BTA'S SLATE OF CANDIDATES SWEEPS ELECTION TEACHERS UNION DONATES $3,300 TO CAMPAIGN FUNDS.Byline: Nicholas Grudin Staff Writer BURBANK - The Burbank Teachers Association declared victory Wednesday after its slate of school board challengers grabbed the top three places in Tuesday's election. The association, which helped fund the campaigns of Jack Kemp  The neutrality and factual accuracy of this article are disputed.Please see the relevant discussion on the . , Paul Krikorian and Larry Applebaum, saw Kemp n. 1. Coarse, rough hair in wool or fur, injuring its quality. elected outright and Krikorian and Applebaum capture berths in the April 8 runoff Runoff The procedure of printing the end-of-day prices for every stock on an exchange onto ticker tape. Notes: If the "tape is late" then it can take a long time to print off all the closing prices. . ``We're extremely pleased with the outcome, and it's clear to us that the voters agreed with us that the district needed a change and that the district had not been clear and upfront with us,'' said Kim Allender, co-president of the Burbank Teachers Association. Voters rejected incumbents Elena Hubbell and Richard Raad, giving board Chairman Mike McDonald Mike McDonald (born June 22, 1958 in North Hollywood, California) is a former professional American football player who played long snapper for nine seasons in the NFL. just enough votes to qualify for the runoff. Challenger Ted Bunch also will be in the runoff. Campaign finance reports filed with the municipal records clerk showed the teachers union had contributed $3,357 on behalf of the three as of Feb. 19. The three also received $482 from the Burbank City Employees Association. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the reports, Krikorian raised $15,000; Kemp, $6,936; McDonald, $4,041; Bunch, $2,612; and Applebaum, $2,364. About 200 members of the 800-member teachers union actively worked for its slate, going door to door and making phone calls, Allender said. The association also paid for campaign mailers for the three. All those efforts, Allender said, would be repeated for the runoff campaign. Hubbell, whose re-election bid failed, warned Wednesday that a school board reflecting the teachers' slate would lack experience going into difficult budget times. ``We have to have some experience on that board, and (incumbent) Mike McDonald is that experience,'' Hubbell said. McDonald, for his part, said he planned no changes in his election strategy, despite voters' repudiation See non-repudiation. of most incumbents. ``We made the runoff and now we've got to get out there and do some tough walking, hand shaking and campaigning, and tell the people why experience is necessary and needed,'' he said. ``We're going to have to raise some more money and then buy some more signs.'' Kemp - a retired teacher who worked 34 years in Burbank Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. - declined to endorse To sign a paper or document, thereby making it possible for the rights represented therein to pass to another individual. Also spelled indorse. endorse (indorse) v. any of the candidates on the runoff ballot. ``All four of them are good people that can do the job - there's no doubt about that,'' Kemp said. |
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