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LWV League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Santa Barbara County, CA November 2, 2004 Election
Smart Voter Additional Endorsements for Susan Epstein

Candidate for
Board Member; Goleta Union School District

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I am honored to have the following key endorsements.

Education Leaders:

  • JANET WOLF, Goleta School Board Member
  • RICHARD MAYER, Goleta School Board Member and UCSB Professor of Educational Psychology
  • MANOR BUCK, Goleta School Board Member
  • NANCY HARTER, Santa Barbara School Board President
  • ANNETTE CORDERO, Santa Barbara School Board Member
  • FRED RIFKIN, Santa Barbara School Board Member
  • LYNN RODRIGUEZ, Santa Barbara School Board Member
  • BOB POHL, Former Santa Barbara School Board President
  • JULES ZIMMER, Dean of the UCSB Gevirtz School of Education

Community Leaders:
  • LOIS CAPPS, United States Congress, 23rd Congressional District
  • HANNAH-BETH JACKSON, California State Assembly, 35th District
  • MARGARET CONNELL, Goleta City Council Member and former Santa Barbara School Board Member
  • JEAN BLOIS, Goleta City Council Member and former Goleta School Board Member
  • JONNY WALLIS, Goleta City Council Member
  • HARRIETT PHILLIPS, President, Goleta Valley Land Trust
  • GAIL MARSHALL, Santa Barbara County Supervisor, 3rd District
  • BROOKS FIRESTONE, Santa Barbara County Supervisor-Elect, 3rd District
  • SUSAN ROSE, Santa Barbara County Supervisor, 2nd District
  • NAOMI SCHWARTZ, Santa Barbara County Supervisor, 1st District
  • SALUD CARBAJAL, Santa Barbara County Supervisor-Elect, 1st District
  • Santa Barbara City Council: MARTY BLUM (Mayor), IYA FALCONE, ROGER HORTON, HELENE SCHNEIDER, and DAS WILLIAMS

Parent Leaders:
BRENDA ALTAVILLA (Kellogg School), RANDY & HEIDE BALDWIN (El Camino School), ROMI & GENE CARLISLE (Ellwood School), BARI & PETER GLYNN (La Patera School), KRISTEN & DR. BRENT KOVACS (Mountain View School), DENISE MADDALON (Brandon School), KAREN & PETE MCBRIDE (Foothill School), TRACI MILLER (Hollister School), and CYNDI & ANDREW WILSON (Isla Vista School)

Local Organizations:

  • Goleta's Teachers (UTP-G)
  • California School Employees Association, Chapter 311 (Goleta)
  • Santa Barbara Women's Political Committee
  • Tri-Counties Labor Council, AFL-CIO
  • Santa Barbara County Democratic Central Committee
  • Democratic League
  • Democratic Women of Santa Barbara County
  • California Teens for Democracy

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DAN & JENIFER ANCONA
GARY ATKINS
JIM BALTER
ALMA BARBOZA
JOSEPH BARNARD
DAVID BEARMAN, M.D.
KITTY BEDNAR
TODD BOEHR
B.L. BOROVAY
JANA BRODY
NANCY BROYLES
JEANDRE CARBONE
RAYLENE CRAWFORD
ELIZABETH COLON
PAULINA AND PETER CONN
LORI COOPER
PAM COWAN & DANNY WINOKUR
BARBIE DEUTSCH
JILL DEXTER
JUDITH EVERED
DOREEN FARR
SHEILA CASSIDY FEDERMAN
LEANNE S. FRIEDENTHAL
ERIC FRIEDMAN
ALLAN S. GHITTERMAN
MICHAEL GIBIAN
DR. LYNNE GLASMAN
STEVE GLIKBARG
FRAN & CRAIG GRANET
SUSAN GRGICH
DANIEL GUNTHER
W. MICHAEL HACKETT
HATHOR HAMMETT
BOB & DANUTE HANDY
LAWRENCE P. HARTER, M.D.
MARGARET HAVLIK
PATRICIA A. HILES
JANETTE HOPE
R. STEVEN JONES
PETER LACKNER
SARA LANGER
STEPHANIE LANGSDORF
DARAKA LARIMORE-HALL
REMY LETHABY
CHIP LIENHART
JEREMY LINDAMAN
PENNY LITTLE
PHIL MCCARTY
DOROTHY MCNEIL
DON MCGILVRAY & LORNA MOORE
LILY MAESTAS
MICHAEL MERENDA
NANCY MILLER
MADELINE MOREAUX
DEBORAH NAISH & HOWARD BABUS
JUDITH M. O'NEILL
BRIAN OLSON
BOB POTTER
PAM REAGAN
JENNY REINISH
GEORGE RELLES
BEN ROMO
BONNIE RUNJAVAC
SIGI SCIGLIANO
MARIAN SHAPIRO
STACY SHEPHERD
STEVE SHERRILL
SANDY STITES
SRI SUBRAMANIAN
MARY TEMPLE
ERIK THOMASSEN
CYNTHIA THURBER
JEREMY TITTLE
RICHARD VAUGHAN
JON WILLIAMS
HARVEY WOLF

Susan's note: I didn't know most of the people on this list prior to running for school board. Each endorsement represents a 20-minute to 2-hour interview with tough questions. For some of these endorsements, all of the candidates were invited to interviews, and then I was honored to be the one they chose to endorse after the interviews. People have thanked me for running and have noted my strong background in both public education and budget management.

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