Free crash course on how to run for political office January 22, 2021 at 9:25 AM EST - Updated January 22 at 9:25 AM
Cathleen Ward and Ramona Saridakis Bean have different backgrounds, but both feel the need to get involved in politics. This was a good, kind of, starting point to figure out how people start campaigns and who gets involved, Ward said. I was trying to finish a master s degree and juggling three kids and a granddad that I m trying to keep safe, Saridakis Bean said.
The two recently wrapped up a crash course on how to run for political office.
Dennis Grady, the CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches, said the class addresses key concepts.
San Ysidro School District Has Spent $480K Trying to Recover $291K From Ex-Superintendent
Ex San Ysidro superintendent Manuel Paul received $211,000 in severance pay when he resigned in 2013, after being indicted in a corruption case, as well as $80,000 in leave pay. If all goes well for the district, Paul will pay that back, plus damages and attorney fees.
By Ashly McGlone, Voice of San Diego
Manuel Paul
San Ysidro School District is still trying to recover more than $291,000 from disgraced former superintendent Manuel Paul, and has racked up far more than that in legal bills trying to make it happen.
The district has paid Long Beach law firm Leal-Trejo $480,000 as part of the lawsuit against Paul, filed in February 2015, according to figures provided to Voice of San Diego in response to a Public Records Act request.
Police and downtown advocates at the meeting hailed the measure as a way to address problems encountered by residents, tourists and businesses. This ordinance is going to be a great tool for us, Deputy Police Chief Rick Morris told the commissioners. It doesn’t take our compassion away.. It gives us opportunity to enforce laws but more importantly it gives us tools to help people.
Civil libertarians were quick to reject the provisions as unconstitutional attempts to criminalize behavior rather than address causes – and as mean-spirited – especially in a time of pandemic. The real motivation here is not to help people but to remove the faces of poverty and homelessness, said Jim Green, a West Palm Beach lawyer and former president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida.