Days after this Tonight coverage here on DC TV channel 15 live on the Comcast system You're watching the live coverage of the November 4th 2014 election. It's gonna be a lot of fun We hope it's informative. We hope you join us by calling in and talking to all the guests that we have tonight It's gonna be a great time and this program is also a simulcast on K-Dirt 95.7 FM here in Davis. My name is Richard Harris. I used to be on the school board years ago and Mike gorgeous beautiful wonky brilliant co-host honor Ferrara Lobbyist extraordinaire and education expert is with us tonight, too So we're really gonna have a lot of fun talking to the school board candidates and a few other people who come on We want to give a shout-out to our partners a city government channel 16 the Davis community network Omsoft technologies Yolo County elections office and also of course Thanks to all the great crew here that do this just for fun at DC TV The director switcher is Diane Dadasca the coach who's back behind the wall here The floor managers on a show and Tyler Shaffo the cameras Bill Lorfey and Peter Peterson and Emily Merton Audio Peter Baum lighting Jeff Shaw the results Alex Silva Saturn is Putting a lot of this together for us. We'll have that on the computer later That should be pretty neat and the executive producer that kind of keeps it all running is autumn lab Lab at Renault, I know I've just messed it up just a mess with her Listen the number to call tonight is seven five seven two four one nine and DMA's Twitter feed is at DMA feed makes sense and on Facebook Check us out at Davis media access Like I said, it's gonna be informative, but we're also gonna have fun We're gonna be here for a while. So please join us by phone I want to turn it over to Anna who's gonna introduce our first guest Well, we're really pleased to have you here with us, you know, don't worry first first person is is Not the guinea pig in this situation so we're pleased to have Chuck reared in with us reared in here with us today and he is one of the wonderful people who have put forward their names for your consideration for school board at this November 4th 2014 election. So Chuck. Yes, we're you know, does it feel good? It's all over with It feels great. No matter how it's gonna turn out I think all the candidates would agree especially the the last three months have just been really intense.  Yeah, that was great Yeah, and and there are some that really shined I would say but yeah I mean no matter how you approach it. It is a very intense three months So yeah, I think it's fair to say that everyone is much relieved and we kept it clean and all of that Yes, I I feel like you were unique each each candidate has some unique qualities But you know, I thought that your story about being the first person in your Extended family to be to finish college was you know, very interesting I have a similar background and I just think that's you know You're a you're kind of a pioneer out there and you know, you know that that resonated with me Tell us more about about your perspective and what that brings to you as a candidate Well, I think you know just having to you know kind of come to that realization at a young age that you know If I really want to change my situation, I had a wonderful upbringing loving parents nothing You know wrong in that regard it was you know, it's a great situation but it was just something that that I for myself realized that I wanted something more and I wanted to have a lot of different options available to me as a Kim of age and and started looking towards a career. So, you know, certainly public education Regardless of what situation you're born into is kind of to me like the great leveler if you really want to apply yourself And you want to give it your all. I think it's it's fair to say the the the sky's the limit So I think it's just a wonderful avenue For those that they want to bear themselves and build a better future Do you get a fair shake with the voters? Did you feel like you had an opportunity to interact with people people listen to you and then you feel like you had You know a fair shake, you know, sure. Yeah. Yeah, I think in talking to people you There's a lot of ideas and issues out there that really resonate And then also you learn a lot of things that you either hadn't thought of or you just think about from a different angle That they see it from you know, just a slightly different perspective in it, you know by talking to all those different folks It really better informs the whole picture One thing I feel like I learned, you know In the years that I've been here as you know with my kids and then school board and all of that is You know, it really is a team kind of process that you're working under You kind of have to come to consensus and and all of that but I think the expectation is that you're you're also going to do your homework and and And have your own opinions as well. So do you see those things as? adversarial or do you do If you were on school board, you know, what were the what were the issues that you would bring as your own? Well, I think to address the first part of your question. I mean, I think everyone comes at it with their own Certain interests and things that they would like to emphasize And and I think the you know, the good part about a healthy debate is that you really give Every question or issue or challenge before the district, you know It's full hearing, you know, and and and so you need to air these these questions completely Everyone needs to provide their input and then I think ideally what what happens is that the The board has at least a unified direction forward. There may be different, you know, opinions And where things are going to fall one way or another But at least there's a cohesive direction forward and that everyone feels if they got their say For me, I think certainly With Common Core come on online It's you know, this it's still got a lot of road testing to do a lot of controversy, you know Just endless questions people are just not comfortable with it yet So I think in terms of even at the national level how has rolled out I don't think people really got the warm and fuzzy. And so we're even dealing with that locally that what is this really about? and I think for me I see it as the inherent flexibility of that approach that that it provides tremendous opportunity for what I think of as Inquiry based learning and that's more of a it's a it's a back-and-forth between the teacher and the students and You know, the teacher kind of gets the the conversation going But then the students it kind of fuels and it builds upon itself And then the questions are coming from the students and so that the teacher becomes more of a facilitator And you know, obviously there's some this is still wrote and you know basic Literacy that you have to address but I think in terms of higher-order thinking and a more collaborative You know style learning and create a problem-solving. I think that's really a good vehicle for that Do you agree that it was you know kind of teaching to the test at for a while there? And at this point something else might be a welcome kind of Situation I mean it feels like you know from what you're saying and I've heard that too that you know that it might be a welcome change for all of us Are there particular things you like about Common Core? Why I I think the one aspect that I I like in particular is that it's not just what are the Kind of mechanistic steps for getting to a answer and in some cases there are multiple answers and in other cases There is a single answer But for those where it's a little more wide open, you know There's more emphasis on the process for you know, and it takes an account different learning styles just even You know different factors weighing in differently, so it's really again It's not really a formulaic or static approach. It's something that that is much more participatory I guess you could say and and and its emphasis on how you get to the answer You know that's you know I think ultimately what needs to happen is you find balance because right now if you go too far that directions Well, you know things be sort of feeling a little bit untethered, right? But I think that's a it's a welcome change to see that aspect Starting to feed into the curriculum So let's let's talk the election and all that and the process people like to know You know what the candidates have been through all that what was the most fun? You had during during all this there must have been that one moment the aha or something You know farmers market door-to-door. What was it? Yeah? And I think sometimes just even the the chuckles you know if you're just standing around with the fellow candidates before you go into a some forum and Just kind of sharing little tidbits not exactly war stories But you know you just have some you kind of let down and and and have a few chuckles along the way And then also yeah at the farmers market, you know, this is Davis and he meets some really interesting characters Yeah, and you know, I just kind of it just kind of fills out the whole experience So if nothing was the biggest surprise maybe I would say the Amount of effort and it's one of those things going in, you know, it's going to be huge My particular work situation You know, I had concerns about that going in I mean basically my workday is 13 hours door-to-door Yeah, so I knew that and then also I work in downtown San Francisco So I have some serious Practical and logistical constraints and I knew that going in but it really became obvious You know early on in the the the campaign season that That that was a huge challenge and and presents some some pretty clear disadvantages. I mean again you know, I was my In my reasons for joining the race, I mean it was I had a driving interest and passion to be part of this I think the districts had a very important crossroads. I feel like I could Bring something to the table. Well, and it certainly seems like you've managed to to spend a lot of time volunteering in addition to your Yeah, yeah, and that was a part of the part of the strategic planning. Yes and I think that was really kind of a little bit of icing in terms of Deciding whether or not this was something I wanted to pursue because it was it was an incredible experience You know, you have these people from different walks of life And you had you know people within the school district you had members of the community and it was amazing. It was truly amazing how You know again, you could see their clear differences of opinion But there was a everyone came there deciding that they were going to work together It was a choice and it was it was actually beautiful to see it unfold and and the outcome I mean, I think some really good Paths ahead with the strategic plan or identified and it may really is there a lot of it is somewhat abstract and far-reaching But as you go you can add tangible Goals and objectives that it just kind of provides a roadmap and it was a wonderful experience So that certainly played into my decision and and then it got you onto that other road Which was being a candidate. We've got just a little bit of time left. I want you to give us The the what's the the last thing we should know about you and maybe what's your future your job situation going to change a little bit So that in two years you might be able to give it another run with a more time I mean that's maybe a little too personal, but maybe it will you think about running again? Um, I think 20 seconds or less. I think actually my work situation is looking to get potentially more intense Because a workload is looking to increase So I think from a practical standpoint, it's it's not likely It I think that again that was one of the really key issues that came home to me personally in this campaign as much as I Wanted to pursue this it was it was a challenge. Yeah. Yeah, and I didn't mean to say that in a way like you weren't going to win I'm gonna ask Managed my expectations if you don't make it, you know, are we gonna see you again? So then I think that was a fair answer on your part and timing is everything I admire anyone who wants to get into public service right now. It's a it's a tough time We have a lot of issues ahead, but we really appreciate your willingness to do that. Well, thank you very much And thanks for joining us. Thank you. All right. All right Well, this has been fun so far, huh? Pretty good So later on we're gonna be looking at some of the other statewide races that are going on and We're also gonna talk with With assembly member candidates, right? They're gonna be calling in so stay tuned At this point, I know We've got other people that are gonna come in as the night goes to yeah now We've got websites. We're gonna go to which will also show us some of the races So if somebody out there has a race statewide that they want You know, they want information about maybe you know somebody is running or know something about a race Down the down the state call us and if you're not by your computer and we can pull it up on the Famous DC TV computers and DMA computers, right? It's hard at this early hour To get anything of use fullness I guess because the because they're still calculating those numbers. So probably later later on in the yeah And the show will be sharing what we know. Well, let's welcome our next guest. Mr. Grada. Nice to see you How are you doing? Oh, it's fine. Thank you. Thank you. It's election night And the election is now officially over so everybody gets to come in here and breathe a little sigh of relief and Maybe just relax a bit here on our couch We we appreciate your stopping by Jose Granda obviously for the folks at home one of the candidates of Who ran this time? Well, did you you know, what was the experience like? Did you get your message out there? Was it? You know everything you thought it was going to be going into it. You've run before How did it compare? I know I'm kind of thrown it all out to you, but just you know the elections over now So what do you really think I think that? you know for me has been a natural set of events because I live in Davis 36 years So going to the farmers market talking to people there Was nothing new for me. I know a lot of folks in town and It was a great experience in that regards. I I think it was a I'll be taxing on the time because you had to get out really early if you don't get there by 7 I think you'll get to the last Yes, yes, so I was I think I was able to get the message across as you know, I I knew that going into the race I Will have a an uphill battle because we have six candidates and Me that is different than the others. I think I have Different because I have taken the stance on several issues that they that don't Don't are not similar to their candidates and the main one is the parcel taxes that has been a battle That I believe the time has come to reflect on that. It's not that I'm opposed to taxes But the idea is that paying 30 I think 34 years of taxes when the school district tells the voters that this is a temporary tax and then they keep extending and then That that is I don't feel that is treating the voters say and the tax payers very well especially when the money is not Causing an effect on the for everybody it may cause for us some special groups and But very little impact we have a budget that is over 76 million dollars but out of those 70 of those are Comes from our income tax federal Sources and so on so I I think I mean people reflect on this I think and there's another issue that I've been thinking as us as the day close today And that was that when you make a decision about this taxes You're only taxing people who live in homes While the decision is being made by people who don't live in homes And I think there is some issue of unfairness there because if the ones who decide where the homeowners Then it really doesn't matter which way they decide.  