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OC Weekly Article on Talega Mello Roos Refund Dispute

By Don Juan Ortega, on May 23rd, 2014

The OC Weekly published an article — one admittedly written with a distinct viewpoint — about whether Capistrano Unified School District ought to refund a portion of Talega’s Mello Roos tax assessments. We wrote extensively about Mello Roos in this article, wherein we cited the Franchise Tax Board on Mello Roos as follows:

In 1982, [...]

May 23rd, 2014 | Category: Schools | Tags: , , , , , , , | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)
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Patch Sponsoring a CUSD School Board Candidates Debate

By Don Juan Ortega, on October 19th, 2012

We’ve said it before, but it is worth repeating, our local San Juan Capistrano Patch does a great job following hyper-local politics. Not only do they report the races in great detail, but they sponsor civic events that facilitate participative democracy at the local level. In the latest example, the Patch is sponsoring a debate [...]

October 19th, 2012 | Category: Schools | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Comments are closed