It's important to know who's contributing to candidates and where their money comes from so I'm very pleased the Voice is covering the Foothill-De Anza race and ran this story on candidate fundraising. However, in my case at least, the article doesn't get all the facts right. First, while Pitch Johnson is a venture capitalist, the more relevant fact is he's a former Foothill-De Anza Trustee. Second, I haven't loaned any money to my campaign. As my campaign finance report clearly shows, I've contributed $10,000 cash and made in-kind contributions of $592.

This is an important election for Foothill-De Anza because two incumbent trustees are retiring. Even one weak or problematic trustee can cause serious problems for an institution, so it's important that we elect qualified, experienced, committed candidates to replace them. I'm grateful to the Voice for informing our community about the race and the candidates who are running for this important local office.

the candidate who loans money to a campaign is able to PAY BACK the personal loan with a late-in-the race large contribution

in the past, in Santa Clara county there have been politicians, like a County Supervisor I think, who disgraced himself by taking AFTER ELECTION campaign contributions that went into his pocket as LOAN PAYBACK

I commend Mr.Landberger for not using that particular tactic, in financing his campaign.

"one weak or problematic trustee can cause serious problems for an institution"

not that we have that problem on any other school board around here

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