So that's one issue I think I am I also had a bit of a And the campaign there were a couple of controversies and mainly The issue of the conflict of interest that I brought up about Madabi Sunday another bar pressure both of them Because I believe that trustee should not Coming into the school board to put their own personal agenda No matter what it is and we had the Nancy Peters on the case and Madabi Sunday wrote an article on the vanguard about Homosexuality in the schools and this needs to be celebrated and all the stuff So I took issue with that and I wrote that Against that that that was another conflict of interest and of course cause a big uproar Well, I think it's a good discussion. I think that you're correct. It's a good discussion I I remember seeing something about diversity and yes and wanting to be accepting of all types of students You know, and I do think that it's you know, it's just it's been some interesting Perspective that you're bringing to the table. I think it's the parcel tax issue is another one I agree. Have you have you reached out to? You know, what what groups do you think you reached out to more? That's an excellent question because if I if I were to to win this race, which I hope I do It would be because of the Hispanic vote, you know I'm the only one out of the seven candidates that can communicate with 18 percent of the parents and And the kids in the district, okay, and I really have a genuine interest in seeing them successful I've been doing STEM careers for all my life I am a professor in the mechanical engineering department at CSUS and my Whole career has been to bring this Hispanic students the underrepresented into the engineering and math and science So that's one group. The other group is the You know, I am sensitive to the disabled because of my daughter Sarah who is very well known in the community And I think that I would champion that cost for them Also the group for languages. I speak for languages speak German French English and Spanish. I Believe that this should be an integral part of education. So when you think about a math science and You know STEM and languages and special kids. Those are my constituents. I During the campaign I was asked a question whether I would cater to a special interest groups Six candidates answer no and I answered yes because I said my special interest groups are the taxpayers the students and The teachers basically because those are the ones who who are in the trenches like me every day in the classroom Making a difference for our kids. So when you talk about I know you had the three T's with the teacher and And technology was one. Yeah, are you talking about STEM when you're talking about that? Yeah, because about actual technology bringing into the classroom I was talking about both of those because What I do is I teach a stem, but I do it with technology I use for example right now I am in the process of replacing the blackboard by the screen by the computer And so I have a system where from an iPad I could control another computer and Each student is looking at the same Same screen while they also have the big screen So I could write on my iPad and and explain if somebody has a question and everybody is seeing what I'm explaining to that student so I don't I the explanation that I would take the time to To talk to a student is benefiting everybody and the only way to do it is with this technology So I that was the one T the taxpayers. Obviously we talked about that and teaching is because that's my passion in life and You know, I the word that you mentioned about diversity is You know, I'm being a Hispanic person I feel strongly about that that we need to have a representative on the board and Diversity means everybody and when I got into the controversy about the homosexual issue, I wanted to say that I Respect and I agree that nobody for any reason should be bullied or being disrespectful But that includes also kids that have religious beliefs and everybody should be treated equally and that was the point So as we we have to wrap up here in about a minute or so and you know The time constraints we have so if you don't win will you run again this question? I'm gonna ask everybody if you don't win Do you see yourself running again? And what do you see your role being in the next parcel tax election? Which it's presumed that since it is a major part of the funding for the district that there will be a push to Go back to the voters and once again ask them to you know to Reaffirm their support I parcel tax. Okay. Do you have it? Do you have and we I think But yeah, I think that is a very fair question I think regarding the first question. I would have to think about this issue When the time comes so I cannot give you an answer whether I will run again Regarding the parcel tax and if I were to be elected obviously I would not be the chair of the committee that opposed the taxes I mean that's obviously a conflict of interest that I want or board to support Yeah, all right, so what are they do and the other thing is that When When it comes to the parcel taxes if I don't win most certainly I will be involved in the campaign to oppose the tax based on what I told you I think we need to reflect and look for another avenue rather than treating only the homeowners They were putting the bill not everybody else If it would be taxing everybody then I let it be but this is only for those people who own homes So that's a but everybody sends their kids to school whether you own a home or not though But questions for another day and maybe that's right. We can discuss Well, I hope you had some fun while you were campaigning as well. Oh, you was I think there is very good people I'm very thankful to the support in the community and Of course once in a while you're getting to a debate the heated debate with somebody with us We're gonna now look at some absentee absentee Votes right as I think maybe the next thing and we can call that up on your little computer Maybe or maybe they can put it on the screen. Let's look at you guys have any absentee votes that we could Bring up. It's after eight o'clock. Let's see how we're doing. Here we go. This is our first Update and I'm gonna try and see how this works. See if can you see it on there? I'll read it off the screen looks like Moda V. Sundar is in first place with 25.4% what am I having trouble with my microphone? Can you read the rest of them there on it? Um Yes, Barbara Archer is second with 44. No 20.7% and Tom Adams was 17.6% What is that on the other side? It says ballot percentage, right? Anybody know somebody call us from the elections department and let us know what in the heck that what they're talking about there And then I think that's the amount of that's the number of ballots that they're actually on Vote percentage right and third is Tom Adams. So so far. That's what we've got fourth is Bob Poppangay, right? And then mr. Granda mr. Nolan and mr. Rariden is the way I read it there. So You know we need glasses so you I've got glasses. It's not helping you can probably see it on your screen Well this we're having a lot of fun here tonight We want to thank everybody for joining us and we also want to thank our new guest who has just arrived And it looks like she's probably pretty happy because it looks like she's in first place honor Well, thank you for joining us and now, you know, we've been talking with the the wonderful candidates for school board It's nice to be able to breathe. It's over And It's over and you know, we were talking with them about their different their unique perspectives that they bring It seemed like everybody had something different that they were coming to the table with Many of them were volunteer You know had strong strong volunteer experience one of the things I see You know, of course you started out leading that Charge on Korematsu Elementary, which you know got so much You know, wonderful warm, you know Support but beyond that, you know, you started right away with that with that campaign Was that the point where you decided I want to be involved with the school district and continue this this sort of Work within the schools at Davis and what did you learn from that that made you want to do that? Sure, wait the one thing that's different of Madavi Sunder is that she's brought a guest that she Welcome guest and your guest is This is my husband Anupam Chander the partner with whom we can't do anything. Yeah, so Thanks, sorry to interrupt. Oh, no. No, you're absolutely right. Go ahead. Oh, well. Yeah I had the privilege nine years ago to first get involved with our Davis schools in a hands-on way the then school board members with Marty West and Joan Salih, Kelty Jones, Jim Provenza, BJ Klein They put together a committee to name the newest elementary school here in Davis And so I got named to that committee.  It was an early start on really learning about our schools and the school board and That year Fred Korematsu the civil rights hero who challenged the Japanese internment He died and that's the one rule so Richard will remember this right in terms of the naming of our schools in Davis You have to name it after somebody who is deceased And so I proposed the name Fred Korematsu and it was an incredible experience. It was my first campaign Because I really met communities Across Davis the Sikh community the Muslim community the Japanese American community the civil rights groups all of whom came together to Tell the story about Japanese Americans in Davis and what we saw in Fred Korematsu's story an amazing Teachable moment for kids. He was an ordinary person many think of him as the Rosa Parks of the Asian American community and He was an ordinary person who just said this is wrong and he had the courage to speak up and today Korematsu Elementary is a social justice school. There's 500 plus kids there and their school song is what can one little person do? What can one little mirror you do and it's just been great So and I you know, I'm a professor of law I travel around the country speaking about access to knowledge and Intellectual property and the promotion of learning But I always tell friends and colleagues that one of the most meaningful things that I've ever had the privilege to be involved in was the naming of that school and And so that was kind of when my interest in the school board began to grow But honestly it goes way back. I was the student representative to my school board when I was in high school. I knew it When I was on the school board So this isn't really anything new at all in fact all my today and over the campaign I've been getting emails and Facebook messages and donations from kids who grew up with me from elementary school High school college law school and people who I've worked with on faculties across the country because they see this as Part of all of the work I've been doing on access to knowledge I think that's you know being a student representative probably gives you a leg up on You know learning a little bit more about school board I'm not sure people really know what they're getting into when they when they jump in just the reality that you know, you are Part of a board that makes decisions together. Yes, and so I think that that's something that is is Important to learn sooner, I guess rather than later, but that's wonderful that you participate in that way I also, you know, I know that you work for your lost professor at UC Davis Why do you think or do you think that? That we've had good relationships with the university in terms of sharing information to the benefit of our students I know that one of the things you've been saying is, you know, let's have more of a partnership there How do you propose that that happen and do you think it's been a Good one up until now. Oh, I think that we definitely have a good Relationship and I think though that there's more that we can do to strengthen that relationship to be partners To talk about STEM education, for example And we have faculty at UC Davis who are developing STEM programs for our high schools in the state But not necessarily talking to our own district and we have and that that would go with a variety of Programs too. We could talk about laboratory opportunities. We could talk about foreign language opportunities and One of the things that I think is most important is we need to bring that adult-to-child ratio down in our schools we need more adults and Well, we have all these college students at UC Davis They're already mentoring in homework after-school homework programs like the bridge program and at the academic center at the high school So I really want to see how we can strengthen these Relationships with with the campus even further and as you know one of the things we found out years ago Was the university views itself as a regional Entity and it's not just the Davis University and so they have to spread their their net wider and you know They of course they worked in the charter school or and started the charter school in West Sacramento as part of what they do So yes, but there should be a strong relationship. I certainly am I'm you're right on track with that the best It is a heck of a resource that we need we're running out of time. I know But I I also wanted to you know, you know engage your your spouse and guest Was it was it fun? Was were there things about the campaign that were you know? Unexpected or what were some of the highlights for you? So we've put together a video And and just seeing this which is available on YouTube if you go to Sunder for school board on YouTube You'll see this video and it's full of really fun moments on the campaign just Madhavi and her having a team made t-shirts very early on and those t-shirt You know people wore them all over they wore them to Disneyland and so there's a picture of two of our Two children with wearing those t-shirts next to Mickey Mouse So it's there were lots of fun moments You can put it in the grocery bags that I handed out years ago This is awful they have to they have to leave now And you're we could talk all night 20 seconds to say hey because it looks like you're winning so say something about that well It's still the night is young and but we're encouraged and we feel happy and optimistic So we hope for more good news as the night goes on good. Well done sound bite This is appreciate your time. This has been a lot of fun and So far so good so far so good. I think we're have had a few say that I should not a few school board candidates And now I think what we get to do is talk to Charlie shop right who I think is on the line He is the assembly candidate. So now we're moving to a state the state level our representative Charlie Charlie shop. Are you on the line? Yeah, can you hear me? No, I can't but just barely because the door is open Charlie, but we'll pretend No, I maybe somebody can crank that up a little bit in here so we can hear Charlie in here, too That'd be great. And so, you know Charlie shop is the Republican running for the assembly district in the state legislature that Includes Davis now, maybe I can hear Charlie Charlie has it been a was it everything you thought it was going to be running for the assembly this summer? This time. Oh, yeah, sure. And it's a heavily Democratic district But we tried to make a difference and we'll see how the vote comes out I'm actually in Clearlake right now taking down my campaign signs. We're graph through So you're in you're in Clearlake It's good to know that somebody actually goes around and takes down some of those signs Especially if they're taking down ones that belong to them. So that's good. Thank you Charlie I understand. Yeah What how did it go when you were out there? That's a big assembly district up Lake County as you say Yolo