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Coalition TV Ad Attacks Zimmer over Robert Kennedy School
The Coalition for School Reform has unveiled a somewhat curious new 30-second TV ad for District 4 School Board challenger Kate Anderson. Titled “Talking Benches,” most of it is devoted to blasting incumbent Steve Zimmer. “Zimmer voted to fire 5,000 teachers,” says an incredulous narrator, “and cut basics like art and PE, while supporting the costliest building project in America...
By Hillel Aron | February 11, 2013
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District 4 Candidates Air YouTube Ads, Schedule Appearances
After a slow start, the District 4 (Hollywood and Westside) race between School Board Member Steve Zimmer and challenger Kate Anderson is heating up. On Tuesday, Anderson unveiled her first campaign ad on YouTube. Zimmer’s campaign manager, Ari Ruiz, said his campaign team also plans to launch ads supporting Zimmer on YouTube this Saturday. Zimmer...
By Samantha Oltman | February 8, 2013
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Morning Read: Outside Money Pours Into Race
Outside Spending Pours Into L.A. School Board Race Outside groups are mounting campaigns to influence the outcome of three races for seats on the Los Angeles Board of Education. LA Times See also: LA School Report Teachers’ Ratings Still High Despite New Measures High teacher rating results, among the first trickling out from states’ newly...
By Samantha Oltman | February 8, 2013
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Coalition, SEIU, County Fed Spend on Candidates
With the March 5 election day now less than a month away, the Coalition for School Reform, the LA County Federation of Labor, and the Local 99 branch of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) have each kicked their LAUSD School Board spending up a notch, but UTLA-PACE — a major player in past elections...
By Samantha Oltman | February 6, 2013
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Campaign Notebook: Volunteers Make the Call
While campaign donations, policy positions, mailed flyers, debates, and endorsements all make up a big part of a school board race, the candidates for the three LAUSD School Board races also rely on a lot of phone calls, door knocking, and other kinds of “retail’ politics – some of which are coordinated out of storefront...
By Karen Jordan | February 5, 2013
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Westside Forum: Charters, Evaluation, Deasy
There were roughly 100 audience members at Thursday night’s School Board candidate forum in District 4, which featured incumbent Steve Zimmer and challenger Kate Anderson. Over all, the event was polite and informative, showing off both candidates’ strengths, stylistic and substantive differences, and their support for Superintendent John Deasy. Anderson, with her twin daughters sitting...
By Hillel Aron | January 25, 2013
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Preview: Westside School Board Forum
Tomorrow night’s School Board candidate forum for the Westside’s District 4 could be a fascinating event, if for no other reason than it will feature just two candidates — challenger Kate Anderson and incumbent Steve Zimmer — going head to head. (Jeneen Robinson is registered as a write-in candidate, and was not invited to participate)....
By Hillel Aron | January 23, 2013
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Contribution Roundup: Who’s Giving to Whom?
We listed notable contributions to the Garcia campaign yesterday and updated contribution reports are due tomorrow, but while we’re waiting let’s take a look at the contributions to candidates from earlier this month: •District 6 School Board member Steve Zimmer has raised $27,688 from notable donors including former State Assemblymember Betsy Butler (who lost her bid for...
By Hillel Aron | January 23, 2013
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Kate Anderson to Kick Off Campaign
LAUSD School Board candidate Kate Anderson is officially launching her campaign this Saturday, January 12 at her new offices in Mar Vista. Anderson is challenging incumbent Steve Zimmer in District 4 – which stretches from the Pacific Palisades to Hollywood. Volunteers will have a chance to do some canvassing, calling, and on-the-ground campaigning. To view...
By Samantha Oltman | January 11, 2013
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Reform Coalition Picks Garcia, Anderson & Sanchez
The Coalition for School Reform will support Monica Garcia, Kate Anderson and Antonio Sanchez in their respective bids for LAUSD school board, according to paperwork filed with the Los Angeles Ethics Commission yesterday (you can see the form here). The endorsements of Garcia and Anderson were expected. There was something of a question mark over what...
By Hillel Aron | January 9, 2013