School board election recap: comments from Castillo, Kirby-Gonzalez & mayor

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MARCH 13, 2013 – Teachers unions and school reform groups choose sides with their checkbooks in record-setting race – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor West Sacramento voters last week elected a teacher to the school board –  after a record-setting campaign battle between the two top candidates. Sarah Kirby-Gonzalez, a Southport [...]

Cash: two candidates lead the pack

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — FEB 27, 2013 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor In the field of five candidates running for West Sacramento’s school board right now, only two have thus far reported raising a substantial amount of money in campaign donations. And each of those two candidates is benefiting from support by groups that [...]

EDITORIAL: choices for school board

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — FEB 27, 2013 – NEWS-LEDGER EDITORIAL: West Sacramento voters this week will take a look at a slate of five contenders, and choose one to fill a vacancy on the local school board. There are some people in the community who wish to vilify one candidate or another. The current love/hate [...]

Five compete for open seat

NEWS-LEDGER — JAN 9, 2013 – Former board member David Westin and temporary member Elizabeth Bagdazian are not among the candidates – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor Five candidates have signed up for West Sacramento’s special school board election on March 5.  The all-mail ballot will ask voters to pick one person to fill the [...]

City's incumbents reelected, but West Sac school board race too close to call

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — NOV 14, 2012 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor West Sacramento voters spoke last week on several local issues. A week later, what we know almost for certain is that city council incumbents Bill Kristoff and Oscar Villegas fended off professional boxer Oleg Maskaev to retain their seats on the council, [...]

FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — SEPT 19, 2012 – The local chamber of commerce will host a forum for city council and school board candidates on Thursday, October 4. The public forum will take place from 6-9 p.m. at CSA Event Center, 1275  Starboard Drive, West Sacramento, CA 95691. “In many ways, this is [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — AUG 15, 2012 – EDITOR’S NOTE: The extended deadline for new people to enter the school board race passed without any new candidates signing up. So the list of candidates for West Sacramento’s city and school board elections we published below on Aug. 15 is now final and complete — with [...]

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