County Napa You know, what what sort of reception did you get from the voters? And did you think that you had a fairer opportunity to get your message across? Oh sure I had a fair opportunity to get the message across the biggest thing is that we're rebuilding a Republican party across the state and Getting to work in this district I've got to work with the Napa County the Sonoma County Solano Company, which has a fantastic Central Committee And we're rebuilding the Yolo County Republican Party and we're rebuilding in Lane County, too So it's all about the future Yeah So do you you see the Republican Party making inroads and coming back in this district? Oh sure the Republican Party has had a Problem for the past decade, but it's changing and we have some Some solid Republicans that want to make it what it used to be a party of ethics and honor and integrity And that's what I'm going to continue to work for All right. Now, you know here in Davis tonight We're speaking with a lot of the school board candidates that are coming into the studio You were on the school board in asparto wasn't it? Yeah, two terms I had to leave right when the right just before the the global war terrorism started because I got called Okinawa I'm sorry. You got because you got called Okinawa is the military reserve officer. I got called Okinawa and then a lot of it happening I was on active duty for the next six years. Oh, wow. Well, we appreciate your service. We thank you for that for sure was the Was that school board experience something that helped you in your run for the assembly do you think? Oh, most heavily, you know, it's all about leadership getting things done in these part of school board on the board We actually got a bond pass with 75% of the vote in a rural conservative district. So it shows what can be done It's just a matter to getting out of the state level now So I don't know how the best in the cloud tonight, but I do know I was the underdog and We'll go forward and I'll head to the convention Win or lose come this next spring and we'll start to work to make Republican Party stronger Well, I'm sure this will not be the last that we've heard of you and again We appreciate your service to our country and everything you've done along those lines. Absolutely, and we will let you go Charlie You've got a lot of other folks to talk to I'm sure so thank you very much and thank you for for calling in here to DC TV Bye-bye. All right. What else? What should we do now? Let's talk to our next guest I don't know. I think we should our next guest is mr. Alan Fernandez who Got himself appointed to the school board and then Weaseled his way into a seat and then doesn't have to run again. I know I mean this guy's a power, huh? Well, thanks for having me well, thanks for coming by we appreciate my pleasure my pleasure you were in a bit of a Unique situation there, huh with the appointments and then running for that the two-year seat Yeah, man, but you still participated right still get out there Yeah, I talked to people and mixed it up went to the forums and all that right? I thought it was important I mean, you know, you know better than most the job of being a school board member and a good one at that and You know certainly I applied for the appointment as did many and was fortunate enough to be appointed and serve for a period of time and then decided to run for the remainder of that position mostly because I felt it was Really what one the law provides when you look at the law and two it was a matter of Openness and transparency to the public that there's a vacancy It's appointed and and really your quote provisional appointee to fill the remainder of the term So I you know filed for the two the remaining two years and was fortunate enough as someone has said it's a blessing but I treated it like a campaign at times and Participated in forums and thought that was public important public aspect of And you paid your dues because you campaigned before that, you know, right? And so yeah I Think you know you I think that was a wonderful campaign you ran the first time around and thanks So, you know, it's it's kind of it is a blessing that you know, you don't have to go through that again, but But now he has to do it in two years Well, if you decide to run again true, which is one of our questions is it that's what that's at the end But Anna's got a lot of questions So I Guess you're the the one that we can actually talk to besides Richard about the actual job of being a school board Member and you know that once the campaign's done and you know, we've been talking with with folks here about, you know They look relieved and you know, that's that's all over with but What do you think is different about the actual job? Did you have notions about what it was going to be that are different now that you're doing the actual job? What's different that you thought you were going to be able to do or or better? Yeah worse better worse about doing the actual job. Well, I think You know, it was something I feel like I was prepared for I feel like I understood the role of a school board member Just given my professional background and Yeah, I mean I am in public service and I and I work for Local government and when you look at it a school district is one arm of local government. And so there's a lot to Governance local government That I felt like going into the job and certainly the election I was prepared for having said that, you know I think everyone will tell you You know, you always learn new things and are surprised by some and are reminded of others Even if you didn't, you know really fully Ponder those issues once you get into a role and there's been some of that I would say on them for the most part though. It's been all positive I really have enjoyed, you know, the short term that I've been on the board so far one of the most Sort of striking differences between running a campaign and obviously serving as a board member is that a campaign is really sort of Centered around one person and you're convincing the public that you are qualified for the job and trying to earn the public support But once you get on the board as Richard knows very well, you know It's part of a governance team of five you're only one vote of five and and really I think to do good work As a public servant and to govern you really have to Not only be aware of that Difference from the campaign, but you really should embrace it and and seek to Earn the support of your colleagues on a particular issue that maybe you know It's your passion about but also really have open ears and eyes to things that your colleagues and the administration And most importantly the public want to see happen and and so that's one thing about the job that you know I knew about from a sort of cerebral academic sense, but when you're in the job you have to live it and practice it and You know, I enjoy it and so Being that you also, you know have a career and you know lobbying and other things going on Do those skills come into play it? I see you know, I see these maybe the ability to to caucus or the ability to to convince someone else You know About your point of view Does a lot of it happen in front of everyone or does it happen behind the scenes? How does that really work? Tell us? Yeah Get to Yeah, yeah, so you know Richard's referencing the Brown Act which is our you know open meetings Law that local governments and school boards are required to so you know, there's something that Some I wouldn't call insiders, but some people who work in and around local government No, there's these Brown Act buddies that you can talk with one other board member But you really can't talk with another you know one more You know three a majority of the board because they're very frustrating isn't it? I found that to be the most frustrating thing coming from the world that you did all three of us work in where you Talk to people and try to figure out where everybody is and what they want and then you can only talk coalition About it. Yeah, and you can't talk to the other three until you get out there. Yeah, you know I Frustrating, you know, maybe one word. I also I understand the the reason for the Brown Act I mean it's obviously for the purposes of having the decisions made in public and I Support that and it's just one of those things about the job that you have to really understand and work with and You know, I think You'd be surprised I think most in fact all of the decisions on the public Calendar are made in public and then you have closed session items, of course You know those dealing with litigation or personnel matters that because I think you hear a lot about People saying oh they came in like they were already they'd already made a decision They don't and people don't really understand that, you know, you really you really can't it's a lot of work You're gonna have to go to each one. That's right, you know, but I think that you know that is how People don't understand that, you know, you know, you can't really just grab three people and say hey come over here We're gonna we're gonna no you work it out I mean ask Gina Delight in about the time that she was my buddy on the brown act thing And then we all get it started talking about and I went the other way It's true and you know what it actually speaks to the professionalism of our current board and and our predecessors as well The the decisions folks do actually happen in public view And you know, like I said before One of the critical jobs. I think of a good board member is having an open mind and open ears when you're in the hearing in public and when you're about to make the decision because You know, you might get some information that you hadn't contemplated prior to When you were reading and reviewing the agenda, I'd say you always do yeah I mean, that's probably in this town. Yeah, there's always somebody that comes up with a different angle. Yeah on whatever the discussion is Yeah, no, absolutely interesting leading into the school board. What is it? You know what it's sure discussion about that So but just to back up. Yeah a little bit more about your personal Yeah, what are some of the things you care about as a school board member and want to see Accomplished absolutely during your tenure. Well, you know, I I've always been in you know I have public service as my profession really and it's more than a profession. It's almost a vocation for me and I had always been involved in the community when I had children like many of us do and they entered the school system I Really looked long and hard and wanted to refocus all of my community activities around the schools and what Once I did that I really you know begin to see that of the importance of having Diverse representation on a board and by that I mean diverse representation from Parents community members that have a range of experiences in our community and what I thought and what I sought to Achieve is really being a voice for younger parents And you know, you just had Madavi before me and you know, I was really happy to see her candidacy Because you know, we talked a lot she and I about you know, we are parents of younger children We're gonna be in this district a long time and anyone who knows anything about government It takes a long time to achieve, you know, your objectives and so What I say, you know getting to the answer your question what I sought out to do was really be a voice for Parents with younger children who are gonna be in the system our educational system for a while and making sure that the System that we have that we love now Stays, you know, we maintain what's great about it We change what can be improved about it over the course of the years that my children will be here So, I mean, you know, I have their particular Concerns for the younger kids. Yeah, I think so I mean You know at our one of the things I was struck to learn really in the course of just my involvement and in campaigning is really that our elementary schools are great, but there's wide Disparities between them and and you know some educational offerings at one school are different than another and and I sort of Begin to look at our district from an equity standpoint and thought, you know We'll look at we should focus on what we do very well in the elementary schools and see where we can replicate those things and Where you know, we need room for improvement see what we can do to sort of make sure that a child that goes to school at Marguerite is You know has is having the same educational Experiences as a child that is going to school at will it and I just felt that there were you know some differences in that regard and It's one of the things that I think will be important for me To continue to look at and in question as we make our policy decisions And then the other thing that happens to you is your children grow up and so then you start getting perspectives yes on You know the the junior high and then all of a sudden you realize the high school really is that the crown? Yes, of the district is when I got on the board as a as an elementary school parent and was told by You know, maybe other other board members and other people that the high school is the crown jewel of the district I was about the high school. I'm worried about this, but you know No, I do you know, and then you end up growing up through it and then I agree and I've already I already kind of feel myself Going in that direction already, you know someone said once that you know We all end up at at the high school or the you know a few high school offerings that we have in our district So we're all going to get to the same place And so it's not too early to start really paying not only paying attention But working on some of those issues. It also makes it a much broader experience I think for you personally and for meant for the school board when you realize Everything all of that and all the other the schools that we have the DaVinci program the DSIS I mean, it's amazing King, you know King everything that's going on. It's just it's pretty fun to work on It really was if I could just add one thing one of the And I'm so lucky to have you and to draw on your experiences Because I'm able to really appreciate some of the things when I got appointed one of the first things I got to do is go to all these Graduations right and I was really exposed to really what you're talking about You know, it was perfect. It gave me a sort of a new energy with you know The way in which I'm approaching my work on the board, but you're absolutely right You know, I hope to one day maybe sit in that chair and Also do appreciate the differences between our schools as well, you know, I mean I have two kids They're 17 months apart and I'm telling you they're like night and day You know, one of them went to Davis High and the other one went to DaVinci and I really appreciated the ability to have that that Difference one is, you know, one is a social justice.  And so, you know, I mean I do I Your kids aren't cookie cutter your school shouldn't be cookie cutter, but I hear what you say there shouldn't be you know Laps we should be yeah, we should have standards, you know that that everyone gets a good experience Back to your original there you go. The beauty of the board bring it around is having people with different perspectives to then come together And work as a unit on the board.  