I, Earl H. Carraway, pledge not to vote for any new taxes. I've served as a teacher, public school administrator, elected trustee for the Tustin Union High School District (which included high schools in Mission Viejo, Irvine and Tustin) and United States Marine Corps, receiving one battle star, no Purple Heart. Carraway serves on the board of Worldwide Housing Corporation, a non-profit 501c3 corporation with impeccable credentials, founded 1968 to provide housing for low and moderate income buyers.

Awarded Bachelor and Master's degrees from California State University Long Beach. Graduate work: Chapman, Whittier and Fullerton State Universities, University of Madrid, (Spain). Attended summer educational seminars at Oxford University (England) courtesy of the Kellogg Cereal Foundation for foreign students.

Successful small business owner: Raised funds for charities such as Children's Hospital OC (CHOC). Member: Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), American Legion, Elks Club, Balboa Bay Club and Newport Beach Country Club. Our family attends Rick Warren's Saddleback Church.

Thirty year Saddleback Valley resident. I believe in open government, small class sizes for our children, support for our teachers, back to basics education, balanced school budgets, parental participation in the education process and not raising taxes.

I authored/published with Amazon.com: "Shake Off The Dust 1936", 48 short stories of a teenager's great depression era memories. Book described by critics as: "What you would get if Mark Twain had written 'The Catcher In The Rye'." The book is in sharp contrast to "Catcher", which is thought to be depressing, cynical, bitter and urges American Youth not to grow-up because all adults are phony. "Catcher" is required reading for most college and high school English Literature and composition classes. The book is available at: Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, Ebooks, Kindle and Nook and on YouTube with a 30 second TV commercial. Google the book title and it will provide several reviews of it. The author's email is: earl.carraway@evergreenrealty.net.

The author lives in Laguna Hills with his daughter and wife: Dr. Sharon MacMillan Carraway, Ph.D, University of Southern California. Professor: Saddleback College.

I promise, you won't regret your vote for me. Thank you.
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