Posts Tagged ‘carpetbagging’

THE AMAZING RACE?

October 21, 2009

It could be a good, clean fight, but whispers of carpetbagging and a hint of cronyism have left the contest to replace Long Beach Unified School Board Member Michael Ellis sounding all too familiar

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY
Has it already been two months since Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) Board Member Michael Shane Ellis resigned? [...]

A SCHOOL BOARD RACE THAT REMINDS US OF 2006, AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY

October 20, 2009

A candidate in the contest to replace Michael Ellis faces the same accusation Ellis did three years ago: carpetbagger
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the voting booth, the contest to replace former Long Beach Unified Board of Education member Michael Shane Ellis looms Dec. 29. And—call this Ellis II: Electric [...]

 

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