The full exchange on X, from a screenshot provided to the campaign on September 29, 2026. The question Winder answered came with this image of a TV commentator asking, “Are you for or against the raids?” Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
Asked on X whether she supports ICE, Winder answered that she supports ICE raids “300%” and would love to see ICE “at every polling place.”
“A. Absolutely 300% support ice raids. I'd love to see ice at every polling place”
Susan Winder, @smartypants1948, September 22, 2026
Our view: Polling places should feel safe for every eligible voter. Our colleges need leaders who believe that.
Context
The reply came from @smartypants1948, the account Sandra Christensen’s campaign tagged as Susan Winder when endorsing her for this seat. A college board has no power over immigration enforcement.
Sources
Susan Winder’s reply on X about ICE. X, @smartypants1948, . Sandra Christensen’s campaign account endorsed Winder for the District 3 college-board seat on September 7, 2026, and tagged this account as Susan Winder, @smartypants1948. X shows no time zone, so we list the date only.
The post Winder replied to. X, @MelG_Gibson, . A September 21, 2026, post asking readers to choose between supporting and opposing ICE. Winder’s reply answered it. The account’s display name does not establish that it belongs to the actor Mel Gibson.
Sandra Christensen’s endorsement tagging Winder’s account. X, @SandraForAZ, . How we connect @smartypants1948 to the candidate. Christensen’s official campaign website links this X account. Her post reads “Vote Winder for MC community colleges District 3 governing board” and tags @smartypants1948 as Susan Winder.
Winder’s answer on her 2024 iVoterGuide questionnaire page, captured September 29, 2026. Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
Asked in 2024 whether school districts can mandate whatever health precautions they deem necessary in a pandemic, including masks and vaccines, Winder chose Strongly Disagree and wrote that questions remain about how many people died from COVID, “if any.”
“We still have questions about where it came from and how it spread as well as truely how many people died from it if any.”
Susan Winder, 2024 questionnaire
Context
Winder’s answer in the 2024 Paradise Valley school-board race. She now asks voters for a seat overseeing Maricopa’s public colleges.
Sources
Susan Winder: 2024 candidate questionnaire. iVoterGuide, . Winder’s written answers for the 2024 Paradise Valley Unified School District race: her own statements from that race, not a 2026 college-board questionnaire.Archived copy
In March 2020 Caracciolo wrote that “current statistics show” the flu “has a much larger impact.”
The post as archived by the Wayback Machine on September 29, 2020; this site joined the title to the “Coronavirus vs. Flu” section. Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
In March 2020, as COVID spread in the United States, Caracciolo wrote on his company’s blog that “current statistics show” the flu “has a much larger impact,” comparing case and death counts at the time.
“However, current statistics show that while there have been over 100,000 cases of the coronavirus and 3,000 deaths worldwide, the flu or influenza, has a much larger impact.”
Ryan Caracciolo, March 14, 2020
Our view: Like Winder, he played COVID down.
Context
The post was business advice. It also cited the CDC’s warning of “serious risks” for older adults, said “I am not a medical professional,” and urged calm.
Winder’s reply as it appears on X, captured September 27, 2026. X marks the post she answered as coming from a suspended account. Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
On July 3, 2026, Winder replied on X that she was proud she voted for Trump.
“I absolutely are proud I voted for Trump!!!!!!”
Susan Winder, @smartypants1948, July 3, 2026
Context
X now shows the post Winder answered as coming from a suspended account, so its wording is not available at the original link. Her reply stands on its own.
Sources
Susan Winder’s reply on X about voting for Trump. X, @smartypants1948, . Sandra Christensen’s campaign account endorsed Winder for the District 3 college-board seat on September 7, 2026, and tagged this account as Susan Winder, @smartypants1948. X shows no time zone, so we list the date only. X now shows the post she replied to as coming from a suspended account.
Sandra Christensen’s endorsement tagging Winder’s account. X, @SandraForAZ, . How we connect @smartypants1948 to the candidate. Christensen’s official campaign website links this X account. Her post reads “Vote Winder for MC community colleges District 3 governing board” and tags @smartypants1948 as Susan Winder.
Turning Point PAC picked Winder, Crow and Caracciolo.
