that the giveback was in fact legally required. Also, the retirement teacher bonus program is a joke. There is no meaningful analysis that shows it will actually save money. CUSD is paying $2.5 million a year, it doesn't have, for this program. I could go on, but why? Given your moniker you should have already known these facts. Kind of proves you're not a fact checker but a fact distorter.
Given the board's performance over the last 2 years, a lot of people have been without any meaningful representation.
Just a thought.
What do you think it would take to get people talking (politely, of course!)?
But I do understand why politically, this isn't beneficial for the warring factions.