Opinions
Dear Editor – Robins Gets Mayor’s Vote
I just met Sue at the beginning of the school board campaign and was impressed by her familiarity with issues within the district and her ideas of how to collaboratively solve these problems working with the other board members. Through her experience as a teacher, volunteer and business woman she has learned an important lesson to success in politics . It is about the we, not the me and Sue gets [...]
Dear Editor – Student Voter Supports Silbiger
Dear Editor, Karlo Silbiger has won my endorsement. Now that I am finally of legal age to vote, I am proud to cast my first ballot in support of his reelection and I urge fellow Culver Citizens to do the same on November 5. In my time at Culver City High School, I witnessed an embarrassing absence of the student voice in the Culver City community. Critical issues have passed through the school [...]
Dear Editor – School Board Strengths
Some Culver City residents may have difficulty deciding which school board candidates to vote for because this time around, each candidate has many strengths. And some residents believe in “bullet voting” in order to give their favorite candidate the best chance of succeeding. But three excellent candidates stand out from the rest. They are uniquely knowledgeable, experienced [...]
Dear Editor – Talent or Track Record?
Several writers submitting letters about the school board candidates have noted the amount of volunteering each has contributed to our schools and want to make that a criterion for supporting them. To that point I will describe the situation that existed when my husband Stephen Schwartz ran for a seat on the Board in the ‘70s. He was a sheet metal worker in those years and our oldest son had [...]
Dear Editor – Silbiger Support
I am a Friend of the Culver City Youth Health Center. That means that I help in raising awareness, funds and usage of the CC Youth Health Center, which is located on the campus between the CC Middle and High Schools and is free to all youth who reside in CC or attend CC schools, ages 11-19. Because of my passion for this amazing free service, I am a dedicated supporter of Karlo Silbiger. [...]
Dear Editor – Using All the Votes
Dear Editor, As we move into the last month of the School Board campaign, we as parents and citizens of Culver City need to do our research and elect the best possible candidates for our children and the city. What Board composition would best represent us as a community? I am interested in electing parents that have been successful leaders in their careers and involved volunteers in the [...]
Dear Editor- Silbiger and Solar Power
Dear Editor, As a committed sustainability advocate, I strongly support Karlo Silbiger for School Board. Karlo has been the most active and vocal supporter on the School Board for installing the new solar energy system. This system will bring in a guaranteed $8.5 million in unrestricted money to our general school fund. The revenues from solar energy can be used to pay for anything the Culver [...]
Why We Shouldn’t Celebrate Colombus Day – Scott Kecken
Every year about this time of year, near October 12th, I become aware of a deep sense of grief. The energy is palatable, thick in the air. On that day over 500 years ago, a man started a destructive path that we honor with Columbus Day. Columbus Day is a day of mourning for Native people who call our home in this “new world”, Turtle Island. Columbus wasn’t the first European to come here [...]
Dear Editor – Keeping the Kids First
Put our kids first on November 5th – re-elect Kathy Paspalis and vote in Steve Levin and Sue Robins. Paspalis’ matchless work ethic and her training as an attorney are invaluable. Her oversight ensured that the District’s recent exciting capital improvement projects – new sports facilities and a solar initiative – were well managed and cost-effective. She is forthright, asks the [...]
Dear Editor – Healthy Dialogue
Recently, concerns have been raised about negative campaigning in the Culver City School Board election. When candidates file papers to run, they are given the opportunity to sign the "Code of Fair Campaign Practices" - per Elections Code Section 20440-20444 (see full [...]
