Re “Bias? Teachers Union Treated Chardiet Differently from Goldberg” and “C’mon, Money, Not the Teachers Union, Decided the Election”
This letter is in response to the letter from Hilary Corning concerning School Board campaign contributions to candidates Laura Chardiet and Nancy Goldberg.
We usually don’t contribute to online publications but a clarification of the facts is in order here.
We were privileged to serve as co-managers of the Nancy Goldberg for Culver City School Board campaign. A core committee of about a dozen volunteers worked on the campaign including Beverly Peterson, the treasurer. Campaign committees and candidates are required to file periodic financial disclosure forms with the State Fair Political Practices Commission.
The Assn. of Classified Employees-Culver City is affiliated with the California Teachers Assn. Nancy Goldberg was the only candidate endorsed by the Classified Employees Assn. Their cash donation to her campaign was $3,000. That money came from the California Teachers Assn. headquartered in Burlingame.
Both Ms. Chardiet and Ms. Goldberg were endorsed by the Culver City Federation of Teachers. The California Federation of Teachers also endorsed the same two candidates. They paid for two slate mailers that were sent out about a week before the election.
Their contribution is an in-kind donation because it was not monetary. That donation to the Goldberg campaign is listed on the financial disclosure forms as an in-kind donation as required by law.
On the same in-kind donation form there is a donation listed from the L.A. County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO COPE, which also endorsed Ms. Chardiet. That contribution was the cash value of mailing labels provided to Ms. Goldberg’s campaign by them.
The Schwartzes may be contacted at ssschwar@pacbell.net
