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The race to unseat a veteran -- and very loud -- voice
- 04-22-2010
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By Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego
John de Beck has the longest memory and the loosest lips on the San Diego Unified school board. He called a new way of budgeting "cockamamie." He dubbed virtual gym classes "ridiculous." Fans who have helped elect him over and over say they love his straight talk, even when it stings. The retired teacher has spent almost two decades -- nearly one out of every four days of his life -- representing the coastal stretches of the district from La Jolla to Point Loma to downtown. Elections are old hat to him. He has a stack of campaign signs in the trunk of his Prius, a rolling election headquarters. (more...)
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