i believe ricasa, lopez and quinones are democrats and mccann and cartmill republicans.

anyone wanting to know the depth of the greasing of palms simply needs to go to the registrar of voters on line info - they will show you exactly who contributed to the cartmill, ricasa and mccanns recent board member campaigns and what the dollar amount of the contribution was. it is time well spent.

look at the numbers of contractors and vendors - preview how much bonny garcia (districts legal counsel) wife contributed.

we are talking thousands upon thousands of dollars.

i am hoping it is not over, much suspicion now surround the newly 'appointed' superintendent brand - the consultants he is hiring and what they are doing to '''''''raise'''''''' money.

seems the more you dig the more you find.

anyone wanting to know the depth of the greasing of palms simply needs to go to the registrar of voters on line info - they will show you exactly who contributed to the cartmill, ricasa and mccanns recent board member campaigns and what the dollar amount of the contribution was. it is time well spent.

look at the numbers of contractors and vendors - preview how much bonny garcia (districts legal counsel) wife contributed.

we are talking thousands upon thousands of dollars.

Can you post a link to this info?

Does the ROV have a crystal ball also? Those are only documents that have been submitted. It doesn’t mean they are accurate or honest.

well, the candidates themselves or their representatives submitted them. THEY are the ones who personally reported the contributions.

http://sdvote.net/CampaignDocs_Web_Public_Access/

TY.

Agreed. The had DA may not have had enough investigators to swoop down on all the targets of this probe, and they were prioritized. And aren't the other two the more recent arrivals on the board? If they're looking for bribery by contractors, that would have its roots several years back. I'm one of the biggest skeptics about all of this, and I'll believe that there's any real investigation when there are charges.

But, on the other hand, isn't this sort of thing unprecedented in the county? In forty years, I don't have any recollection of a sitting school board coming under a criminal investigation. It happened to the SD city council around 1970, and there have been school board recalls, but a criminal investigation? There was a similar situation in Orange County about a decade ago involving the supe and one of his minions. The Capistrano school board had a number of its members recalled. That scandal involved construction of a new and palatial district hq office building.

interesting that you mention capistrano palatial district hq's - that is what 'the gandara' wanted to do - build a new district office.

that triggers yet another thought - the district is sitting on land that the bank was in the process of calling in a loan on - the very land that the district wanted to build their new hq's on.

yet another curious situation that hopefully the da is investigating. land that we paid hundred of thousands to consultants for - and to tell us what?????????????? that the land is no longer worth what we paid for it - well i will darn, any idiot living in san diego county could have told them that - AND FOR FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Curious2, you are right that corruption is corruption but these school board seats are often used as springboards for higher political office...keep your eyes open!

board members such as mccann, ricasa and quinones are attempting to use the board for just that person - spring board. and they ALL THREE OF THEM HAVE PROFITED FROM THE CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

why in the world cartmill and mccann's home was not searched is beyond me. perhaps the da already has the 'goods' on these two - but one thing i know is this, they are in it so deep they are choking. cartmill even contributed money to mccann in the recent board election. hmmmmmmmmm

curious, i agree whole heartedly with you. i believe though, that what has many scratching their heads is the fact that both mccann and cartmill are both republicans and neither had their homes searched. but then again if the da and fbi follow the money it will lead back to them both.

no matter how it shakes out in the end - all of us need to remember the names mccann, cartmill, ricasa, and quinones and never punch that hole again on our ballot.

regarding lopez, i have done the research and she is the only board member who chose to vote in favor of the students and taxpayers. while it is true she did accept campaign donations her voting record speaks for itself. i have attended board meetings and listened to taped meetings and have heard the disrespect all on the board have levied against lopez - shameful simply shameful. i can not speak on the issue of lopez home being searched - i will wait and see. while none of you know me and therefore have no reason to trust what i say - i would recommend that you too do the work and research lopez' voting record in comparison to the other 4. fortunately it is there for all to review before they make up their minds.

cartmill's donations from seville (prop o management company receiving 20% of 644 million) in the thousands, from contractors in the thousands, from vendors in the thousands, from bonny garcia's...wife in the thousands.

mccann, the same darn thing. a brand new candidate for the board and all of these entities decide to pour money into his campaign coffer - now why would they do that. what was in it for them? what could they possible gain? ah, that would be the contracts for prop o.

cartmill and mccann BOTH need to be run out of ANY and ALL political offices - both and present and future.

the taxpayers have got their number - 1-800-fraud

what a beautiful post, we can do more than 'imagine' we can join together and vote them outta here.

