With more than $20 billion in potential school bond work around the state under potential PLA threat CFEC is keeping you up to date on this threat.
Vacaville Unified School District: The $194 million Prop. A construction bond that was passed in 2014 has been the focus of an intensive PLA-push by big labor special interests for almost a year now. Thanks to the efforts of Richard Markuson (WECA, PHCC, ACTA), Nicole Goehring (ABC NorCal), and CFEC the PLA now appears to be a dead letter. This is great news for workers, contractors, and taxpayers in Solano County and the region!
Berryessa Unified School District: The $77 million Measure L construction bond passed by voters in 2014
has now had a PLA approved for the following projects: The Central Kitchen Project and the Modernization Projects at Noble Elementary, Northwood Elementary, Summerdale Elementary, Vinci Park Elementary and Sierramont Middle School to be performed in 2016. The board voted unanimously to place the demands of big labor special interests ahead of the rights and interests of workers, contractors, and taxpayers.
Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District: Continuing in their head long rush to placate union bosses who put them into office while rejecting their fiduciary responsibility to taxpayers whom they promised no PLA to, the GCCCD Board of Trustees voted 3-0-2 (2 of the board members cowardly abstained) to place all of their Prop. V bond money under a PLA. "Negotiations" with local unions were authorized at the November 18th board meeting despite hundreds of workers, taxpayers, and contractors expressing their opposition. The 3 ayes came despite an intense public relations effort that saw billboards (below),
mailers, phone calls, and
op-eds from the largest paper in the region, blast them for their betrayal of a promise made during the bond election where voters were promised no PLA would be used.
Because of this betrayal a recall effort has been launched against Trustee Edwin Heil. This is not the end of this issue by a long shot.
Palomar Community College District: The next target for unions appears to be PCCD in Northern San Diego County. We have developed a plan of action to keep the remaining Prop. M bond work PLA-free. If you would like to join us at meetings on December 8th with Trustees to express your feelings on this issue please contact CFEC today for details. In the meantime you can contact Trustees yourself
Trustee Nancy Chadwick -
[email protected]
competition who showed and helped CFEC's two year-end fundraising events exceed their goals. We especially want to thank Bill Wingerning of Bergelectric, Dennis Furden of Tri-Signal Integration, Steve Ayers of Armour Steel, Greg Anderson of Rex Moore Electric, and Terry Risse of Iron Mechanical for making these events a huge success.