DECISION ’95

Voters in the Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys-- along with those in Westlake Village and Agoura Hills-- will have a chance to go to the polls Tuesday to elect members of school boards, water boards and city councils.

In the Antelope Valley, seven conservative Christian school board candidates have drafted a “contract with Antelope Valley families,” a local variation on the Republican Party’s “contract with America.” Among other things it endorses “non-revisionist” teaching of American and world history and opposes teaching about sexual orientation.

To the south, school overcrowding is the key issue in several Santa Clarita Valley school districts. A recall election, meanwhile, has enlivened the usually sedate politics of tiny Westlake Village.

*

Elementary School Districts

1) Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District

Charles Brink

James Duzick

Val N. Jensen

Laurie J. Browning

Fred Fate

Sally A. McCord

MAJOR ISSUE: Fiscal responsibility and whether or not high school should be built in the community.

*

2) Castaic Union School District

Tom L. Caesar

John W. (Jack) Johnson

Leser M. Freeman

MAJOR ISSUE: How to best continue to support the schools.

*

3) Sulphur Springs Union School District

Marilyn Sparks

Paul Strickland

Douglas E. Varner

MAJOR ISSUE: How to best alleviate bond debt and handle school population growth.

*

4) Lancaster School District

Jeff Hanson

Merle E. Kleven

Andy Visokey

MAJOR ISSUE: How to bring decision-making closer to the classroom.

*

5) Las Virgenes Unified School District

Amy Berns

Betsy L. Berry

Michael J. Berry

Charles B. Eastman

Edith Inezian

Gordon Whitehead

MAJOR ISSUE: Class size and maintaining educational quality

*

6) Newhall School District

Brian Bissell

Phillip C. Ellis, Jr.

Keith Pritsker

Ron Winkler

MAJOR ISSUE: Growth

*

7) Palmdale School District

Helen V. Acosta

Deborah G. Herrera

Larry Logsdon

Connie Petit

Kari Robertson-Fortson

Charles Talley

Kenneth White

MAJOR ISSUE: How to alleviate school overcrowding.

*

8) Saugus Union School District

Rick Allen

Michael P. Kennick

Rose Koscielny

Gary G. Murr

MAJOR ISSUE: How to best upgrade and build facilities.

*

Water Districts

Newhall

Donald B. Hayes

Michael A. Kotch

Jeff L. Preach

Dick A. Unger

Robert W. Wade

MAJOR ISSUE: How to best serve the customer.

*

Palmdale

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Leslie O. Carter

Carl seel

MAJOR ISSUE: How to best complete construction of the Littlerock Dam and improve fiscal responsibility.

*

DIVISION THREE

Jay B. Freeman

David E. Meraz

*

DIVISION FOUR

Albert L. Barnes, Sr.

Lynn D. Coffey

*

Quartz Hill

UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING DEC. 5, 1997

Charles L. Carney

Eleanor M. Koppel

MAJOR ISSUE: How to best make the district efficient and fiscally responsible.

*

Municipal Districts

Palmdale City

MAYOR

Mike Dispenza

James C. Ledford, Jr.

*

MAJOR ISSUE: How to bring jobs to the area and deal with violent crime.

CITY COUNCIL

William (Ed) Agner

Al Beattie

Joe Davies

David John Myers

Jeff Storm

MAJOR ISSUE: Public safety and how to combat the increase in crime and gang violence.

*

Agoura Hills

CITY COUNCIL

Dan Kuperberg

Paul G. (Gary) Mueller

Hank Murphy

Louise C. Rishoff

Larry Steinberg

Jonathan R. Willcox

MAJOR ISSUE: Development and how to maintain the quality of life.

*

Westlake Village

CITY COUNCIL

Elizabeth M. (Betty) DeSantis

James B. Henderson

Steve Hessick

David T. Stein

David T. Woodruff

MAJOR ISSUE: The development of Westlake North, a multi-use project in Westlake Village.

*

Community College Districts

*

Antelope Valley

Barbara Hogan

James L. Hutchins

Donald M. Ross

Earl J. Wilson

MAJOR ISSUE: Handling the upcoming selection of a new college president.

*

Santa Clarita

OFFICE NO. 2

Michele R. Jenkins

*

OFFICE NO. 4

Bruce D. Fortine

*

OFFICE NO. 5

Ron Gillis

Richard G. Peoples

MAJOR ISSUE: To attain adequate funding from the state.

*

High School Districts

1) Antelope Valley Union School District

Wilda N. Andrejcik

Kevin Wright Carney

Irene Flores

Tom Thompson

Bob Turner

MAJOR ISSUES: School standards and campus security

*

2) William S. Hart Union School District

FIRST SEAT

John R. Hassel

Paula E. Olivares

Gloria E. Mercado

Robert N. Wagenaar

*

SECOND SEAT

George Aliano

Gonzalo Freixes

MAJOR ISSUE: Educational quality and how to best upgrade facilities.

*

Formation of Antelope Valley Storm Water Conservation and Flood Control District

MAJOR ISSUE: Should such a district be formed?

DIVISION ONE

Michael R. Sisson

David B. Starr

*

DIVISION THREE

Earl J. Buetow

Lowell L. Downing

Amy K. Frost

*

DIVISION FOUR

Barbara Hogan

Maurice Kunkel

Mariene Mallory

*

DIVISION FIVE

Kenneth A. Casper

Steven D. Hofbauer

Larry Logsdon

*

DIVISION SIX

Tom Harnden

Patrick J. Hunt

Mark Johnstone

Gerald M. Pepper

Joseph Skinner

*

DIVISION SEVEN

Doug Burgis

Ben Harrison, Jr.

Ton Hynes

Martin Koppel

Jeff L. Long

Marshall M. Mercer

Bobby Sammons

Dale P. Valdivia