Comments on: High school board: Del Rio ousts Muse

By: Mom of 2

Mom of 2 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:54:56 +0000

If you think that David Del Rio has been bought you obviously do not know the man. Look at his resume before passing judgement, his adult life has been spent volunteering for kids organizations, sports programs and he chose a career that has him working with kids on a daily basis. He is on campus weekly. Developer money did not make him who his is, they just made sure that the voters could see who he was. Judge the man, not who backed him.

By: Robert Van Gilder

Robert Van Gilder — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:35:13 +0000

Sparky: ” The bought and paid drum beat is just blind rhetoric.”
I hope you are right.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:54:31 +0000

ANSWERING ABOVE QUESTION: 7 years ago – SEE: http://www.basslakeaction.org/PDF_files/SacBee-051124a.pdf

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:48:49 +0000

Hawghauler: Thanks for posting the archived (apparently unpublished) article. It adds useful background – I was unfamiliar with this history. Do you know when the boundary changes were effected?

By: Sparky

Sparky — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:25:14 +0000

Hawghauler is spot on in referencing an article that clearly identifies the politics of the Union HS Districts. Of course some of those players took their big pay increases and quickly retired. Nice people. The battle continues on between Pondo and Oak Ridge with both sides looking down their noses at each other. It seems like the lack of alignment between all of the various school districts is the root cause of the disdain. another reason for school district consolidation. The bought and paid drum beat is just blind rhetoric.

By: Alicia Cole

Alicia Cole — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:33:15 +0000

Bought and sold by the developers. Now those developers will get more money for each lot. Don’t be naive and don’t think he won’t do favors for them by adjusting boundaries. The rich get want they want, as usual. Don’t get your way? Buy the politicians.

By: Ken Steers

Ken Steers — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:54:46 +0000

I don’t know why a developer would be that concerned about a school board unless that developer actually lives in the district or his clients complain to he/she that they are unsatisfied with the zoning and wanted it changed. Then the developer would have a vested interest in keeping his/her clients in his/her homes. 17 years is too long to serve on a school board. And probably didn’t help that she is a democrat. 90k for a school board, 280k for a judge seat. But 5k for a supervisor seat? Crazy

By: Hawghauler

Hawghauler — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:35:02 +0000

I think you all have short memories.
Maybe they finally ticked off enough people with enough money, and clout to get much needed new blood on the board. 17 years is way too long. Here is a Mt. Democrat article to refresh people’s memories.
http://www.mtdemocrat.com/archived-stories/my_turn_save_union_mine_hs/

By: James

James — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:12:08 +0000

Way to go Dave! El Dorado County kids just got another strong voice to advocate for them, another Board member with integrity and ethics, who will do what is right for the kids in our communities.

By: EDH

EDH — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:05:00 +0000

The board muffed up by building Union Mine in a slow growth area while neglecting the booming growth in EDH. Sending EDH kids to Pondo and Union Mine is a lousy solution. You can’t blame Serrano for looking out for their own interests. They have lots and houses to sell, as does Blackstone. If instead of building at the Union Mine site the district had built in an area with better access to EDH, this would be a non-issue. (BTW, notice the Buckeye district has built down in Blackstone, not out in the fringes of the district).

By: taxpayer

taxpayer — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:26:12 +0000

Robert, money + influence go together. When there’s enough of each the parties don’t even need to hide the fact. Most of EDC is bought and paid for. No need wondering why people run for office. Public Service, of course. Quack!

By: taxpayer

taxpayer — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:25:08 +0000

Robert, money + influence go together. When there’s enough of each the parties don’t need to hide the fact. Most of EDC is bought and paid for. No need wondering why people run for office. Public Service, of course. Quack!

By: Robert Van Gilder

Robert Van Gilder — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:51:13 +0000

Wow. Just wow.

Kirk Bone, above, ““We’ve been asking them (the EDUHSD board) for a boundary adjustment for a while, but they didn’t see it that way,” he said. “So we decided to back some different people in hopes of a more favorable reading from the board.”

Something about a duck comes to mind.

By: CaMom

CaMom — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:04:59 +0000

Can’t think of a better person for the job! Or someone more involved in the community/high school issues/etc than David Del Rio!!

Congratulations!!

By: observer

observer — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:13:59 +0000

Congratulations, Serrano. You got your man. Let’s see what $25,000 buys.