we have the power - lets not forget next time we are in that voting booth.

for those of you who take the time to review the documentation on the registrar of voters website - laura martinez - she is bonny garcia's...wife. why is she contributing to board members campaigns?

take a look at the contractors

seville - those contributions are enough to choke a horse, holy moly

citizens for good government - a group that good old bonny garcia (corruptor at law) set up to fund the campaigns as well

reading the info on the registrars website almost makes you want to weep. all of that money that COULD have been used with more integrity.

your words are right on target.

i am hearing that cartmill is now calling for campaign donation limitations - i guess his twin brother was the guy sitting up there at the last board meeting when he and all of the rest chose to ignore the agenda item that called for a $500.00 limitation. they said not one word, chose to not discuss it.

the little man who wants to be king john mccann is now coming out in favor of waiting on the redistricting issue??????????????? now, that they have paid someone to draw the boundaries. now that it has been brought to mccanns and cartmills attention that as the 2 anglos living SO CLOSE to each other they would be adversely affected. funny, not really, but the community tried to tell them to save their money, we called for them to wait but oh no - they saw the maneuver as a means to drive bertha lopez out. they wanted her gone so bad they could taste it - she always was the dissenting vote - choosing to vote in favor of the kids and taxpayers vs siding with them and their corrupt ways.

now these two have each had an epiphany - funny what a da and fbi investigation can cause one to do - the both of them fighting to make it look like they want to be transparent. wonder if the fbi will hit their homes first? i bet they are sweating bullets - what does the fbi know?????????

i have an exhibit which shows the following - now remember this is only a PARTIAL list for the last election, 2010, this is one year folks, one year.

cartmill $81,950 ricasa $60,600 mccann $46,450

again, this is only a PARTIAL list of the contractors, vendors, prop o management company, and bonny garcia's wife (the districts legal counsel).

it does not include all of those special interests groups that poured monies into the above board members coffers. and the above amounts do not include john q public donations. many of those who contributed like seville contributed many thousands for EACH candidate.

so, are we now understanding why cartmill and mccann are now mute on the search warrant issue?

time to revisit that agenda item they chose to ignore at this months board meeting. time to demand that they respond to those they answer to as to why they choose to conduct themselves in a manner that is NOT reflective of integrity.

TIME TO DEMAND A SEARCH FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT, perhaps someone who knows not only how to spell the words transparency, integrity and honesty but someone who will mandate them.

True susan and that is why we need district elections where expenditures would be alot less than running district wide. Incumbants have a huge advantage and access to resources in district wide elections. Another thought is term limits.

if we can get RID OF THE SPECIAL INTERESTS FUNDING OUR BOARD ELECTIONS, then maybe regular folks can run.

we have great, honesty people in the south bay who have the integrity that it takes - hopefully they are reading all of the articles and will decide to come forward.

i know i would definnitely vote for Ms. Janney - i am hearing one of the reasons she lost was due to a certain x-superintendent pulling up her signs - goodness knows she was the LAST PERSON SHE WANTED SITTING AT THAT LONG TABLE - someone who not only knows how about integrity but someone woul could NEVER be bought.

Visduh, with this ignorant comment you are part of the problem...try fixing our own house and become part of the solution. Like MJ said"I'm looking at the man in the mirror, I'm asking him to change his ways and no message could have been any clearer. If you want to make the world a better place. Take a look in mirror and make that CHANGE!"

for us to blame this in any segment of society would be wrong.

let us consider this idea instead - perhaps WE, ALL OF US who reside in the suhsd are to blame. after all how many of us really knew who were voting for in the last election?

how many of us have attended even one board meeting let alone all of them like the few community members listed.

how many of us are NOW WILLING to attend the next board meeting and speak - ask them to step down.

how many of us will be willing to join the grass roots being formed to get the truth out regarding our current board.

we have an obligation to each other to stop them NOW. STOP THEM from holding any future office.

how many have gone to the district website and listened to the last board meeting. listened to how the community member who is trying to fight the sale of 'spice' was treated by the board, including the superintendent.

point of reference, one of the community members named by ms. luzzarro who went to the da and fbi - is hispanic.

Thanks joepublic, you are absolutely correct!

greed knows no boundries.....

the problem is brown act violation are hardly, if ever, prosecuted.

maybe we need to list all of our boards brown act violations put them in a large box (cause it would take a box to hold them all) and ship them off to da's office and ask the tough question - what will it take for you to prosecute these NON LAW BIDING idiots???????????????????????????????????