Come on. How much easier can it be to exercise your right to vote?
You’ve got to send in your ballot this week regarding Measure A — the school parcel tax  — in order for it to be received by Tuesday, March 13 (received by March 13, not just postmarked by that date).
by Scott Hettrick
The ballot was mailed to your house, only takes a few seconds to fill out, and only has to be stamped and put back in your mailbox. It’s as easy as receiving and returning a movie from Netflix, for goodness sake. And yet, most of you registered voters have failed to do so over the last several weeks. Incredible.
So, do it, and get ready to do it again in a few days when you get your next voting ballot asking you to simply pick two of the five candidates running for City Council. How can you justify not taking a combined five minutes to help determine the future for our kids and Arcadia?
As for the school tax, it will only cost $228 per year for most property owners for five years, and 100% of the $3mil.-plus will go directly to the schools each year, not even close to covering the projected budget deficit but significantly reducing the cuts to school staffing and activities and increases in class sizes that will otherwise be likely.
Among the organizations and individuals endorsing Measure A:
Organizations
AEF
Arcadia Teachers Association
Arcadia Pupil Support Services Association
Arcadia Council PTA
Arcadia Association of Realtors
Arcadia Chamber of Commerce
Arcadia Chinese Association
Arcadia High School PTA
Arcadia High School Athletic Boosters
AHS Chinese Parent Booster Club
Arcadia Music Club
Dana PTA
Foothills PTA
Foothill Federal Credit Union
Baldwin Stocker PTA
Camino Grove PTA
First Avenue PTA
Holly Avenue PTA
Highland Oaks PTA
Hugo Reid PTA
Longley Way PTA
Local Leaders & Officials
Janet Chew, President,School Board
Kay Kinsler, School Board Member
Cung Nguyen, School Board Member
Lori Phillipi, School Board Member
Joann Steinmeier, School Board Member
Dr. Joel Shawn, AUSD Superintendent
Gary Kovacic, Mayor
Roger Chandler, City Council Member
Bob Harbicht, City Council Member
Mickey Segal, City Council Member
Jim Barrows, City Clerk
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Dr. Ilene Anderson, Highland Oaks Principal
Christina Aragon, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services
Christine Blackstock, Holly Avenue Principal
Scott Bramley, Director of Technology & Information Services
Tom Bruce, Hugo Reid Principal
Lee Callander, Council PTA President
Castalia Chan, AHS CPBC President
Sherrie DuFresne, Longley Way Principal
Imy Dulake, Realtor
Diana Eisele, Hugo Reid PTA President
Maryann Gibson, Former School Board Member
Daniel Hacking, Dana MS Principal
James Helms, Former Mayor
Nadia Hillman, Principal Foothills MS
Soledad King, Dana PTA President
David Lee, Past President Arcadia Chinese Association
Lisa Lucas, AEF President
Dr. Robert Leri, Deputy Superintendent, Educational Services and Programs
Jayne Nickles, Baldwin Stocker Principal
Lan Nguyen, Foothills PTA President
Danae Popovich, Principal Camino Grove Elementary
Brook Reynolds, Director of Operations, Transportation and Food Services
Jim Romo, former School Board member
Erin Slessor, Camino Grove PTA President
Fred Stevens, Arcadia Music Club President
Vicky Stiles, First Avenue PTA President
Patrick Tierney, Arcadia Teacher Association President
Andrew Poon, APSSA Co-President
David Vannasdall, Arcadia High School Principal
Jeff Wilson, First Avenue MS Principal
Julie Yeh, Holly Avenue PTA President
Annie Yuen, Former School Board Member
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Mary Dougherty, City Council candidate/Former School Board Member
Henry Nunez, City Council candidate
Sho Tay, City Council candidate
John Wuo, City Council candidate/Former Mayor
Individuals
Karen Acosta
Nancy Adams
Elaine Aguayo
Leticia Alejandre
Edit Alemmon
Margaret Barrows
Kevin Beaumont
Oliver Beckwith
Deborah Beveridge
Anne-Marie Bishara
Darlene & Jeff Bowen
Richard Branson
Mary & Steve Brockmeyer
Marsha Burkhalter
Larry Callaham
Leigh Chavez
Eric Chen
Pearl Chen
Hsuichen Chen
Will Chew
Christina Ching
Amy Christaianto
Helena Chu
Scott Conley
Helen Conroy
Erin Dahle
Marilyn Daleo
Niroo Dev
Joe Eisele
Judy & Don Fickas
Michelle Ganis
Aili Gardea
Pat Gibson
Marcie Gladson
Fred Good
Coyla Grumm
Serge Haddad
Brenda Halberstadt
Diane Hart
Sharon & Gary Hayward
Carla & Tom Heer
Penny & Mike Hoover
Carol Howard
Bee Hsu
Chia-Chieu Hu
Semeen Issa
Clarence Irvin
Seema Johnson
Anne Joseph
Julie Kelley
Matthew King
Warren Kinsler
Kerri Kiyomura
William Klipstein
Barb Kovacic
Jonathan Kwok
Nicole Lee
Ronald Lee
Paul Loh
Barry Lisbin
Cathy Liu
Jessica Louie
Linda Lowry
Diane & Craig Lucas
Randy Macdonald
Rajendra Mallichetty
Jennifer Martin
Ken Matsuura
Mary McGinnis
Susan & Thomas Meikle
Anne Mettler
Judy & Chuck Miller
Connie Mimura
Charlene Mutter
Margarita Ortiz
Irene Owen
Steve Phillipi
Dr. Peter Poon
Carolyn Prater
Lana & Dean Radle
Pavithra Ramasubramaniam
Becky & Doug Rees
Cynthia Roberts
Shelly Romo
Joyce Sakai
Maria Sansui
Sonal & Kirit Shah
Paul Shaikh
Joseph Shiuan
Yee Horn Shuai
Mary & John Snider
Nan Song
David Steinmeier
Hilda Street
Mike Stiles
Brenda Stimpson
Jampana Subrahmanya
Yukie Sugiyama
Kathy Swanson
Audree Swanson
Al Sylvia
Jinny Tang
Kelli Tang
Kristen Tedei
Johnny Tseng
John Tung
John Van Haaster
Alex Wang
Alice Wang
David Wang
Donna Wang
Willy Wei
Lynne & Vern Whitaker
Sheldon Wright
Edward Wong
Kim Wu
Jasmine Wu
William Yeh
Agnes Yen
Andrew Yim
Michelle Yim
Debbie Young
Henry Yu
— By Scott Hettrick