Cushon Bell of Altadena needs to garner 100 signatures this week to be recognized as a write-in candidate for the school board. Bell is running for the Seat 2, held by incumbent Renatta Cooper, who until now has been running unopposed.
Pictured: Cushon Bell, from her Facebook page
Bell, who has been considering a run for some time (and told Altadenablog last week that she was definitely considering running in 2013), said that things had just fallen into place Friday when she filed to run.
What stopped her from declaring earlier, she said, was “the financial aspect of it — tens of thousands of dollars — and the number of candidate forums.” Missing that aspect of it, she said, is “honestly appealing to me.” As well, she said, “it was an issue of being a mom and the work/life balance.”
Cushon Bell of Altadena needs to garner 100 signatures this week to be recognized as a write-in candidate for the school board. Bell is running for the Seat 2, held by incumbent Renatta Cooper, who until now has been running unopposed.
Pictured: Cushon Bell, from her Facebook page
Bell, who has been considering a run for some time (and told Altadenablog last week that she was definitely considering running in 2013), said that things had just fallen into place Friday when she filed to run.
What stopped her from declaring earlier, she said, was “the financial aspect of it — tens of thousands of dollars — and the number of candidate forums.” Missing that aspect of it, she said, is “honestly appealing to me.” As well, she said, “it was an issue of being a mom and the work/life balance.”