Letters
I couldn't wait to cast my first ballot when I turned 18. And, I've always voted in midterm elections. However, I am one of those people who won't vote for certain races if I don't know anything about them. And, for most of my life that has been true when it comes to the school board race. In fact, the very first time I ever voted in a school board election was only about 4 years ago.
I only knew one of the three or four people who were running at that time. I attended a candidate forum and I talked to other parents who were involved. And, I voted.
Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I would be here just three and a half short years later running for the same school board.
But, as I've taken the time to get to know the members of my district, I realize how many people are just like me and don't plan to vote on any race they haven't researched. There are also a lot of people who either don't think they need to vote if they don't have a child in school or that they no longer need to pay attention now that their kids are grown.
I've been doing my best to educate people on the issues. And, also to let them know why it very much does matter that they weigh in on the school board race.
School board issues affect the community at large. According to the California School Board Association, "The role of the school board is to ensure that school districts are responsive to the values, beliefs and priorities of their communities."
That means everyone. Not just parents. Not even just parents and grandparents. Everyone. Future generations who will have a say and who will vote on matters that affect the rest of us are being educated right now. How many of us have said, "Well back in my day we …"
Here is our opportunity to have a say. Here is our opportunity to make a difference in our community.
One of the things I will take away from this whole experience is that going forward I will be researching everything. No longer will I be content to sit on the sidelines for ANY race in which I have the legal right and obligation in which to have a say.
Please, make a difference and vote for me, Charise Reynolds, on June 7.
Charise Reynolds is a candidate for the Middletown Unified School Board. She lives in Middletown, California.
I only knew one of the three or four people who were running at that time. I attended a candidate forum and I talked to other parents who were involved. And, I voted.
Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I would be here just three and a half short years later running for the same school board.
But, as I've taken the time to get to know the members of my district, I realize how many people are just like me and don't plan to vote on any race they haven't researched. There are also a lot of people who either don't think they need to vote if they don't have a child in school or that they no longer need to pay attention now that their kids are grown.
I've been doing my best to educate people on the issues. And, also to let them know why it very much does matter that they weigh in on the school board race.
School board issues affect the community at large. According to the California School Board Association, "The role of the school board is to ensure that school districts are responsive to the values, beliefs and priorities of their communities."
That means everyone. Not just parents. Not even just parents and grandparents. Everyone. Future generations who will have a say and who will vote on matters that affect the rest of us are being educated right now. How many of us have said, "Well back in my day we …"
Here is our opportunity to have a say. Here is our opportunity to make a difference in our community.
One of the things I will take away from this whole experience is that going forward I will be researching everything. No longer will I be content to sit on the sidelines for ANY race in which I have the legal right and obligation in which to have a say.
Please, make a difference and vote for me, Charise Reynolds, on June 7.
Charise Reynolds is a candidate for the Middletown Unified School Board. She lives in Middletown, California.
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- Written by: Charise Reynolds
To all fellow Lake County residents, I feel it is my responsibility to inform you of some things I have learned and things that happened to me when I encountered Anthony Farrington. I will give you the short version for now.
A problem developed between myself and an old friend that I was helping care for and taking care of what he needed done while he was in a care home in Lakeport for just under a year.
When my friend's ex-wife found out he was getting close to the end of life she showed up one day and started right away to manipulate my friend just like when they were married. But this time it was to get all my friend’s money and assets before he died, including three trucks and several guns my friend had given me a year or so earlier.
So they hired Farrington, the only shady lawyer that would take them.
Farrington wrote me a letter and in this letter Farrington formally demanded bring all the unregistered guns that were given to me a year or so earlier and $60,000 to his office and hand over these unregistered guns and money directly to him so he could bypass the gun registration and background checks laws and hand over unregistered guns to a sick and unstable convicted felon.
Not only is this highly illegal but extremely dangerous to public safety. This is how mass shootings happen. I did not appreciate being threatened so I sent Farrington a reply letter and refused his demands. I had to educate him on federal and California gun laws.
Farrington got so upset I refused the almighty Farrington that he filed a lawsuit in my friend's name (encouraged by the ex-wife) on me not only for the guns and money but added on a few claims of elder abuse.
I have found out that this practice of adding on elder abuse claims is a fairly common practice on many of Farrington’s lawsuits. Just trying to gain sympathy from the judge and jury.
In my case Farrington just stroked my attorney and I along for about a year until the pressure of my evidence got to him.
Farrington pleaded to the court to be released from the case because he did not want another loss on his record.
The whole law enforcement and justice system needs to be overhauled. From bad cops and profiling sheriff deputies to biased judges and no good lying lawyers.
We need someone in the District Attorney’s Office that has zero tolerance on all crimes and goes for maximum prison time.
The District Attorney’s Office is no place for an unqualified and dangerous person like Farrington.
Do not be fooled by Farrington and his B.S. Do a little research yourself. Look in the shadows. Talk to people in and around the courthouse. Talk to local attorneys. Dig up the facts before you vote.
Farrington is a bad apple for Lake County. Beware of his slick B.S.
Farrington is bad for the justice system and bad for Lake County residents.
Joe Schuster lives in Upper Lake, California.
A problem developed between myself and an old friend that I was helping care for and taking care of what he needed done while he was in a care home in Lakeport for just under a year.
When my friend's ex-wife found out he was getting close to the end of life she showed up one day and started right away to manipulate my friend just like when they were married. But this time it was to get all my friend’s money and assets before he died, including three trucks and several guns my friend had given me a year or so earlier.
So they hired Farrington, the only shady lawyer that would take them.
Farrington wrote me a letter and in this letter Farrington formally demanded bring all the unregistered guns that were given to me a year or so earlier and $60,000 to his office and hand over these unregistered guns and money directly to him so he could bypass the gun registration and background checks laws and hand over unregistered guns to a sick and unstable convicted felon.
Not only is this highly illegal but extremely dangerous to public safety. This is how mass shootings happen. I did not appreciate being threatened so I sent Farrington a reply letter and refused his demands. I had to educate him on federal and California gun laws.
Farrington got so upset I refused the almighty Farrington that he filed a lawsuit in my friend's name (encouraged by the ex-wife) on me not only for the guns and money but added on a few claims of elder abuse.
I have found out that this practice of adding on elder abuse claims is a fairly common practice on many of Farrington’s lawsuits. Just trying to gain sympathy from the judge and jury.
In my case Farrington just stroked my attorney and I along for about a year until the pressure of my evidence got to him.
Farrington pleaded to the court to be released from the case because he did not want another loss on his record.
The whole law enforcement and justice system needs to be overhauled. From bad cops and profiling sheriff deputies to biased judges and no good lying lawyers.
We need someone in the District Attorney’s Office that has zero tolerance on all crimes and goes for maximum prison time.
The District Attorney’s Office is no place for an unqualified and dangerous person like Farrington.
Do not be fooled by Farrington and his B.S. Do a little research yourself. Look in the shadows. Talk to people in and around the courthouse. Talk to local attorneys. Dig up the facts before you vote.
Farrington is a bad apple for Lake County. Beware of his slick B.S.
Farrington is bad for the justice system and bad for Lake County residents.
Joe Schuster lives in Upper Lake, California.
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- Written by: Joe Schuster
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