Yeah No, you're you have it all there and you go. Oh, okay, I understand your spot on you on the Graduations going to the graduations was a big eye-opener for me to and a wonderful experience to sit through the DSIS and the King Graduations and then and then DaVinci and I was fortunate to be on the board when DaVinci was just getting cranked up and Went to remember sitting in the map best office in the little portable on the high school one Now, what are you guys talking about? How's that funded? What are you going to do? Wow? That sounds like a great idea I'm glad you're doing it. Right. Pam. Mari was doing that before she's over here. Okay. I get it, you know And it's we're fortunate. So don't screw it up. We got a lot going on there I have a big we have we have a big no cock a scene behind the scenes You do that just with just with your buddy, you know, I think yeah I'm really excited about, you know, the the colleagues that will add to the board just the diversity Talk about that for a second. Yeah, this is a watershed sort of a moment Yes, we have a three and a two but this is a this is a three really plus, you know, the fourth I mean this this board is gonna be completely different. Yeah, you know, I said you now I'm still new and then and then Susan. Yeah, I mean, I think actually we'll ask Susan that later Yeah, and I think it happens at a great time I respect all of the work that you did and and of my current colleagues on the board But I also know, you know, there's been major changes as Anna knows Better than most in education policy and funding that it in our curriculum And it's almost sort of an appropriate time for a transition like this Really the the the rules in what in which we play Are changing and so it's a good opportunity for a board to change and And it's coming at a perfect time because they're all as as am I full of energy and excitement You're ready to roll up our sleeves and and get to work. So It is unique. I think to have this much of a change at a time But I guess I would say if at any time in our recent history, it's a good time for it now is it So that's what I agree. I think it's a good time for that Yeah, I also one of the other things with school boards, too. There's a little bit You know One of the things I read and many things I was reading this week about school boards is, you know, back to my Wonk things, right? Often like the the biggest employer in a in a city, you know or an area You know, there's that the the employment type things that are going on the facilities as you know, which is you know Near and dear to my heart, you know being able to track all of those things as well that that become You know a big part of what you do I What do you I guess what was disappointing this last year was the school bond and not seeing a statewide Facilities bond which I know in in this district has been kind of an issue with facilities. Are you are you Seeing more of that. Do you think that we'll do local bonds in the future? Well, I I definitely think that our community needs to have the conversation First and foremost if for no other reason that I'm not so sure we're going to be able to count on state Bonds like we used to this governor has pretty much made it part of his administration that you know Locals do what locals do. Let's let locals do that But let's really focus on what the state does and so There's a lot of doubt that there will be a state bond anytime soon And so what does that mean? It means that districts like ours really need to have a sobering conversation I think with our community to say well folks, you know, it's been since I believe 2000 since our district has had a bond we were able to do some things this year to you know refinance some of our obligations and and and For the purposes of making money available for facility improvements and taking comes taking care of some of the deferred maintenance But you know the facts are we have an aging infrastructure here in our school district And it's something that we need to really come to terms with soon So yeah, I want to have that conversation in addition all of the great work that you've done you know just when you served and just keeping our district together and with all those cuts and then renewing our parcel tax and You know, that's a conversation. That's not too early to start talking about as well So these things are really going to come together really soon in the next couple of years and and you know It's it's one of I think my priorities, but I think my colleagues are sharing that priority With starting that conversation soon, but yeah, I do think that we need to talk about School bond and and what our needs are and and I'll be very curious to see what happens in woodland properties Oh, yeah, woodland has a check on that on the bond. They did they are running a A bond a local bond for school facilities ones on safety and ones on facilities You know, it'd be nice to if we can get those results in a few minutes and we'll bring those up the woodland ones Just to see how they're doing as well. I think I've got it. You've got it, too You use the high tech on my piece of paper. The results haven't shown up, you know, that would be the last thing people would say She knows who's already who's one she already knows right. Yeah, she's not just absentees All right, thank you so much Alan. We really appreciate your Thank you both for doing this tonight and all that you do for our community. It's a lot of fun. Yeah, a lot of fun Thanks, so thanks for coming. Thank you. All right. All right Absentees and maybe you can give us the well I think I have to do the top of the hour the top of the hour. Yes Give it give us a shot of that. Okay So thank you for tuning in to DC TV channel 15 in the Comcast system You are watching live coverage of the November 4th 2014 election This program is simulcast live on KDRT also affectionately known as Kdirt 95.7 FM and Davis You know Davis media access has been serving the community for more than 25 years I highly encourage you to support this community treasure that we have here Other key projects include support for youth media and community media It takes community support to make this happen and we hope that you'll consider donating to Davis media access after tonight their Contributions are probably going to go through the floor just because I'm asking What sort of absentee do we have here this is the local School board and then maybe we can look at those woodland results as well. That would be pretty fun So you can see that Madavi Madavi Sunder has 25.4% followed by Barbara Archer at 20.7 Tom Adams at 17.6 Bob Poppingay there then Jose Grande Mike Nolan and Chuck Rariden and That's that's pretty close You know, there's so little up there. It's hard to to make any sort of conjecture. So we won't but instead Let's look at the woodland area And would love to see the bonds. This is in fact two folks that are running against each other It looks like here and here's the woodland classroom repair and upgrade This is this is the school facility bond repair and upgrades of classrooms You know more and more as we were talking with Alan about earlier The state has basically Said they're going to leave it to the locals to to do a lot of their School construction bonding we already did believe that we put in more than the 50% that was needed in that matching program But now it's it's we didn't we weren't able to put a bond on a ballot this last year I think the governor was not willing a state bond state statewide school bond correct for for facilities and So and so that's unfortunate, but I think there's a sense that locals are going to have to take on more of that and I think he's absolutely right that we're going to be having that conversation in this community. Do you think that? How many how many do you have any idea how many bond local bonds are on the ballot right now statewide? I I mean is it a big number? There are a lot of people out there. It's a fairly big number this last time I think there was over it was 13 billion dollars worth of local bonding In the last round. I didn't really check on statewide how many we're running this this year But it's increasing I mean I really feel like locals are starting to see that it's up to them to get But it looks like in woodland that that effort's going down. Unfortunately. Well, we'll see we'll see it's early Well, we have another guest. I think who's join us in the in the Power central here Nolan Mike good to see you good to see you both good to see you As it has it been everything that you thought it was going to be you've run before Understand and looking at the results right now It looks like I won't be on the board next next year or in December and I want to first off Congratulations, I think Madhavi and Barbara and I think Tom will be is leading in third place Tom's leading But Bob to tease they've all done a very good campaign, but that's a generally a My experience isn't a broad section of the city in it very rarely does the precinct about change. So yeah, never know So let we'll see how it all But it's over The campaigning part is you know, it's pretty much over and you know, I I know that we all appreciate anyone who's willing to go out there and and Serve the public in this way and it's a privilege, you know to be out there Talking to people about what they care about tell us a little bit about what you heard from from parents and students as you were campaigning well, the best the best thing is the other campaign is meeting all all the different people from different schools and different communities you know that Richard being on the on the board and the you find a richness in the city of Davis that is a lot of people forget about but there's there's a there's a wide range of income Difference and there's a wide range of racial differences here that Davis gets the bad rap sometimes From outside of the area saying oh, it's too affluent and it's too to a monochrome and That's that's never been my experience Always gets it always gets to the same To to see a we have a vibrant community here And you can see that also with the with our school district and and in this election where you had seven candidates, and I think oh Maya the other six candidates were all well qualified. I think to be on the board and I think the voters Made the right choice We're not it's not over. It's not completely over yet. I'm not I'm not saying Agree with you. I feel like you know, we had such a stellar group, and I know you brought some unique Perspectives to to the campaign. I know you you were Basically the person who gave up not gave up your career, but you you were the one that stayed home Stay at home dad, right and and that's that's a huge sacrifice. I mean you've done a lot of Voluntary volunteers at all levels and so you got involved there, and we all know that's like a like a job working hard to to make sure that the Those types of organizations run well the most the proudest moment of my life in Getting elected to anything was getting elected president of the PTA at Lilith elementary and that was Yeah, and that that was very that was a fun experience Because all of a sudden as the president you had to make everybody work together as a as a team and It was really nice to end the meetings on time And I saw many meetings at the school board where Richard at about 11 30 at night You would start to you would start I Worm in your seat that was all because of my mentor mr. Tim Taylor And there is a board policy that says all meetings ended at 11. Yeah, because of Tim Unless unless the board decides otherwise. Yeah, and if I got elected to the board I'd say but but the that should be included in the in the agenda Give public notice that the board would say we're gonna go beyond a lot. We're gonna go beyond Yeah, well Tim and I I think had a pack that we would never vote to go beyond unless of course It was something that either one of us wanted to talk about and then you know would you had to vote but you never won It always it always went on and on and on Well, you know, that's that's a talent to be able to run a very efficient meeting and and get it done on time I mean, I know we've all been in those situations where you know, you wish you wish you The meeting had been over, you know half an hour though You're thinking about dinner and how that all gets done But and I think that's a real talent to to make sure meetings get done on time and you have a long history of Working on a number of fronts in terms of the volunteer piece. I'm just you know, tell me I just I appreciate, you know, not only I appreciate site council and all of that parent advisory committee The but the climate the climate committees are also very end of very much interest what You know, do you do you see things getting better in the district and the thing that we the thing that we have to Remember about the climate committees is that? The schools are like a river. There's a continually a continuous People moving through it not just students but parents and so you can have a great climate committee and you can address all the issues of bullying and harassment and discrimination and Then in a couple of years they've all left and you have to bring in new people and hope that they continue to have the same commitment but So but things change you have a different different people different needs So it's a constant problem. That's all I'm saying is that the the climate committees are very important because that's the It's a continuing issue in in this school and in all schools in society as a whole Yeah, I love that that's a good quote though that this school districts like a river it is and it's everybody moving through I always felt that about testing too when we compare the fourth grade test this year to the fourth grade test last year The fourth grade test two or three years before a whole different set of students Probably a lot of different teachers supposedly the same curriculum, but then we're comparing that fourth grade to the fourth grade It's a weird thing, right? It's so so it's all they did better. Well, it's it's not the same people It doesn't matter and so yeah, it's so it's this like a prism or a kaleidoscope it's constantly changing and and That is there's good parts and bad parts with that the good parts is it keeps the school system Fresh The bad parts that we just said is that once you once you think you've got a problem solved Once you make that decision you don't because there's gonna be something else, you know, it's coming down the road There's gonna be other issues of that same issue will pop up my dad taught government at Cal Poly and He did a lot of education Teaching about education and he saved some of his books. I mean I saved them. I've got them and My favorite is this title that says our schools in crisis About the terrible state of the public school system and how it's gonna lead to complete disaster Yeah, and it was was written in 1959. Yeah, exactly and if you read the table of contents It's the same issues. We're talking about now. Yeah, what are we gonna do with the gifted students? Yeah, how we're short-changing these students. What about the the the Brown versus Board of Education and Right integrating schools. How are we going to deal with all these different communities and schools? Mm-hmm, and that was you know, as you say, it's the river. It moves on as does this show. Yes Okay, my segue We definitely appreciate, you know your time and energy. I I'm assuming that you'll continue if If you don't I have a ninth grader I've got four years left to serve high school. We need you to you get to go through high school again. Okay, that's good Yeah, I was trying to tell Alan is that you know, he's in elementary school and he's going to graduate to Junior high and then he gets to go along with them your perspective changes Yes, you don't under the stand the school district until you get the high school graduation, right here the graduation speeches But that's that puts the cap on the whole whole process the magnitude of it. Yeah, thanks a lot Mike Thank you. Thank you very much. Well on it. What are we going to do now? I think maybe talk about some of the statewide races okay statewide propositions and hear your analysis My analysis of all of them. I think that would be a good idea. Well, let's