Turning Point PAC’s Freedom Ticket listing, captured September 29, 2026. The candidate photos are Turning Point PAC’s. Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
Turning Point PAC’s 2026 Freedom Ticket lists Susan Winder for District 3, Ryan Caracciolo for District 4 and John Crow for the at-large seat on the community college board.
Context
Turning Point PAC produces, pays for and publishes the Freedom Ticket. The PAC says it does not consult candidates, and the listings carry no endorsement badge, so they are its recommendations. Enter a Maricopa County address at the link to see its community college picks for that address.
Sources
Turning Point PAC: The 2026 Freedom Ticket. Turning Point PAC, . The site says the Freedom Ticket is produced, paid for and published by Turning Point PAC, and that it was last updated August 5, 2026. Its picks appear after you enter an address. Entries without an endorsement badge are recommendations; the PAC says candidates are not consulted and the guide is not authorized by any candidate. We checked the listing on September 29, 2026, and kept a dated screenshot.
Election denial
No matching receipts in this topic.
Winder cited “illegal people” to call for tighter voter registration.
Winder’s answer on her 2024 iVoterGuide questionnaire page, captured September 29, 2026. Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
Asked in 2024 whether people should be able to vote without photo identification, Winder chose Strongly Disagree and wrote that “so many illegal people” in the country require tighter voter registration and cleaned-up voter rolls.
“Unfortunately we have so many illegal people in the US that we need to really tighten up voter regisration and verification. Voter rolls need to be cleaned up which is not in total being done.”
Susan Winder, 2024 questionnaire
Context
Winder’s 2024 school-board questionnaire. Two years later she wrote that she would love to see ICE at every polling place.
Sources
Susan Winder: 2024 candidate questionnaire. iVoterGuide, . Winder’s written answers for the 2024 Paradise Valley Unified School District race: her own statements from that race, not a 2026 college-board questionnaire.Archived copy
Hamadeh endorsed Winder in 2024, by her account. In 2022 he said 2020 was “clearly” rigged.
Concerns:Susan Winder·Said or done by: Abraham Hamadeh, an endorser she listed
Winder listed Abraham Hamadeh among her endorsers in 2024. In a 2022 attorney general debate reported by ABC News, asked whether he felt the 2020 election was rigged, Hamadeh, then the Republican nominee, said “clearly.” In 2024 the Arizona Court of Appeals rejected his later challenges to his 2022 loss as filed too late.
Context
Winder reported this endorsement herself on her 2024 questionnaire. The record is Hamadeh’s own; she chose to list him.
Sources
Susan Winder: 2024 candidate questionnaire. iVoterGuide, . Winder’s written answers for the 2024 Paradise Valley Unified School District race: her own statements from that race, not a 2026 college-board questionnaire.Archived copy
Kolodin endorsed Winder in 2024, by her account. In 2023 he was disciplined over his 2020 election lawsuits.
Concerns:Susan Winder·Said or done by: Alexander Kolodin, an endorser she listed
Winder listed Alexander Kolodin among her endorsers in 2024 (her questionnaire spells the name “Alex Klondin”). In 2023 he agreed to accept State Bar punishment, including 18 months of probation, for his actions while representing clients who challenged the results of the 2020 election, including a dismissed lawsuit by Arizona’s so-called fake electors that asked a court to throw out all of Maricopa County’s mail-in ballots. NBC News reports he led several lawsuits to overturn the results of the 2020 and 2022 elections in Arizona. In July 2026, Trump endorsed him for Arizona secretary of state.
Context
Winder reported this endorsement herself on her 2024 questionnaire. The record is Kolodin’s own; Winder chose to list him.
Sources
Susan Winder: 2024 candidate questionnaire. iVoterGuide, . Winder’s written answers for the 2024 Paradise Valley Unified School District race: her own statements from that race, not a 2026 college-board questionnaire.Archived copy
Bolick endorsed Winder in 2024, by her account. In 2022 Bolick said she would not have certified Arizona’s 2020 election.
