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>> >>PEGGY: THE SWEET WATER UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS SOME CHALLENGES, AND SOME OPPOSITION
TO THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT. HER HERE TO HELP SORT OUT THESE ACCUSATION
AS IS RICKEY YOUNG. THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
ONE CANDIDATE INCUMBENT PEARL IS UNDER INDICTMENT BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR WHAT?
>> >>TOM: IT'S NOT AN INDICTMENT TO CHARGES. THE GRAND JURY BRINGS INDICTMENTS.
IT'S CHARGESハ FELONY CHARGES NICHEY THEY WERE CHARGES OF ACCEPTING GIFTS, MEALS, PLAYS,
JERSEY BOYS TICKETS FROM CONTRACTORS, AND FAILING TO REPORT THAT.
AND THEN LATER THE D. A. BROUGHT CHARGES OF ACTUALLY ACCEPTING BRIBES.
SO THESE ARE VERY, VERY SERIOUS CHARGES THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE COURTS.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT JANUARYハ7 I THINK AS A TRIAL.
>> >>PEGGY: WHAT DOES SHE SAY ABOUT THOSE CHARGES?
>> >>RICKY YOUNG: SHE HAS PLED NOT GUILTY. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT HER DEFENSE IS.
BUT SHE HAS MADE THE CASE THROUGH HER ATTORNEY TO US MAYBE THERE IS SELECTIVE PROSECUTION
GOING ON. THAT OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY HAVE ACCEPTED
GIFTS OR MEALS AND FAILED TO REPORT THEM. AND GIVEN GOVERNMENT MONEY TO THE PEOPLE WHO
GAVE THEM THOSE GIFTS. ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS FILL OUT A NEW FORM
AND MAYBE PAY A LITTLE FINE AND MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIFE.
THEY'RE NOT FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES. >> >>PEGGY: THAT'S SORT OF EVERYBODY ELSE
IS DOING. SHE'S NOT DENYING THE CHARGES MIRKS SHE PLED
NOT GUILTY. I DON'T THINK SHE'S GOING TO SAY SHE DIDN'T
TAKE THE MEALS OR THE JERSEY BOYS TICKETS BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY CLEAR.
BUT EXACTLY WHAT THE LEGAL DEFENSE IS, I'M NOT SURE.
>> >>PEGGY: ALL THIS WAS GOING ON, SHE BECAME THE GRAND MARTIAL AT THE SWEET WATER HIGH
SCHOOL'S HOMECOMING PARADE. HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT?
>> >>RICKY YOUNG: WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE. WE SENT A REPORTER WHO COVERS CHULA VISTA
FOR US TO TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME DISSATISFACTION IN THE COMMUNITY
THAT A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT WOULD BE THE GRAND MARTIAL OF THEIR HOMECOMING PARADE.
WE ASKED PEARL WHO ASKED YOU AND WHEN DID THEY ASK YOU TO BE THE GRAND MARSHAL AND SHE
DIDN'T REMEMBER. THEN WE TRIED TO FIND OUT THROUGH SOME OTHER
SOURCES. ORIGINALLY DR.ハORUM FROM THE NEARBY NATIONAL
SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD BEEN ASKED AND THEN HE WAS TOLD THE ASB DECIDED THEY WANTED SOMEONE
ELSE. SO WE WENT TO THE ASB ADVISER WHEN & HE SAID
HE'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH WHO THE GRAND MARSHAL IS.
>> >>PEGGY: WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ASB, ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT BODY; CORRECT?
>> >>RICKY YOUNG: THAT'S RIGHT. >> >>PEGGY: TELL US ABOUT THE INCUMBENT FOR
THE OTHER SEAT. >> >>RICKY YOUNG: BERTHA, LOPEZ IS HER NAME.
EARLY ON ABOUT A YEAR AGO, LAST DECEMBER, HER HOUSE WAS RAIDED AND SOME OF HER POLITICAL
OPPONENTS HAVE SAID THAT'S AN INDICATION OF SOMETHING SHE'S ISM LBLGHTED IN ALL THIS CONTRACT
MESS. SHE SAYS SHE'S VERY CRITICAL OF EVERYTHING
GOING ON. SHE'S DRAWN A CHALLENGER, BERT GROSSMAN, A
FORMER SAN DIEGO CHARGER, WHO WAS NAMED IN SPORTS ILLUSTRATED BIG MOUTH BECAUSE HE WAS
ALWAYS VERY OUT SPOKEN. AND HE'S BEING VERY OUT SPOKEN IN THIS RACE.
HE'S MADE SOME VERY CHOICE COMMENTS ABOUT PEARL AND OTHERS.
PRESUMABLY WITH THAT NAME I.D., HE'S A PRETTY SERIOUS CANDIDATE.
>> >>PEGGY: WE CAN HEAR MORE OF YOUR INTERVIEW ON OUR WEBSITE KPBS.ORG.
RICKEY YOUNG, THANKS SO MUCH FOR TALKING WITH US.