look at the results So far we have proposition one, which is the water bond. This was the bond Basically, you know, we had one done earlier and now they there was a lot of discussion this year about getting and Passing this bond and making sure that it was tightened up in a way that we needed it to be a lot of people in Davis Kind of active on a lot of people on this water a lot of people in Davis worked For a variety of interest on proposition one. I think it became but very bipartisan by Camero Bye-bye so Looks like it's doing very well. That one looks good proposition to the governor the governor Tied the two of those together. That's they call a budget stabilization or the rainy day fund, right? The governor spent water water, right? But it was coupled with it to show that we needed a rainy day fund to take care of those times when it Wasn't raining if you will money or water school district concerns about about what was in there There are some some tweaks to it that in one person's view probably should have happened But it that looks like that's passing right only to that essentially was the governor's campaign Proposition 45. This is the one that gives the politician all of the all of the power to set your health care rates if you listen to some of the ads or it's the As it has been characterized this will allow the insurance commissioner to protect consumers and Set health care insurance rates and it looks like it is Going down to defeat I don't know how many if this is all absentees or where they're from and as we Found out in the June primary some of these things still right down to the wire asked speaker Perez about that Proposition 46 is the Testing of doctors, which is really the really had nothing to do with any of that. It's about cap on micro which is negligent negligent lawsuits, right? This is put on the ballot by the trial bar We maybe ought to do drug testing of the trial bar for putting on Something that is going down to so much defeat, but of course there were I think the official term was gazillions of dollars spent In this race on both sides, but it looks like it's going down to defeat a lot proposition 47 interesting on the criminal sentences and misdemeanor reducing Time people are going to spend in jail right and with all of the decentralization and You know overcrowding and the cost and who do we put in jail and why looks like people are concerned about yeah I think they are and Interesting that that's passing by so much right. Thanks. This one, you know yes for no no for yes. Yes for yes I mean, I mean this is a very interesting the people that put this on the ballot did not want the casino But need they write it in a way to make sure that if you vote yes, that casino gets built out there and off of Highway 99 and if you vote no it doesn't so the the Opponents of the casino who happen to be people that have their own casinos It looks like they're winning that one. I'm glad you knew so much about that I just know it was Supported by the governor and other folks. That's all I that's all I know about it is what I just yeah the way I Disperaged it right then. Yeah, it's the best I could do Proposition 49 there is no such thing, but there will be in the future You know, this is this has been a lot of fun here tonight talking about The school board races and of course talking about some of those other statewide There are a lot of other assembly district races going on up and down the state Senate races the Sacramento County's got a couple of very highly charged races Dr. Pan who's in the assembly now is running against Roger Dickinson who's also in the assembly They're running for that Senate seat to be interesting to see Can we see the SPI race and and here we can look at our own assembly district, which is Mr. Dodd looks like he's winning winning that handily bill. Dodd is the Napa County Supervisor should be talking to him later, and we're gonna have him on the telephone later on and that'll be great I think people will enjoy mr. Dodd and his representation of Davis. There's another race in Sacramento County as well the race between Jim Cooper and Darryl Fong They think that's a Highly contested race and we'll get some results on that one too and see how they're see how they're doing in that And SPI you mentioned the superintendent of public construction. I don't know if this is current, but it looks very close What do you have there in a number 52 point seven percent for Tom Torlickson and 47.3 percent for Marshall Tuck about how many precincts do we have on that? Um, I doesn't it's the not that many probably 11 percent of precincts reporting pretty much absentee So it looks like the exit the sitting superintendent mr. Torlickson. It was just in Davis the other day. It looks like Tom's uh, I had on that one, huh? I think there it is all up on the Up on the screen lots of lots of see the governor there Uh, m and g jerry brown jr. Is beating mr. Kashkari. I can't read the numbers That's I I have on my computer 54.7 percent to 45.3 percent, which is closer than I Thought it would be hoping that uh, kashkari could get to 40 percent He stayed at 45 percent that probably be seen as a bit of a moral victory for him if there is such a thing Uh, that said the governor didn't try so You know the governor was doing doing other things and I just going back to that spi race. I think there's just been some interesting You know opposition, I guess the the adversarial parties, um, the Independent expenditure campaigns, right? It's been an interesting To see who's been putting money in each of those races And we'll see it's coming. You know, they were expecting it to go down to the wire it's it's Tom Torlick sends right now, but it looks you could be very very close on these statewide races like we saw in june it was very interesting where the uh, the race for Controller came down literally to a recount because it was right so talk about your every vote counts, you know That was uh, that was the case there and that may happen by the end of the night It's still really early, but it's not too early to introduce and to talk to Another one of our school board candidates, and I think we have bob poppengay here And a special guest and he brought a special guest who I think maybe bob you could introduce for us This is my youngest daughter so we poppengay. Hi. Hi. You ever been on television before? No, this is my first time Really? You're doing great. So You know we're kind of important So for someone on tv. Yes, we're very important. Thank you for coming. Thank you It's it for coming with your dad and this and thank you for for coming by It's a lot of fun. We get to do this. Please. You've been this is, you know, we're we're very informal here Um, so, you know and let's face it. You've done your job campaigns done Um, now we just wait and see, you know what comes in Um, so how do you feel at this point about the campaign and and how it went for you? Well, I actually feel very good. You know, it's been a lot of work. It's been a lot of time You know, it's interesting that you think back you Just amazed that this evening actually arrives because you start, you know, maybe eight nine ten months ago, right? So I think it's gone. Well And I'm proud of the campaign that we were able to put together That's good I know, um, I've been saying this to almost every person candidate who's come in, you know It just seems like we had such a stellar group. Um, who were, you know, uh, willing to serve Each bringing a little bit of a different perspective. Um, and yours is really different, you know, your Veterinary medicine professor at UC Davis And I don't want to talk about, you know treating kids like, you know, like Like veterinary, like we need to but what do you think that was scale and we're having fun at this. We're getting punchy But what do you think? You know, what I see with UC Davis has been, you know opportunities that we can have for collaboration with the university but I just love to hear your perspective on whether that's Visible and how it might happen. I mean, it seems like we know that we've we have various Programs that we, you know, work with them and volunteers and other things But is there more we could be doing? Well, I think there's actually quite a bit more that we could be doing You know, we've got a world-class university right in our backyard 35,000 Undergraduate, graduate students, so it's a big university Tremendous faculty resources and even staff resources And, you know, I think the school district is very important to the university It's why a lot of faculty actually wind up in Davis because of the reputation of the schools So, you know, I think it's going there are some partnerships that have been You know established, but I sort of look at it more strategically And a lot of the partnerships I think are dependent upon individuals So when those individuals retire or move on Those partnerships tend to fall apart. So I'd like to have a more sustainable Interaction and I think it could help really all of our students You know, one of my thoughts is that they have very comprehensive summer programs for For public education kids, you know k through 12 not k, but at least The younger kids and junior high and high school. They have a great Summer program. They have things like robotics and theater and zoe has taken advantage of some of those But there are a lot of kids that either don't know about the programs or can't afford the programs And I think it'd be great to get those at-risk kids more involved and come up with some ways that they could Participate over the summer and I think that would serve a couple of purposes. It would get them on campus and So they could maybe experience something they've not experienced before and maybe look at some possibilities But it also would allow them to maybe not fall as far behind during the summer as a lot of those kids Actually wind up falling behind right because they just haven't had those added enrichment experiences university camps are Very important can be a lot of fun. Zoey. What was the most fun you had to helping your dad run for office? Um I think I kind of enjoyed walking through the neighborhood sometimes door-to-door with the asking people. Yeah, normally I just um stuck the papers on the doorknobs, but sometimes I went with my dad and he knocked on the doors Um, yeah, I think that was kind of interesting and a little exciting sometimes. Yeah, you never know what you're gonna get So we've you got a new precinct walker. There you go, right? I think it was great to have her walk with me because it really sort of opened up the conversation with the people that you're knocking the door on the door with and I made my kids walk. It's good It's good exercise We're such a we're such a student oriented town You know one of the things that struck me while you were talking was just you know I remember with ucd is is just You know as the kids get older having those things, you know the summer programs as well because it seems like there's a lot going on When they're younger during the summer camps and things, but then you hit kind of a point where Um, you know, it's harder to find those those summer programs That work for the older kids and so that'd be an interesting Place to go as well. I think with the university, but you know, I think there's a lot of opportunities A lot of different areas and you know some of the kids that are a little bit further advanced There might be some opportunities to you know take computer science or robotics. They do have some of those classes available So I think the really the the sky's the limit and I think it's trying to establish You know a good dialogue between the district and the in the university and and Just to keep up the conversation. See where we could collaborate So it looks like it's pretty close, but you're certainly right right up there and into so any sort of thoughts on Kind of the horse race of it or the political part of that I know any other any other thoughts as you see it here now.  That was good. It wasn't easy, huh? Well, there's there's a lot of a neophyte getting into a campaign. There's a lot of things you learn on the fly Yeah, and you know, I think you don't realize how many moving parts there are to a campaign So, you know trying to coordinate that and you know keep everything going is is a challenge What did you hear from the people from parents about what they'd like to see going forward? Well, it's it's interesting.  I mean you talk to parents and they have so many different It's a perfect analogy for you. I love that. That's right. Yeah, uh, you know, they they all have Issues that they're passionate about and it's rare to find You know, sort of a congruence of those issues. So they're no very true And so it was very fascinating to find out all the different issues that people are interested in and it was You know, it ranged all the way from very important things like teacher retention and trying to close the achievement gap to You know having the football field lights on at 1 a.m. And affecting the neighborhood Yeah, or having school lunch or breakfast that are still too high in sugar So, I mean it just yeah, you know was the whole gamut of different issues that were brought up But that was part of the fun too And not everybody realizes that school board may not have the ability to to influence all those things But it's always interesting to hear people's perspectives on On all of it. Well, I think the thing of a school board member too is you have a lot of really Issues that you need to deal with immediately That require attention But you also have to be thinking 10 15 20 years out because some of the decisions that you're making You know have that impact for that length of time Potential impact. So I think you're you've got to be a multitasker to be a school board member And the other if I just can interject a little bit a thing that that I did not think about that much When I was running but which really came home and really hit me was the responsibility You have dealing with suspensions and expulsions and if you get on the board, you'll see what I mean I mean, it's a very it's pretty incredible sort of You know changing and affecting these students lives on a one, you know one by one Basis and it's a pretty heavy responsibility You find that it's it really weighs on you it did on me and I think every on everybody it really does and it's Not a lot of what you talk about when you're out on the campaign trail, right? Well, one thing that I'm a very strong proponent of is a restorative justice And I think we hopefully will be moving beyond Just merely suspensions because I don't think that does anybody any good I think the whole idea of restorative justice has the potential for Maybe helping to mitigate some of the You know issues that school boards have had to deal with in the past in terms of suspensions and So I think there's a lot of promise in that Yeah, that's good what what's the Overall art overarching thing that you would take that you've taken away from from this campaign when you mentioned some of it But just uh, we got to wrap up a bit. What's what what do you want to leave with?  