To: Kelly Gonez, LAUSD School Board Candidate
Tell Kelly Gonez: Reject The Billionaire and Trump Backer Money
Your campaign’s deceitful mailers, funded with money from billionaire special interest groups, are disgraceful. The money that’s coming in from these special interests needs to be rejected. We’re calling on you to reject any money from Trump backers, from people tied to DeVos or to other right-wing groups. You need to return the direct contributions and publicly denounce their independent spending. The people of Los Angeles deserve it.
Why is this important?
Kelly Gonez is running for school board and one of Trump’s biggest backers in California along with a host of billionaires are pumping money into his campaign. In fact Hedge Clippers, a group dedicated to tracking Wall Street influence and donations, just release a report about how much Wall Street money is flowing into the school board race
As a teacher in this district, I’m horrified that these billionaire special interest groups are influencing this election. These are people who’ve never sent their kids to our schools, but because they have so much money, they get to come in and try to confuse the voters about who supports public education.
In addition to one of Trump’s top donors in CA, Gonez' donors include a board member for the right-wing Cato Institute who used to help fund a Betsy DeVos’ linked anti-public education PAC. From the Walmart heirs, to New York finance billionaires, people who’ve never been to our schools are trying to influence the election. These are people who want to bring the DeVos and Trump agenda to California. The Trump/DeVos/Gonez agenda would undermine public education here in LA. These types of extremists don’t belong in LA politics.
What’s worse is some of these are direct contributions that Gonez can give back. Others are dark money, funneled through PACS and associations.
Kelly Gonez needs to reject this money. Any direct contributions she should publicly return and she should publicly condemn any independent spending by any special interest billionaires. Their money is poisoning Los Angeles and our country.
Join me in calling on Gonez to stop the dirty attacks funded by the billionaire and run a clean race. It’s what the voters of LA deserve.
As a teacher in this district, I’m horrified that these billionaire special interest groups are influencing this election. These are people who’ve never sent their kids to our schools, but because they have so much money, they get to come in and try to confuse the voters about who supports public education.
In addition to one of Trump’s top donors in CA, Gonez' donors include a board member for the right-wing Cato Institute who used to help fund a Betsy DeVos’ linked anti-public education PAC. From the Walmart heirs, to New York finance billionaires, people who’ve never been to our schools are trying to influence the election. These are people who want to bring the DeVos and Trump agenda to California. The Trump/DeVos/Gonez agenda would undermine public education here in LA. These types of extremists don’t belong in LA politics.
What’s worse is some of these are direct contributions that Gonez can give back. Others are dark money, funneled through PACS and associations.
Kelly Gonez needs to reject this money. Any direct contributions she should publicly return and she should publicly condemn any independent spending by any special interest billionaires. Their money is poisoning Los Angeles and our country.
Join me in calling on Gonez to stop the dirty attacks funded by the billionaire and run a clean race. It’s what the voters of LA deserve.