District E incumbent, Terri Janison, reports questionable donations
In the August 5, 2008 Campaign Contributions and Expense Report #1 filed with the Clark County Election Office incumbent Terri Janison had reported a total of $26,795, with the majority of these donations being in excess of $100. This alone is questionable due to the sheer amount of her total donations to date compared to all other school trustee candidates/incumbents who filed the August 5th form. However, the real story behind these campaign contributions happens to be who the donors are.
Ms. Janison has accepted donations from several construction companies who have received contracts to construct some of our valley schools. Sletten Construction, who was contracted to build an Unnamed High School at Levi Avenue and Torrey Pines Drive as well as other projects voted on by Janison, donated $2,500 to her campaign. Core Construction was awarded contracts to construct Dr. Claude G. Perkins Elementary and Arbor View High School and donated $1,000 to the Janison campaign after her votes for their contracts and change orders to existing contracts. JMA Architects was awarded a contract as well as an increase in their scope of work to the Vegas PBS Center, Distance Education Center, Unnamed Elementary School at Durango and Lone Mountain, Sandra Lee Thompson Elementary School, etc. and donated $1,000 to the Janison campaign after her votes. Ethically, no trustee should be taking donations from companies that receive contracts by Clark County School Board.
Campaign Contributions and Expense Report filed by Ms. Janison on August 4, 2008 show a full list of her donors. This Media Release is not a full listing of the alleged improprieties in campaign donations. There is much to be uncovered behind her tactics to retain her seat as the only re-elected incumbent on the school board. Ms. Janison can be quoted as stating at a forum with the Charleston Heights Neighborhood Preservation on July 28, 2008 that there are candidates who would like to use the office of school trustee as a “springboard for other political offices.â€Â She has seemingly set herself up quite well for this endeavor.
This school board has clearly lost sight that its function is to serve the public, mainly the children and teachers of Clark County. Teachers are continually in fear of losing their job and most recently summer employment due to standing up for what is right. Children are falling behind in the national averages for testing and graduation rates. Who has the school board been representing? It seems evident from just this list of donors that they have been looking out for re-election and themselves.
The public should know that there is an alternative to Ms. Janison. With the current state of education in Clark County no incumbent should continue to “serve†the public. Please visit my website for more information about me or feel free to call me for any questions you may have regarding this campaign.
Contact:
John W. Schutt, Jr.
Candidate for School Trustee, District E
schutt4schoolboard@embarqmail.com
www.schuttforschooltrustee.embarqspace.com
(702) 561-5268