I'd have to think long and hard to say right now You know, uh, this is probably not the time right right You know, it's been a great experience and uh, you know, this is a community that has so many resources and You know, it really is an education community And I think if we could somehow You know approach our schools more as a community I think that we could uh, you know deal with some of the problems that or challenges that we're facing So I think that's it. It's just uh, you know, tremendously involved community And I think that we can get it right in public education That's that that's a good any sound by right there. That's right. That's good to me Thanks a lot for coming in. Thank you. Not all television is just crazy and disorganized and informal But uh, thank you for helping your dad. That's really what it's all about too. Thank you. All right. Thank you Anna, why don't we turn to some more results? Maybe the secretary of state Secretary of state race There well, we have it up here. This is interesting 59. Well, alex padea Seems to be doing quite well for 59 to 40.9. So basically 60 60 40, I think there were some people that thought that might be A lot closer, but this is yolo county returns only so that's interesting. So alex is doing pretty pretty well here in yolo county Better remember that that's just what we're looking at and I think they were going to give us there We go the third district congressional race that is not a surprise in yolo county at all and Mr. Garamendi and that's sort of a I'm not going to call it a toss up district because it really isn't this is he's done a great job And this is the democratic district looks like yolo county Understands that and agrees with that analysis. I guess at 65 percent almost so Congratulations there so far to John Garamendi on that We have other results that you want to throw up Onto the screen that we can we can look at if you do Feel free. Let's see. What else do we have here? Well in a few minutes. We'll talk to some To some other candidates. That's for sure. I wonder if Do you have Any of those sacramento races on your screen? I wonder if they have any back there And be interesting. There's a lot of people that work in sacramento and have been working on those campaigns and Maybe we'll get to those in a few minutes after we talk to our Next guest who by the way is here. I almost had it. Well good. Hang on to it Barbara archers here. Good evening. How are you? Well, we're good. We're here. We're uh helps to talk to people You know, we're having fun. Yeah, we know it actually it's this has been great. It's been a yeah It's it's been a lot of fun We're just trying to keep it going and trying to keep our script and do what we need to do But it's good to see you. It looks like you're in second place. You must be yeah feeling good about it Yeah, yeah for now. I'm I'm uh, you know So pleased that it's looking good. Um the last time I looked Before my drive over here. It was only six precincts reporting. So I'm not sure if we have new news Yeah, I think we saw 11 this last time. I don't know if it's 11 precincts or if it was 11 percent, right? Yeah, I feel great about the campaign we ran. I thought it was 100 positive. We Executed on everything we intended to do We talked with a lot of voters and so I couldn't be more proud of my campaign team Uh, and I just I love the process. It had such a great time And you still look like you have so much energy Left naps are important Naps are important. Thank you. I agree with that. I'm a big nap guy Yeah, no, I I have a lot of energy and I really thought boy with this process I might have met my match because it is it is pretty. Yeah, you know pretty intense But no, I feel great and I pretty much everyone said that I'm you know happy and and ready to go So um, you've been involved in the issue campaigns. You've never been a candidate before that's correct And somebody said to me the other day, how come Barbara Archer never ran for anything before? Well, I guess You know, I was busy raising my kids and working You know, Richard can relate I um Was blessed with twins and had an older child too So three under three And that took a long time to you know work that out now the kids are older My older son is a sophomore in high school now. He's 15 And the twins are 12 That's a busy time too. It's it's a busy time too. And I'm really happy that my job allows me to Be flexible and be there for them, you know when I need to and I'm uh, I'm home a lot of afternoons Um, yeah, that's good to have a little have a little chat With the kids and you were volunteering as well.  You know, it's just another one of mom's things So, um, you know, my my family really supports my volunteer work Um, I hope it's setting a really great example for my children, right? Um, and I love doing it I mean it I'm compelled to do it. You know what what I get out of it Um, you know, is really the service is a gift to me because it makes me feel great to help We all know that story I I think, you know, we were talking about, you know, with each of the candidates about their unique skill sets that they're bringing um in in their campaigns and I you know, I Talking about volunteering versus, you know campaigning, I mean Your background in public relations, I think helps Because you're able to focus your messages and be able to say this is what I'm about You know, figuring that out and being able to do that is a talent, you know, and I think that that's part of Part of what makes someone who campaigns well and your first time, you know, pretty amazing, you know, that that you were able to to get out there and and talk about Issues that you honed in on and what did you hear back from parents about what they cared about? Boy, I I heard quite a lot I I heard from parents on Many many issues I heard from them on the the sleep issue which came up this year, right? I heard from them on the issue where we start school later So that folks can so that kids can sleep because of the study about Brain the circadian rhythm changes in teenagers and so they They they need more sleep Anyway, but then they you know have to The the melatonin levels don't allow them to fall asleep as earlier as they did when they were younger So a lot of people are talking about that Of course, my dad would say Really, you know, you need to get you know, really we need to let you sleep sleep in But yeah, I mean, I'm sure I'm sure well, you know interesting issue It's an issue that you know, we will you know, we will look at and right and see if it works for dj usd And it was brought up before it has been brought up many times before and wait for the pushback from athletics That's just all I'm sure of course because that's that's it. There's not enough time in the day For all of us to have our kids do everything we want them to do or they want to do Especially about now where the time change and the time changes in athletics all of a sudden got squeezed Uh, the parcel tax the big issue. Yep. I think which you played a role in and in the one right? I I co-chaired the 2012 12 um measure c campaign Uh, and that was a great experience for me. I really got to know our budget Uh, I really you know, I talked with hundreds of voters I wrote a lot of op-eds for the paper. So I had to do a lot of research on school finance Um, and you know parents are you know, really wondering well, you know, do we still need this? Absolutely we do Uh, and you know, we we need to really message as you know, talk about messaging We really need to message our community appropriately Um starting now really um, you know, if uh, you know, everyone, you know, who goes to a concert at You know the brunel concert hall grandparents Um, you know parents imagine that stage empty or everyone who goes to a sixth grade science fair Or everyone who goes to a library night, you know, imagine those places empty Um, and uh, and that's why the parcel tax is important and and I think you know people do understand that I mean, this is an education town people put a huge value on what we're able to provide To our students and um, you know, I think that Uh, you know, uh, the economy and and how many taxes we had to run You know, we we had we were having a little fatigue, but I think we can we can message it appropriately and really You know, uh, reeducate the community on on what we're able to do with their help Well, and I think the property issue was interesting, you know, the the questions about whether or not You know, we we're looking for funding wherever we can get it, you know, and at the same time You have, you know, you have valuable properties that, you know, people can make Good arguments for keeping or selling, you know We also see facilities as an issue and that's a separate pot of money that may require local bonding I mean, it's it's a lot of different things that I think the school board's going to be Dealing with good luck finance is so complex. You really have to know your stuff and we're going to have to ask a lot Um of questions in this in this process Yeah, and you know what what I have seen over this campaign is Um, I think whoever gets elected, you know, accountability is going to be a big issue Uh, and everyone is going to ask the questions that need to be asked So we're informed and the community is informed. I I think um, you know, we're we're going to see a lot of You know, in-depth discussion about these issues So we know exactly the choices we're making because you know The the current school board I mean they they had to do such a difficult job and you know and richard was was part of this You know keeping us afloat during incredibly difficult times And so now we're in better times and we have a little bit of money, but we have to be cautious And we have to really examine, uh, you know, what our priorities are going to be And it really behooves us to ask a lot of questions and really make the best choices we can You know for the entire school district Yeah, we had the conversation about how school boards really are, you know, they they work together to make decisions it's it's more of a of a valuable skill to be able to Convince your fellow school board members about one thing or another because you really are kind of a team Going forward when you make these decisions, which you know, I think Is on issues like that is very important because people are watching to see That you've taken the time to examine all of these things and that everyone has had their say so that once the decision is made You know, you can go forward and say yes, this is, you know, we deliberated and it's it's done So yeah, I'm really confident that um the the board will Be able to build consensus and we'll be respectful of one another and We'll be able, you know to really talk together And you know, we might not always agree with each other on everything But you know to come to consensus and make good decisions We we already I think, you know have a leg up. We were all present at a yolo county um Board of edger dot board of education the yolo county office of education So you want to be a school board member? We talked about ethics. We talked about governance teams What what it takes to be a good governance team? That's so critical And I know that the new board plans to have a retreat as well To talk about priorities and issues And so I think you know, we really want to be a functional body for a functional school district Yeah, that's uh, that's great. It's important Well, moda v knows how to make those t-shirt team t-shirts. Yeah them all together and and be Be team davis school board There you go. I think it's I think that's what people, you know that that is that is it You're gonna have to work together to make Really tough decisions in the next few years. So we we look forward to seeing how you how you do that But I think you're off to a great start. Oh, thank you so much We still have a little bit of time I want to know what was the biggest surprise to you because you have done the other campaigns and you know We work together on parcel taxes on that but as a candidate. What was just kind of the overall biggest surprise to you? Well, I guess two things um I was just so energized and happy throughout this campaign. I mean, I just I just thought Boy, I guess you're doing the right thing because I really really loved Talking to people and hearing their stories and the other side of that was I was a little bit surprised how you know A lot of folks out there really were yearning for a culture shift Within the district. They really want it to be more customer service oriented You know, they don't want, you know a culture where You know, we have to pitch a fit or file a lawsuit, you know to hear People and so I think that's something that you know, we'll we'll want to work on too is is What are the things that we can put in place? So our community really feels that their concerns are heard Yeah, and that you have their trust the transparency piece. I think it's just huge. Yep And I know that uh, I think folks are looking forward to seeing A new set of folks not that you know that it wasn't Terrific, I think that you know, they really did lead us through some some tough times. I sure did I have the most money and boots and and all the things that we did and I think that um, you know, moving forward We need visionaries and moving forward in transparency and accountability. I agree with you good. Well, thank you Barbara Oh, thank you for having me. Yeah, it's been I can't believe how Raring to go. She's still I know I'm pretty awake tonight She's walking out there and taking a nap. Yeah. Yeah. No, I took it already today. So no, no very energized. Good. All right. All right. Thank you. Thank you. See you later. Okay. Okay Well, what are we gonna do now on it? We've got some other races. You have that race you were gonna pull up there I think um, we've got uh, secretary of state Ready to come up maybe and then take another look at the congressional. This is secretary of state Is this just our county or this is all counties? It looks like it is. Oh good. This is statewide And you'll see here It's on the screen. I can't read somebody will see it There we go. I can't actually read that to tell you the truth and this is But the people at home can see that pete peterson is now leading in this race Oh, there we go. Look 50.3% For pete peterson and 49.7% for alex padilla So that's tight tight tight And then the other one is and and that's statewide Yes, that is statewide. There you go. Uh, what about this congressional race here? All right The john garramendi race and uh, well this well that we had a dav jones. Okay. We'll go to that. Oh, this is the doris mensui There's john garramendi Still just yolo county and with the same one that we had Be interesting to see how he's doing in those other counties around the district SPI looking at what they're looking at on the screen, which is the dav jones winning that one pretty handily That's not a surprise. It's not a surprise that all the democrats Should be leading and probably will win most of the races That's county results, right? Yeah, that's all the counties though. That's more than just Yolo county and there you've got the governor jerry brown beating neil kashkari again 57 43 so statewide if we look Maybe if you go to the sos the secretary of state website, but what i've got here is Dave jones 51.9 ted gains 48.1 On the insurance commission. They just had that one up there. Maybe you've got another one. Well, this is statewide I don't know that was statewide too. Okay. Why don't you give us treasurer? Let's see treasurer. That's not gonna be general all of those will be uh, I think probably not very close 55.7 for john chang and 44.3 for greg conlon. There you go statewide and then pretty soon. We're gonna have Bill dodd actually on the telephone with us. I wonder how the bill dodd races Oh, yeah, we have that. No, we had that a little while ago, but that we just have the yolo county race Results lieutenant governor. Should we look at that? Yeah, that'll be pretty funny Gavin Newsom 53.9 percent That's all ron nearing 46.1 With 18 it might be interesting that by the you know by the end of the night It might be interesting that this low low turnout that they're talking about, you know, the lowest turnout in uh in a generation Uh, yeah, we'll see if that's might have an impact, huh? I'm gonna in a race like that Gavin Newsom with all the name id and money and right Running against someone who's really just a political party person For that lieutenant governor or maybe people don't care about the lieutenant governor and Regardless of who it is could be that too What are the other ones that you have here in the statewide? Um, it's still pretty much the same with jerry brown and neil keshkare Brown with 56.8 percent This is with 18 percent of the precincts. What about that one? Let's look at spi spi Which is a team point seven percent of precincts, uh, tom torlickson 54.2 percent Marshall tuck 45.8 Percent and that statewide so Well, why don't we see if we have bill dot on the telephone and uh, we can uh talk to him Bill are you on the telephone with us? I'm right here with you thank you very much for calling Well, there you go and we can hear you. So, uh, we like that welcome to davis at least, uh, that way It's richard harris and honor ferrera here So fantastic good to hear your voice. Yeah, nice to hear yours too. Well, the campaign is over and the let the governing begin, huh? Oh, that's for sure.  