JackHickey

The Alliance for the Separation of School & State, now defunct, left a website which is a valuable resource for those who support Choice in Education. http://www.schoolandstate.org/home.htm Founded by the late Marshall Fritz, it was later run by Alan Schaeffer who is now President of Ne…

That monopoly is costing taxpayers more than twice what it should. In California, that's more than $30 Billion dollars per year wasted. Compulsory attendance laws perpetuate this monopoly, and strip parents of their role as primary providers of their family needs. An education voucher con…

For some history, see: https://www.almanacnews.com/print/story/2011/05/04/guest-opinion-wide-opposition-to-cargills-saltworks-project

Thank you, Mr. President. I didn't vote for you, and won't support your re-election, but I like some of the things you are doing.

All mail voting is an unmitigated disaster. It invites fraud. It's too easy for unscrupulous groups to "buy" signed ballots. Voting at the polls, with thumbprint ID would be more secure.

"With a move expected to save about $723,000, moving Orion to John Gill could also help the with student recruitment as officials attempt to stem the enrollment struggles plaguing the district. The district suffers from dropping enrollment for a number of reasons and its funding formula…

Quote from Almanac endorsement of Bolanos:
' "Why were there no better choices in this race? Some of the blame must be placed on the trio of county supervisors – Don Horsley, Warren Slocum and Adrienne Tissier – who in 2016 appointed Bolanos, then undersheriff, to replace Munks afte…

As an elected Director of the Sequoia Healthcare District(SHD) since 2002, I have long advocated for the dissolution or consolidation and countywide expansion of both healthcare districts in San Mateo County. Voters should decide. My choice is dissolution. With dissolution, the assets and…

This should have been a guest editorial by Carlos Bolanos, with answers to the questions which have been posed. Instead, we have Jon Mays saying "I believe him".
That's not enough.

After watching the video of the Harbor District meeting, I sent an e-mail to Virginia Chang-Kiraly and the other Commissioners. In it I said "Virginia, as one who is deeply involved in the switch from at-large to election by zones in the Sequoia Healthcare District, I urge you to exped…