The cost of Government schools in California consumes nearly half of our State budget. One way to control costs is to sit on the boards which determine policy and control budgets.

I have chosen this course of action as the means to increase acceptance of the sea change necessary to remove government from the education landscape.

Finding philosophically friendly candidates for school boards is the immediate goal. The March primary, with Prop.26 threatening, makes this an opportune time to recruit candidates and publicize the threat of Prop.26.

Here are a few steps I propose to get off the ground running.

1. Send out a press release announcing our intentions, and seeking candidates.
2. Create a litmus test for candidates.
3. Identify school boards with seats up for election in November.
4. Solicit volunteers for each District to gather and publish data (preferably on a website)
5. Locate all schools in each District and precincts surrounding them
6. Obtain list of school site council members for each school
7. Create a list of potential, philosophically matched, candidates in each schools precincts. A core of support should be derived from this list.
8. Get candidates to commit prior to March 7, and send out press releases.

Some of the above information is already on my website.

Any volunteers?

Contact:

John J. "Jack" Hickey
243 Ferndale Way
Emerald Hills, CA 94062
650-368-5722

Hickey for Senate
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