Are they are the issues different from the ones In nappa or do you see them being similar? No, I really see them being similar. I mean, you know, one of the things about davis is I really out of all the cities that I represent this not to be critical in his other cities, but that Politically, there's no more in the community that the city of davis that I've ever witnessed And it's really been a pleasure to You know, you know the issues are the same, but there's More people Interested and engaged in those issues Well, they are it is certainly an engaged Community and um, I'm glad you appreciate it now. Maybe we'll check back with you in about six months and see how much you appreciate it He's not being sarcastic Sorry I would like to do that. I've lived here a long time bill. I get to take shots at ourselves, you know Well, and we and we certainly appreciate, you know, it's been it was, you know, a wild and crazy race and you know We're primary especially exactly. We're you know, we're used to being on top here in davis. And so um, it's good to it's good to have uh To hear that you have listened to our concerns and will continue to do so because uh, You'll hear from us for sure I know you Oh, I was going to say I know you spent some time on the transportation commission and You know, you bring a wealth of experience on water as well And I know that's some issues that we're struggling with locally. Um, you know water rates and things Um, so we look forward to you bringing those, uh, those issues um and your experience and those issues uh here And looking at our concerns as well Well, you know, I look forward to that and you know, I I I'm going to just take a plug and this may be uh I don't know. I I just have really felt like uh The guys that I really ran in this campaign against this is nothing against Charlie Shouse, but uh, I do kind of want to do a shout out for again. Well, and Joe provost, uh, you know, we had a great, uh You know primary campaign on really significant issues I wanted to watch some those guys on a mirror in this year's end Uh, I really came in pair on being Not on being on having The city of avis in the county of yolo saying hey, you know what this guy from napkin represent us um You know equally and I and I and that's my goal Well, it's a good it's a good goal and uh knowing both The mayor and the former mayor, I'm sure you're going to hear from both of them regularly and uh Just because that june primary has passed Those guys are still both pretty engaged and uh, you know, you can oh, yeah, they're a good resource. Yeah a good resource Oh, there's great resources and if you're looking for them to come out and support me and uh Engage in my campaign here I think There's a lot of there both class and guys and I've enjoyed working with them and I'll enjoy continue to work with them Now bill you were uh a napkin county supervisor for a long time And you're going to bring that local government perspective into the into the legislature And it's going to be a legislature that has a lot of turnover What how do you see all that coming out and and what do you see your role In the new legislature I look at the new legislators coming in a lot of them are younger Uh, you know people have been on a school board, which is you know ad rubble and Uh, but I look at myself if somebody that comes in with a little bit Not a little bit substantially more experience and um You know, hopefully I can uh, I kind of look at jerry brown and look at him being a adult supervision in the world term that he's been on I've really admired I don't I don't admire the Uh, the the bullets rain. I don't admire the you know the the tunnels but Many other things that he has done there. I think he's been Really different to state california and I hope I can bring that and also the ability to Work together With others to get things done I uh, the I guess the earthquake has just been a little bit more on the minds of of the folks in napa I know, um, you know, I don't know if that's something that um, you're You're looking at um going forward, but I know when you look at infrastructure and all of those things Um, something like that hits and you realize, um, you know things like the Bay bridge and other things that you know related to infrastructure You know, I'm sure you know more than others right now How how impactful that is And I think those kinds of things along with the fact that we have a university right here in davis I think there's things that you'll I'm sure will come To the forefront as you as you work through what your agenda is going to be in the next few years Well, I appreciate you bringing up the earthquake. That's been something that's been heavily on our minds We've been really working over time and You know our congressman here. I know uh congressman germandy is your congressman there, but over here on this side, it's Thompson and senator boxer and senator feinstein Uh, you know both been here and we finally got individual assistance for our low income You know people that you know have had houses fall off the foundation that had You know fireplaces and chimneys collapse and you know these people are living paycheck to paycheck and You know, it was something that really took a long time to get so we're really pleased that they're gonna Get the assistance they need So that's good something that uh, you know, we we had that uh, I've had that experience of floods I've had that experience in devastating fires, but never in this in the earthquake um I think there's some things that we can do to shore up our You know the service that we can provide citizens in that area Well, you know leadership is defined by crisis a lot of times bill and you've shown a lot of it here in this In the response to the earthquake and I I know of your work in the flood control So we appreciate all that. Let's hope we don't have the major crisis going forward. But uh, just as one davis resident I will thank you for Whatever you would do in the future if that should happen because I know you'll be right out front and doing the good work We're gonna let you go bill. We know you got a lot of other people to talk to in places to be For the people of davis and the yolo county folks watching us. We want to uh, congratulate you on what looks like a victory and Look forward to working with you in the future. Thanks a lot. Thanks so much. I want to give a shout out I've not even made many names, but there's quite a few people from davis that came over here for this, uh Pick result was very much appreciated. Thank you. That's great very very much Yeah, you do realize bill that they came over there because you're a napa and there were some other reasons They might have wanted to have go there instead of being here tonight with us, but that's okay Yeah, yeah Onna and I like mine. We'll put you on the counter All right, thanks a lot bill Good luck. Yeah, yeah, that's so yeah, you wonder why Everybody that's where they all are right Okay, is it top of the hour it's top of the hour so I get to tell you again. Thank you for tuning in Uh dc tv channel 15 on the comcast system You are watching live coverage of the november 4th 2014 election this program is simulcast live on k drt affectionately known as k dirt 95.7 f m and davis Keter The number to call if you have a question is 757 2419 and we haven't gotten any calls yet, but we'd love to hear from you The davis media access is twitter feed We're into twitter now is uh dma feed at dma feed Is somebody is somebody tweeting all of this out? I I think it could be What do I know? I think they were they made me turn off my phone. So I have I have no idea And davis media access if you didn't know it also has a facebook page So if you are interested in hearing more about what's going on here this wonderful community treasure, please Like that on facebook There you go and don't forget to contribute don't forget the honor for era there you go Don't forget to contribute. Don't forget. We have another guest in our studio today and uh another school board candidate one of thousands Welcome mr. Tom Adams. Hi tom. Hi. How are you tonight? We're doing good. We're having a lot of fun.  We're doing what we can do It looks like you're in third place or it was the last time we checked I don't know if anything's changed. Have you seen anything different out there? Uh, no, not since the initial results, but I feel pretty good about that All right, I just feel I need my own madison bum gardener to come and close down the show for me Right that you didn't have any mad bum Underwear that you're gonna throw out like jimmy fowlin or something, right? Uh, no, no, I don't have that type of campaign Tom Adams mad bum never mind These two are Can you throw a rock and and head his house, sir? My dog breaks through the fence into his yard periodically And we finally figured out why and it's because another neighbor's cat Hangs out in his yard during the day when we're all gone, which is why my dog's trying to get over there I don't know. That's what he says. I don't know Yeah, but I'm also the canine friendly candidate. There you go. Yeah, that's right I saw that you were walking at the dog park handing out flyers and to dogs. I don't know. I hope that it was usually on the trails Well, tell us about the campaign. What did you enjoy most about it? I think what is amazing about the davis campaign is just how engaged the electric electorate is, you know, when you go out there and meet people, they actually know the issues And all sorts of ways and so it really required you to be on your toes and really read a lot To understand the issues to listen to have a lot of background even though my my field is education studying davis was just a just a rich growing experience for me just because The schools are great. The teachers are great There's good leaders, but also amazingly davis parents really know about education It's it's interesting because you know, I think there's a wide range of issues We were just talking about sleep deprivation and you know looking at the schedules and you know, it's very interesting But I think you're right. I mean, I think depending on where your child is and what you know about Different your different interests you can hear quite a bit from from our parents I am I I know you have a background with the department of ed right and so you come every like I've been saying this to every one of the candidates everyone's got a A different skill set and some very unique strengths and I I see that you've you know been working with the department of education on common core and other areas curriculum Which is near and dear to Many of our parents Do you did you find that that made it easier for you or were there issues that you learned about? On the campaign that that you hadn't really thought about before Or that or that you learned more about as you as you talked with people So the interesting thing about davis for me is that I was expecting a lot of Controversy over common core if you look through Other school board elections throughout the country. It's a hot issue. It's a divisive issue But it really wasn't there what people wanted from me was more background on You know, how does how do the math standards really work? And how does it compare say with the previous math standards we had before or how does you know What's the real change in language arts and our davis schools, you know from my opinion prepared for the change And so it was very thoughtful discussions. It was and I think this is Remarkable again about davis's, you know, there is a basic consensus here about good education And that when people look at the issues, they actually study it. They don't listen to the sound bites They actually go to the documents themselves they Want to hear informed opinions about things and so, you know, that made My campaign a lot easier and just in terms of I I was expecting Some contentious points on it, but it was actually more of a sharing of ideas in exchange about Okay, so how do we move forward in the best way? So that's what I really liked about it I think, you know, that was a I called that a very pleasant surprise. Yeah What oh go ahead now go ahead. I am just I know you tom obviously made a joke about that And when I was on the board, you were very helpful to me in terms of just trying to Talk through issues. What would the parents think you have children Or you have a child that was actually going to school on the other side of town Which always gave a whole other perspective too because this town does have perspectives based on geography in some way and Of course the magnet schools and you know immersion and all that But what was the one thing that you You know, you woke up one morning and said this is why I'm going to run What was there one thing and what was it that really Made you want to do this Well, this is if in terms of where I am in my career and my knowledge and where the district Is in terms of its needs for me. It was the perfect intersection Um, I have been you know, leading a lot of efforts on common core implementation And now we're just starting the Implementing the new science standards called the next generation science standards And the district is about to begin that and has already started that and I've seen some good work already being done by District leaders and I thought you know, if I don't run now win And it comes down to that famous scene in harry potter where Dumbledore says to harry, you know, you can either do the right thing or the easy thing And I decided to do the right thing Dumbledore was played by a guy named richard harris. I just thought I'd point that out to you So we're got passed away though, so let's don't go there. Yeah, let's not go there. Definitely. We need you too Um, I so that's that's a great that's just a great answer. It is a great answer And and true, but you know and so this nexus brought you here if not now when and so, you know I we do so much appreciate your willingness to serve I I see, you know people talking about curriculum and you know, class size reduction and other things that school boards may or may not be responsible for Actually making any further changes to but Implementation is also a very important part of what you do and that And so and also, you know, there's other things we were talking about You know, their school districts are often biggest employers in areas You know, do you see other areas besides curriculum that you're interested in like I I always think about Facilities with Davis right now when I was reading on the newspaper about people talking about High school, you know, whether or not it should be three year or four year and then at the very end it said well, you know It's it would probably cost You know a ton of money to to make sure that we had the facilities that went along with that I'm not sure everyone always thinks about those things, but are there other issues Is it