New ANTI lie: VTA spent more money on school board races

The newest lie by our ANTI friends is that the VTA spent more money on our local school board campaigns than is typically spent on these races in other districts statewide.. This new false allegation goes along with their other assertion that ordinary citizens do not have any chance against the VTA because of all the money the VTA spends. They fail to tell the truth that the VTA has been outspent by ANTI candidates in virtually every school board race since 1994. My response to the latest lie of our angry ANTI friends is below.
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Vista Teacher at 9:10am is wrong when she asserts that the VTA provided more support to school board candidates than in any other district in California.

She incorrectly wrote that, "They (the VTA) spent more money on the campaigns of these candidates than is typically spent by any other candidate for any other district in CA (even LAUSD!)."

In truth Gibson and Guffanti and their supporters have outspent the VTA in every election in the last ten years with the exception of the last one in November of 2008. The few thousands that Vista Teachers voluntarily contribute pale in comparison to the millions spent in Los Angeles and other large school district. Millions, thousands--good thing Vista "Teacher" did not teach math if she really was a teacher at all.

Here is a URL and the first title and first sentences of a Los Angeles Times article that Vista "teacher" might like to read before she makes any more false allegations regarding the Vista Teachers campaign contributions:

http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-me-campaignfunds1aug01,1,2378070.story?coll=la-news-learning&ctrack=1&cset=true

From the Los Angeles Times

Mayor spent millions on school board races
Villaraigosa's efforts to gain school allies breaks record. He won't have to cover LAUSD legal fees.
By David Zahniser and Joel Rubin
Times Staff Writers
August 1, 2007

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa spent $3.5 million on behalf of three candidates who recently won seats on the Los AngelesUnified School District Board of Education,breaking the record set eight years ago by then-Mayor Richard Riordan, another politician who installed a board majority, according to reports filed Tuesday.