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A Politician Bought And Paid For

The Charter School Industry spent millions getting LAUSD’s Nick Melvoin elected. It gets a good return on its investment.

“Once I got into politics, I saw the real fight, where big money controls everything, and where politicians care more about campaign contributions than the people they’re supposed to represent.”

– Richard Ojeda

From Melvoin’s campaign website

The last time Nick Melvoin faced the voters was to defend his LAUSD School Board seat in 2022. Despite the teachers’ union, UTLA, failing to put up a candidate, his two far-right opponents spending no money on their campaigns and his holding the advantage as the incumbent, the Charter School Industry had to spend $2,182,977.77 to get him reelected. This massive spending only secured him the votes of 59.28% of the electorate for a cost per vote of approximately $34.22.

Like a trust fund baby being born on third base and thinking he hit a triple, Melvoin looked at the election results and had the brilliant idea that he should get a promotion. Just weeks after being sworn in to represent the constituents of LAUSD’s…