facilities or other things that you're interested in? And that that you see need doing in the next few years Well, I think I think job one is to One Make sure everyone's very comfortable with the current board mix We're going to have a parcel tax up in two years And we want to make sure everyone has confidence in the school district from top to bottom Um, and I think really that's going to be Incumbent upon this this next board to reach out to the community to make sure it's It's decision-making is rooted in the concerns Uh of everyone that all voices are heard I think the other important thing though is My There's a couple of issues. I really want to work on one I really would like to see us work more on you know Some of the work we've done well in terms of say solar energy So why why haven't we expanded that to other who came up with it? Yeah, yeah I don't know. You know, it's just part of the osmosis. Yeah, exactly. Um, but also, you know, maybe helping Creating more extensive help in terms of volunteerism I know there's a lot of people who want to volunteer for the schools But they don't know how and maybe we can Create a process where people can apply for that and then teachers can actually decide who they want in their classroom I think especially in communities that may not be represented All right, so much in in the volunteer arena, right reaching out to those folks too. I think is probably important You're right because I mean there's this is again one thing that's truly wonderful about davis Is that a lot of people want to help the schools and even when they don't have kids in the schools They want to volunteer and we got to harness that energy, you know in an easy manner. So it doesn't Someone can actually go online and say here are my skill sets. This is what I want to do We can do a quick background check on them and then have them You know find the teacher that they can help Well, that's that's good good. Sounds like we've got to do some wrapping up here We're just going to keep moving. What was mike no one's Quote earlier about the school district being like a river like a river the show's like a river Moving them in and out Thank you for really putting yourself out there. Congratulations so far on the On where it stands on the absentees. I guess we'll see yeah, and I think you've also been a very calming presence and and all of this. I think you know, we've been through a lot with You know as a as a community, I think it's been your messages as well taken. Oh, thank you And can I say one thing just to thank my lovely wife jan and my Beautiful daughter michiko. They were so great throughout this whole process It really is demanding on families and they were very supportive throughout the whole time And your mother-in-law my mother-in-law. What a gem. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, all right. Thank you a family affair. Thank you Thank you Well, Anna, what are we going to get on to next? I don't know like a river Huh, like a river we've got a few a few more Candidates coming through or at least one more we have the wrap up the wrap But the one thing I wanted to mention is autumn is actually tweeting. So the question is Who's tweeting? Autumn's tweeting. Autumn is tweeting. So you can go to dma's twitter feed which is at dma feed One word and get live results or live thoughts that autumn is is going to put out there Tweeting that my tide didn't match my shirt. Who knows and what is autumn's last name? You can read it right there. Lave Renault. That's exactly right. And she is our fearless leader here at dma executive producer And we're happy to have her doing that. I know it's a lot of work to put this show on And then to be tweeting while all of it is happening is is beyond the pale And then to be standing back there yelling at those idiots that are on the couch that can't keep everything together I know I know you think they might have state propositions for us. That'd be kind of cool to look at county results What do we have about 24 percent, huh? And this is Number one, ha number one still winning by a lot and this is not just our county. This is all counties So that's that's a good deal there one and two Both winning handily it looks like two is that rainy day fund But uh budget balancing type proposition Number of proposition 45 given all the power to that one politician looks like It's not going. It's not going well for the insurance commissioner But that one will probably get a lot closer the same on 46. It's going down to The doctor drug testing the medical negligence the one that raised the cap It's the micro cap. It's the one on negligent Lawsuits, right? Yeah, all right, uh criminal sentences and that one looks like it's uh passing or Leading I should say and maybe not as I'm passed in And that's 47 and prop 48 the indian gaming One one group of gamers is winning over the other group of gamers as that Uh 48 looks like it's going down in flames Um, and I think that's all the propositions that we have maybe we can show the school board numbers one more time Uh, nothing's really changed as far as I can see. Do you see anything different? Nope, we've got uh, moda v Number one and followed by barbara archer and then tom adams bob poppangay hose agranda Mike Nolan and chuck rarer to check for you at home You don't know that anna and I both have a little bit of uh site challenges And this is always like being at dr. Schrader's office Looking at it and seeing if you can see with this side or that one I don't know but i'll say i'll tell you one thing that's even stranger Is that we have not one, but two school board members in our studio right now They magically appear through television have to campaign susan levinberg and sheila allen isn't that something and susan Will still be on the school board When loser draw the knife for anybody else you don't get off yet your sentence continues And she left uh You're already out of here. Not quite yet. I have weeks. I have a couple weeks into you do and uh Before we get started on any of that. I would just thank you on a personal level for your service and All the time that we spend together and everything and if I start crying on it will then just pick up It's okay i'm here for your written Your posture's improved richard. Well, it's the duct tape. Okay, so that's just how it is I really do appreciate everything You've been on the school board for nine years nine years. Yeah, oh my gosh My kids were in elementary school when I started and now they're two in college and one senior in high school So congratulations. Yeah, I know and you're still married. I'm still married the same guy I'm itch. He said he said for the first time he would watch Yeah, mitch is finally watching. That's why I said that. Oh, that's great One of the things we were talking to the candidates about they're such a stellar group I mean, I you know, it's just a wonderful thing to see The variety of talent and skill sets that they're bringing But you know, you know that that there's the campaign and then there's what you actually do We got into a little bit of that discussion with alan fernandez about Some of the things that you know consensus building and why that talent is very important What share with us a little bit about Kind of what what you see is the real strengths in a school board member As they move forward, you know the kinds of things that they should be aware of going in You want me to start you may Yeah, yeah, but yes. Well, I'll give you my perspective and then she will give you sort of the closer Um, what I you know Campaigns really force you into having an individual voice Expressing what it is that you want to make happen. People are looking for leadership and vision Which are important qualities, but when you get on a board and you're one of five I think it's often a little bit of a surprise that you know that leadership and vision has to be melded and merged with Four other perspectives on the board and so that's where the ability Not just to be able to articulate a vision and know what you want to achieve But be able to listen to other people And and try and really develop a shared vision for the district is really important And so I don't think campaigns prepare you for governing Absolutely Yeah, so there's going to be a You know a transition phase for all of the new board members and I think that it's It's it's a good thing that we have a number of new board members together And I'm really looking forward to taking some time to really You know do some retreats do some opportunity really Meld as a board so that we've got a sense of Who we are and what where we want to go together Yeah, well said. Well, and you're going to be the continuity, right? Well, yeah, but ellen has been there for three months, which has given him a little bit of a Head start. Yeah. He's got a sense. I think it's a little bit of an inside joke here But for you to say that now you get to do a lot of retreats. Okay. I know it's like Richard and tim were like What do you think about it? Well, I'd just like to expand on what you what you started with about the difference between a campaign and governing and I was reading some of the statements from some of the board members and and I thought And I pulled pulled my my very first campaign of like yeah, and this is what needs to be done And this is what I'm going to do and that's not really how it is Right, right, right. Well, so it's really about Building getting the right people at the table and making sure that not only the people that sit up on the dais Agree with you or at least two of them so that you can get something passed But it's really about being a community leader and a community listener So you have they're really the bosses is the community and then if we make a decision to be able to Articulate that to not only the superintendent that we directly work with But his staff but then all the way through the the teachers and the playground people and everyone That's always been my word is while we could have a really great discussion and say and and all in favor say I And then what so making sure that What we're working towards is something that the community Also is interested in that the staff can be Be on board with and that we can all move together So it's even more of building a team than just the five people that are sitting up on the dais But it's the early community What are you most proud of in your now that you're On the way out. Yeah, what nine days is a long time and it doesn't have to be one. Well, yeah There's a couple things. It's the fact that really I used to joke about it But we We as not just we as a governing team, but we as the whole district and community kept the district together through one of the worst Financial times when we when Gina tim and I ran Well, 10 years ago because we started running before the actual election. We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into none zero And for us to all come together and really Main most for the most part Maintain most of the programs and you know, there were some things that had to give and it was really really difficult That we were able to as a community to move through that and come out the other side mostly whole and in some ways better I'm very proud of that to be part.  I think the community really rallied um, and it was it was Well inspiring to be part of that Well, if you think about it too, you and I got on in november of 2007 and took office in december of And and then Love I singlehandedly kept us on now You know it really you think about it and you say you had no clue when you ran then that was because things Weren't really that bad when you guys first ran a couple years major financial issues when we first came out Issues with the district. Yes, that's right. They weren't the overall and uh, I think that uh, I mean we never saw that train coming and there's no way we would be where we are if it wasn't for the community I mean I always just felt like we're just up there making decisions But like you said it was everybody there and then everybody stepped up on these parcel taxes If we had not passed parcel taxes through those years you would parcel think of that five years On my list of things that I was I either was the chair or helped to run all five of them That's something that I'm you know Well, and sometimes I get just a little cranky like okay, okay you mr. Making mean make you to say and mean things. Well, you were having dinner with your family I was out making phone calls and and running a parcel tax because it was that important that we that it had to be done And then it felt very strong. Yeah, did what we had to do and the community stepped up pretty amazing Schools foundation. I mean it was just all those things rose up during that time. Yes All the parts together Yeah And then to you know be able to build that beautiful stadium our largest classroom During the time and we had MLK built during my time It was yeah, yeah, there's a there was a lot of good things. I'm proud of it A few solar panels a few solar I think every time that I park underneath and we hope that in the future that The district will have some facility money to be able to buy out the contract and own those things outright and have even more savings and Maybe build build some more Yeah, well, there's some really interesting facilities things coming up right now where it's sort of in the men the property We talked to alan a little bit about that susan just about you know, what is going to be facing Obviously, we've got to talk about facilities and a parcel tax all at the same time talk talk about a Community conversation. Yeah. No, it's true. It's true. I mean as we were running parcel taxes to hold together the program Our facilities were going wanting and so the state really is not interested in Stepping up and right providing even matching funds at this point for facilities So it's really going to be a community responsibility. They're looking to the locals to do that. So I mean I'm sure you know throughout the state. There'll be a A statewide discussion about that. But yes, I mean we've been good about that. I think our parents know What what the situation is and we'll see what they do in the future. So school board don't into the future Yeah, we have uh, we're getting the high sign about wrapping up. I just want to give you both I want to give you both the opportunity To say some final words about um about you know, what you see for the future and and uh Your own experiences Well, I'll start because I think you should you should have the final word. But um, you know, I've really enjoyed my so I've only been on the school board for seven years, but um, I really it's it's felt like a while And I've enjoyed all of the relationships that I've had with the school board And so there's a sense of loss with some good friends who are moving on But I'm also excited about the opportunity for some new people who are coming on board who really seem to To bring bringing some fresh perspective and some new energy to the school board And I'm excited to be there for the next two years and Help that group move forward And when um, Gina tim and I came on together Of nine years ago There was a lot a lot of concern that it was three new people the majority of the board were going to be brand new And I think we did just fine And I think that this new group will do just fine I'm really excited about the mixture of personalities and experiences and they'll do great. Well, and you're not going anywhere, right? They're going to be able to Talk with you about yeah, exactly hotlines. Yeah All right, okay. Well, we appreciate you coming in the time that you've given to the community already We really do. Absolutely Thank you. Well, honor. It's been a lot of fun. I guess what that means That means it's time for us to stop talking. Yeah, they want us.