A judge has tentatively ruled against a lawsuit filed by a progressive political activist seeking to invalidate the appointment of Trustee Tim Shaw to the Orange County Board of Education and force a costly stand-alone special to fill his seat. Shaw represents the 4th District, which includes most of Anaheim, on the OCBE. The lawsuit was filed by Michael Sean ...

[Originally published in OC Independent on February 4, 2022] A long-time progressive Democrat activist has filed a lawsuit alleging Orange County Board of Education violated state law when it appointed Tim Shaw to fill the vacancy representing the 4th District on the board. The lawsuit alleges the appointment violates Section 1752 of the state Government Code stating “no person elected ...

[Originally published in OC Independent on February 2, 2022] The Orange County Board of Education is fighting a two-front battle against union-aligned political interests seeking to displace the current board majority, which is noted for strongly supporting charter schools and a return to in-person classroom instruction, as well as for opposing mask mandates and incorporating racially-divisive academic theories into the ...

A heretofore obscure government body is at there center of a concerted effort to re-write voting boundaries for the Orange County Board of Education as three of that body’s five members head into their June election contests. It votes this afternoon on a distict map OCBE, part of its unprecedented partisan effort to usrup this process from the OC Board ...

Senator Dave Min, a left-wing Democrat and former university law professor, wants to separate the Board of Education and county superintendent elections, keeping the county superintendent on the primary ballot while moving the Board contests to the November general election. He is trying to do so over the objections of at least four of the five members of the OC ...

by Ken Williams and Lisa Sparks Senator Min self-importantly advances an “election reform” bill (SB 286) under a ruse of greater election participation by Orange County voters. What Min declares, however, is actually Orwellian double-speak coming from Sacramento, especially when he says this bill “would bring Orange County in line with the rest of state.”  Let’s consider the unwritten and ...

Former Trustee Tim Shaw, who resigned last month from the Orange County Board of Education rather than incur the enormous expense of a politically-motivated “incompatible offices” lawsuit, was appointed this evening to fill the 4th District vacancy created by his resignation. Shaw was a long-time member of the La Habra City Council when he was elected to the OCBE in ...

Tim Shaw has resigned his seat on the Orange County Board of Education in order to avoid costly incompatible offices litigation by an close ally of a political opponent.  However, Shaw could very possibly be re-appointed to the 4th District seat in the near future. The litigation was filed in in January of this year by Melissa Louden, a friend ...

Andy Thorburn threw $777,000 of his own money into his attempt to defeat Area 3 incumbent Trustee Dr. Ken Williams‘ re-election to the Orange County Board of Education, only to be blown out by 22 points: Area 3 includes Anaheim Hills and the communities of Orange, Brea, Foothill Ranch, Irvine, Villa Park, Portola Hills, Yorba Linda, and portions of Lake ...

Two rich progressive Democrat candidates running for the OC Board of Education on anti-charter school, pro-union platforms are spending their personal funds at a record-breaking pace. Andy Thorburn, a left-wing Democrat who live in the wealthy enclave of Villa Park, has already pumped $650,000 of his personal wealth into his campaign to unseat Area 3 incumbent Dr. Ken Williams, a ...