Candidate for
Board Member; Mount Diablo Unified School District

KEY ENDORSEMENTS
CONTRA COSTA TIMES (October 27, 2006)**text below
California School Employees Association, Mt. Diablo Chapter 43
National Womens Political Caucus, Contra Costa County
Honorable Joseph Ovick, Superintendent, Contra Costa County Office of Education
Honorable Richard Allen, Mt. Diablo Unified School District Board of Education
Honorable April Treece, Mt. Diablo Unified School District Board of Education
Honorable Joe Canciamella, Assemblymember District 11
Honorable Federal Glover, Contra Costa County Supervisor
Honorable Helen Allen, City of Concord Council Member
Honorable Suzanne Angeli, Pleasant Hill City Council Member
Honorable Bette Boatmun, Contra Costa Water District, Director
Honorable David Durant, Pleasant Hill City Vice Mayor
Honorable John K. Hanecak, Pleasant Hill City Council Member
Honorable Michael Harris, Pleasant Hill City Council Member
Honorable Kathy Hicks, Mayor, City of Walnut Creek
Honorable Gloria Magleby, Chair, Ambrose Recreation and Park District & Bay Point Municipal Advisory Commission Member
Honorable Mark Peterson, Concord City Council Member
Honorable Julie K. Pierce, Clayton City Council Member
Honorable Gwen Regalia, Walnut Creek City Council Member
Honorable Glenn Ruley, Contra Costa County Board of Education, Trustee
Honorable Bill Shinn, Concord City Council Member
Honorable Shayne Silva, Lafayette Elementary School District Board of Education
Honorable Sherry Sterrett, Pleasant Hill Recreation and Park District Director
Honorable Dan Walden, Walnut Creek Elementary School District Board of Education
Alice Bonner, President, Mt. Diablo Alternative Education Foundation

FRIENDS ENDORSING LINDA MAYO

Rachel Aaron	Frank J. Abbott	Dick Allen
Diedra Katz	Paul Allen	Vicki Allen
Barbara Leal	Kathy Lafferty	Lauren Nourse
Suzanne Angeli	Erika Appe	Carmen Barclay
Bette Boatmun	Ralph Belluomini	Todd Benoit
Darlene Biasotti	Karen Lingfelter	Alice Bonner
Marcie Brown	Grace Maes	Joyce Atkinson
Moria Cockrell	Vicki Martin	Susan Petersen
Elaine Prendergast	Emily Bonato	Felicia Stuckey-Smith
Vivian Boyd	Carol L. Breslin	Wilma Burch
Carolyn Murdock	Pete Pedersen	Donald Rodgers
Jodie Beadleston	Annette Pedersen	Kristen Bengston
Tom Carman	Marji Calbeck	Helen Allen
Karen Lafferty	John Parker	Susie Passeggi
Susan Cogan	Heidi Copa	Diana De Mott-Rigoli
Lisa Della Rocca	Jean Dickinson	JoAnn DiGovanni
David Durant	Diane Enochs	Michael Fajen
AJ Fardella	John Ferrante	Pat Flier
Sam Gallinger	Cheryn Gliebe	Federal Glover
Norma Griffen	Ralph Griffen	Laurel Gude
Melinda Hall	John Hall	Katie Hanau-Gaines
John K. Hanecak	Bill Hansen	Michael Harris
Nancy Hendrickson	Kathy Hicks	Nancy Hobert
Barbara Holmes	Pat Hurd	Sylvia Hurtado
Marilyn Jamerson	Liz Kim	James P. King
Eizo Kobayashi	Mary Kobayashi	Rose Lock
Barbara Leal	Keith Long	Megan Maguire
Fran Martin	Paola Martinez	David Mascaro
Ann Mayo	Donald Mayo	Erin Mayo
Laura Mayo	Gary McAdam	Lee McCorkle
Lisa Moon	Tarana Nazihi	Richard Nicoll
Mark J. O'Brien	Barbara Oaks	Joe Ovick
Helen Pereira	Ed Perry	Pat Perry
Susan Petersen	Joan Pierce	Julie K. Pierce
Carolyn Plath	Hellena Postrk	Margaret A. Powell
Jack Prosek	Matt Pugh	Gwen Regalia
Jeff Roden	Jonathan Roselin	Nadine Rosenzweig
Melody Royal	Carol Ruley	Glenn Ruley
Jennifer Sachs	Shayne Silva	Scott Singley
Chris Stieger-Maguire	Anton Steiner	Janet Takahashi
Joan Thisius	Larry Todd	Dee Totman
Lucy Tow	April Treece	Anthony "Tony" Treece
James Utz	Rita Utz	GailM. Van Tassell
Philip Van Tassell	Harvey Wall	Steve Wallace
Marilyn Watson	Carole Wedl	Barbara Weil
Andrea Wilson	Jim Wilson	Audrey Wilson

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• *CONTRA COSTA TIMES - posted October 27, 2006
  ALLEN, MAYO, STRANGE
  THE RACE FOR three positions on the Mt. Diablo school board has attracted five challengers to the three incumbents seeking to keep their seats. The district, with 35,000 students, is the second largest in the East Bay, covering a large area of central and eastern Contra Costa County.
  There has been considerable dissatisfaction among district teachers because of a lack of health benefits that are enjoyed by their peers in most other school districts in the region.
  This disparity of pay and benefit packages has made it more difficult for the district to retain high-quality teachers, who can get a better deal elsewhere.
  Many of the candidates running for the Mt. Diablo school board understand that the district needs to offer pay and benefits similar to those in neighboring districts. But finding the funds to do so will not be easy.
  Another challenge for the school board is to provide equal educational opportunities throughout a diverse district and to accommodate the needs of fast-growing Bay Point, which should have its own high school.
  What is most needed on the Mt. Diablo school board is expertise, experience and an understanding of the work that needs to be done to achieve pay and benefit upgrades for teachers and academic equity in all parts of the district.
  We believe that the three incumbents on the board -- Dick Allen, Linda Mayo and Paul Strange -- are best equipped to deal with the problems facing the district.
  Allen was elected to the board in 1997, after serving as a district teacher and administrator for 41 years. He wants to raise compensation to attract and retain good teachers and seeks to boost academic achievement.
  Mayo also was elected to the board in 1997 and is the current board president. She emphasizes the need to raise academic achievement, improve compensation and make schools safe.
  Strange was appointed to the board in March. He says the district should consider covering health benefits for teachers, something they negotiated away in an earlier contract.
  Strange wants to make sure students can read and write English when they graduate.
  Two of the five challengers, Tina Gregory, a financial adviser, and Ruth Rodriguez, a former probation officer and social worker, are well-qualified candidates.
  However, at this time we believe the three incumbents, Allen, Mayo and Strange, should be retained on the school board and merit voter support on Nov. 7.