[img]1789|right|Mr. Silbiger||no_popup[/img]On the day that he was passed over for endorsement by United Parents of Culver City, neither rejected nor embraced, but receiving an amorphous neutral rating, Karlo Silbiger, running for re-election to the School Board, seems to be accepting the verdict in his stride.
“I am proud to be supported by dozens of parents from throughout the city,” he told the newspaper this afternoon.
“They include parent leaders such as Jon Barton, Sarah Dry, Todd Johnson, Andrew Leist, Maren Neufeld, Meghan Sahli-Wells, Bonnie Seeberger, and GinaMarie Walker.
“They understand,” Mr. Silbiger said, “that I have been a leading force on the School Board, behind the solar project, the secondary immersion program improvements, and the increase of the music program.
“They have seen me spend four years fighting to keep our class size small and money focused close to our students. They join Congresswoman Karen Bass, Assemblywoman Holly Mitchell, and over a dozen current or former elected officials in endorsing continued progress for our School District.
“I look forward to earning the support of all Culver City parents, students, employees, and community members over the next five months.”
Enlarging on this morning’s double-decker endorsement of Board President Kathy Paspalis and Steve Levin, United Parents President Jeannine Wisnosky Stehlin told the newspaper this afternoon that her union expects a clean, non-bashing election season.
She declined, however, to comment on UPCC’s call to pass on Mr. Silbiger’s candidacy.
“UPCC intends to support a positive campaign on behalf of our two endorsed candidates and the school bond,” Ms. Wisnosky Stehlin said.
“We hope the other candidates and their supporters intend to do the same.
“Presuming so, we decline the offer to comment upon what was said at the Political Action Committee or Representative Council meetings regarding any of the candidates who did not garner our endorsement.”
As for how or who in UPCC voted, Ms. Stehlin explained: “Our structure is a Political Action Committee with one parent rep from each school and a Representative Council of 17 parent leaders who represent approximately 11 paid UPCC members each.”
