Press Kit -- California School Bonds Clearinghouse

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Press Kit

Welcome, Investigative Journalists

Are you an investigative journalist? I respect your work. I truly believe that there is a Pulitzer Prize-winning story that has yet to be written surrounding California's Proposition 39 (2000) and the industry that has grown up around it.

Regardless, this site continues to gather data from many different public sources that it aggregates into information that would be time consuming to put together by an individual journalist. So, whether or not you're looking for that Pulitzer, I will open up many of the private pages to bona fide investigative reporters to assist you in research and investigations. You just have to give me a call.

If the site doesn't have the information you're looking for yet, it may be because it's still sitting in the queue awaiting to be loaded. Your query may be just the impetus I need to make that information available.

Contact

Who: School Bond Watchdogs
(1st Amendment association)
Contact: Richard Michael
Phone: 909-378-5401
E-mail: walnutwatchdogs+press[at]gmail.com
Web: http://www.bigbadbonds.com/

About California School Bonds Clearinghouse

The California School Bonds Clearinghouse exists to provide tools and strategies to aid taxpayers fight the rampant lawlessness that has fostered an industry and a culture of corruption around Proposition 39 bonds, from the unlawful use of public resources to win elections, to the co-opting of the allegedly independent citizens' bond oversight committees, to the misuse of bond proceeds for purposes prohibited by the California Constitution.

Coverage

2015-09-28
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Why some are opposing Walnut Valley schools' $208 million bond

Press Releases

2017-11-16 Up and Down California Officials Try to Cheat Property Owners
Monterey County was not an outlier. Public corruption in elections is widespread.
2017-08-28 Monterey County Plans Illegal Elections
Do any public officials in Monterey County actually follow the law?
2015-09-28
Local property tax watchdog group discovers bond Measure O is primarily funded by the construction industry. The staggering $200 million bond is an end-run on Proposition 13 protection, raising property taxes.