...Questions from a Salida Voter

....................Answers from Brad

Hello Brad,
 
My name is Sharon   I am a very active parent in the Salida Union School District.  I have served as Parents Club President for Sisk Elementary  and have served on the budget committee for the last 2 years.

Q) The election of our school board is extremely important to me. None of the candidates prepared statements or have been out in the district telling us about themselves.  This makes it hard for me to vote.
  Would you please tell me why you want to be on our
school board? What is your professional and volunteer background? 
How would your history and skills benefit Salida and our students? 

A)  I have served on the Salida Town board for many years , Also on the cable TV public access channel board , as well as the Modesto Peace/Life center Media board.

I have worked in Broadcasting for more then 20 years and have a background in computer programing and electronics. My father was a farmer and also the auto-shop teacher at Ceres High school. I co-founded the
Salida.Org and now serve as the Webmaster.

The town website is now located at http://www.valleymedia.org/salida/homepage.htm

A) More then 2 terms..
almost 10 years now and I have seen many many
ideas and county staff come and go.....

Q) I think being an involved resident is extremely important.
  I have spent my time being involved in my children's education, holding off on community involvement for now.

A) Sharon we need more folks like you coming to the town and county meetings.

If we do not attend the public meeting the developers and corporations 'have their way' with our future

A) As I see it the school board has been run based on 'tax and spend'/ prey for large development projects' thinking..
.. far too much money was spent building the
2 story penthouse headquarters building on Sisk Road
with a underground parking lot.
 the fact is the poor kids use old or portable classrooms and good teachers get laid off!
The district has gambled on growth with our taxes and the Mello Roos fees on even more development and bought good farmland to help developers pave-over for more schools and can not keep the ones it has currently has open to the public!

 Some of the  current board has conflicts of interest that the general public is not aware of but would quickly be exposed with a few good questions best delivered from a microphone and TV camera, rest assured if elected I would video tape the meetings and broadcast them on the local government and the public access channels and shine a little 'sunshine' on the gray areas.
 This is what I have been doing for YEARS now with  the Salida town meetings
and it quickly turns things around to work better for the  hard working folks that live here.

A) Thanks you for thinking and voting Sharon.

Please consider me for the Salida School and Sewer board in the next election.
John "Brad" Johnson
public volunteer for the town of Salida.