Black lab looking up at a pointing finger
BAD DOG!

Apparently WAG (We Are Glendora) isn’t housebroken. They’re leaving steaming piles of misinformation about Measure G all over Glendora. We’re here to clean up after them — with the FACTS.

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WAG’s Lie: Measure G is a tax increase. It locks you into the current rate for another 30 years. If it fails, your taxes go down.
Green dog waste bag
Here’s the truth: Measure G extends the existing $33 per $100,000 of assessed value rate previously approved by voters in 2000. It does not increase that rate. The District’s conservative projections show that extending the current tax rate provides $86 million to repair and upgrade local schools without raising what residents currently pay. As the 2000 bond is retired, Measure G continues the current rate to repair aging schools. Waiting to repair our schools will only make the projects more expensive.
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WAG’s Lie: $3.12 million in projects from the last bond were left “not started” and $5.5 million was “swept away.”
Green dog waste bag
Here’s the truth: Every dollar was spent as promised and accounted for. GUSD has only passed two bond measures and the last one was over 20 years ago. For the bond approved by voters in 2000, $40.2 million was spent on approved projects from that bond. When voters approved a second bond in 2005, the remaining $1.6 million was carried into the 2005 bond. The 2005 bond finished the modernizations at Cullen, Sellers, Stanton, Sutherland, Goddard, and Sandburg between 2007 and 2011. Nothing was swept. All figures come from the District’s independently audited Schedule of Capital Assets.
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WAG’s Lie: There were “zero actual diagnostic reports.” The District is asking for money with no real engineering.
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Here’s the truth: A 2024 needs assessment performed by independent experts assessed every classroom, lab, library, school building, playground, and field in the District. Separate state-funded CalSHAPE assessments covered HVAC at all nine sites. This provides the detailed project list and cost estimates needed to plan a bond measure. If Measure G is approved, detailed architectural and engineering plans will be developed — which is standard practice for every school bond measure.
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WAG’s Lie: The District padded the bond with $6.88 million for Whitcomb even though the property is being sold.
Green dog waste bag
Here’s the truth: No bond money is assigned to Whitcomb. The $6.88 million figure is a 2024 needs estimate, not a bond project. Whitcomb has not been sold; the Board approved an exchange for income-producing property that has not closed. Even without Whitcomb, identified needs still exceed the Measure G bond amount. The property exchange provides ongoing funding to GUSD to support daily operations like teaching, academic programs, and maintenance. This funding is not sufficient to replace deteriorating roofs, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC systems across many schools.
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WAG’s Lie: The real cost is $161 million. They’re hiding the total repayment.
Green dog waste bag
Here’s the truth: $86 million is the principal authorization amount. The estimated total repayment (principal + interest) is approximately $161 million — a normal figure for any long-term general obligation bond and disclosed in the official tax rate statement in every voter’s ballot pamphlet. The measure continues the current $33 rate but does not increase tax rates. State matching funds are never guaranteed. Measure G allows Glendora to compete for over $50 million in matching funds our residents already help fund through state taxes. Without Measure G, those dollars improve schools elsewhere.
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WAG’s Lie: Now is not the time. Taxes are already too high and enough is enough.
Green dog waste bag
Here’s the truth: Measure G doesn’t increase tax rates. It simply continues the tax rate we currently pay. The opposition doesn’t dispute that 70-year-old schools need repairs. Aging roofs, HVAC systems that are 60 years old, failing pipes, and other infrastructure problems need to be addressed. Delaying the work will only make these projects more expensive. Measure G requires a specific project list, public disclosure, independent oversight, and annual audits. Funds stay local and cannot be spent on salaries or benefits.
Who Supports Measure G?Who Opposes Measure G?
Organizations

Glendora Education Foundation

Glendora Teachers Association

Glendora Unified School District Board of Education

Gary Clifford, Board President

Paul Lopez, Board Vice President

Daniel Cayem, Board Clerk

Monica García, Board Member

Michael Muñoz, Board Member

GUSD Leaders

Dr. Dominic DiGrazia, Superintendent

Dr. Eric Osborne, Assistant Superintendent, Personnel Services

Dr. Jennifer Prince, Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services

Janette Walczak, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services

Eric Bondurant, Assistant Principal, Glendora High School

Jerry Lewallen, Athletic Director, Glendora High School

Kristen Martinez, Assistant Principal, Robert H. Goddard Middle School

Val Shibata, Principal, Whitcomb High School

Rod Tilton, Principal, Glendora High School

Bill Zernickow, Principal, Robert H. Goddard Middle School

Doug Granquist, President, Glendora Teachers Association; Math Teacher, Glendora High

Elected and Former Elected Officials

David Fredendall, Glendora Mayor

Karen Davis, Glendora Mayor Pro Tem

Shaunna Elias, Glendora City Councilmember

Doug Ferrell, P.E., Former 16-Year GUSD Board Member; President, Patrell Engineering

Dr. Cliff Hamlow, Former Mayor of Glendora; Former Azusa Pacific University Basketball Coach and Administrator; 2023 Glendora Citizen of the Year

Doug Tessitor, Former Mayor of Glendora; 70-Year Glendora Resident

Mendell Thompson, City Councilmember, Glendora; Former Mayor of Glendora; Retired Credit Union President and CEO

Community Members

Rachel Bizzotto, Teacher

Gary Boyer

Kathy Boyer

Suzette Campos, President, Glendora Personnel Commission

Kristy Carrigan, Teacher

Bill Ceidlo

Becky Ceidlo

Jenny Chan, Parent

Cristina Cullen, Educator and Parent

Russell Daniel

Linda Davidson

Kurt Dykstra, Teacher/Trainer, Glendora High School

Suzanne Dykstra, Teacher

Crystal Ellis

Warren Ellis

Ashley Fallon, Teacher and Parent

Nancy Ferrell, P.E.

Tricia Gomer, 2015 Glendora Citizen of the Year

Krista Granger

Ellen Heian, Parent

Melissa Howard

Brock Jacobsen, Former Goddard Principal, GUSD Administrator

Jana Jacobsen, Teacher, Goddard Middle School

Alex Lee, Parent

Art Ludwick, Founder, Ludwick Family Foundation; 63-Year Glendora Resident

Sarah Ludwick

Steven Mateer, Parent

Jaisha Mathew, Physician

Aracely Medina, GUSD Director of Fiscal Services

Teri Merrick, Retired APU Professor; GUSD Substitute Teacher and Aide

Mary Nall

Sara Oloteo

Jennifer Osborne, Parent, CPA, CFO

Manish Patel

Priti Patel, Executive Director, Glendora Education Foundation

Julie Porter

Chelsea Pozar

Aaron Ralph

Katie Ralph

Alison Gibbs Reese

Michelle Reigstad, Teacher, GTA Secretary

Ashley Roller, Sellers PTA and Goddard PTA Member

Cindy Romero, Librarian

Stephanie Ryan

Dr. Jaisha Samuel, Parent

Dr. Stanley Samuel, Parent

John Stimson, Parent

Eric Tanzillo

Jen Tanzillo, Teacher, Glendora High School

Reanna Thompson

Christie Voors

Dr. Rob Voors, Former Glendora Unified School District Superintendent; Grandparent of GUSD Students

Katlyn Wagner

Partial list. Titles for identification purposes only.

WAG
(who are they anyway?)

Trusted Glendora Leaders Say Yes on G