Concerns:Susan Winder·Said or done by: Shawnna Bolick, an endorser she listed
Winder listed Shawnna Bolick among her endorsers in 2024. In a June 2022 debate for secretary of state, reported by KJZZ, Bolick said she would not have certified Arizona’s 2020 results without forensic audits in all 15 counties. Told that would have meant breaking the law, she replied, “Yeah. And that would have been fine.” NBC News called her “another 2020 election denier.” In December 2020 she signed the resolution asking Congress to accept Arizona’s “alternate” electoral votes for Trump, and in 2021 she said her bill HB 2720 would give the Legislature back the power to certify the electors.
“My opinion, at the time, I would not have certified it.”
Shawnna Bolick, June 2022 debate, reported by KJZZ
Context
Winder reported this endorsement herself on her 2024 questionnaire. The record is Bolick’s own; Winder chose to list her. KJZZ quoted Kori Lorick, Arizona’s state election director, as saying that under the statute certification “is a mandatory responsibility.”
Sources
Susan Winder: 2024 candidate questionnaire. iVoterGuide, . Winder’s written answers for the 2024 Paradise Valley Unified School District race: her own statements from that race, not a 2026 college-board questionnaire.Archived copy
KJZZ: How would the next Arizona secretary of state handle future elections? Look back to 2020. KJZZ (Ben Giles), . Reports Shawnna Bolick’s answers in a June 2022 Arizona Horizons debate for secretary of state, including that she would not have certified Arizona’s 2020 results, and quotes state election director Kori Lorick as saying that certification “is a mandatory responsibility.”
Rep. Shawnna Bolick: press release on HB 2720. Arizona House of Representatives, . Bolick’s own release describing her 2021 bill on the Legislature’s role in certifying presidential electors.
The website of Winder, Crow and Caracciolo publishes a 2020 election denier.
Their site’s article page and the Arizona Mirror’s 2020 report, captured October 1, 2026. The signature photo in the Mirror’s report is courtesy of the Maricopa County Elections Department. Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
Change4Maricopa, the website all three candidates authorize, published an article by Linda Brickman after she interviewed the three over lunch. In 2020, as a Maricopa County Republican Party leader, she wrote “certification denied” beside her signature on the county’s voting-equipment accuracy test. The Arizona Mirror reported that she said the machines were working properly, and it described her dissent as aimed at overturning the election result; it quoted her saying she signed that way “to help our president get back into office.” A May 2026 joehoft.com post, with a postscript signed by Brickman, recounts that refusal.
“It is most important that we sign the way it was necessary to sign to help our president get back into office.”
Linda Brickman, quoted by the Arizona Mirror, November 20, 2020
Our view: They chose to publish her on their campaign website.
Context
The article on their website is about community colleges, not elections. Elections officials said her 2020 notation meant nothing, the Mirror reported. The Mirror also quoted her saying, “And if he didn’t win officially, I guess we have to live with those results.” The candidates chose to publish her article on their joint site.
Sources
Change4Maricopa: article by Linda Brickman. Change4Maricopa, . The three candidates’ joint campaign website published this Linda Brickman article. Its first part also ran on joehoft.com with the same copyright line. It describes her lunch interview with Crow, Caracciolo and Winder.Archived copy
Hatlady’s reflection of the 2020 election process. joehoft.com, . A May 2026 post, with a postscript signed Linda Brickman, saying she was then serving as “the 1st Chair, then later, Chair” of the Maricopa County Republican Committee, and recounting her refusal to certify the testing results. joehoft.com also first published Part 1 of the article that now appears on the candidates’ website.
Arizona Mirror: Maricopa County GOP chair rejects accuracy test to help Trump “get back into office”. Arizona Mirror, . Identifies Linda Brickman as chairwoman of the Maricopa County Republican Party, reports that she wrote “certification denied” next to her signature on the county’s 2020 voting-equipment accuracy test, and quotes her explanation. Elections officials said the notation meant nothing.
Crow gave $500 to the 2024 Senate campaign of Kari Lake, an election denier.
Page 18 of the Kari Lake Victory Fund’s April 2024 report. This site joined the page header to Crow’s entry, left out the other donors on the page and covered the street address. Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
Federal Election Commission filings list a $500 contribution on March 25, 2024, from John Crow of Glendale, employer Century 21 Northwest, to the Kari Lake Victory Fund, which passed it to her Senate campaign. AP reported in November 2024 that Lake had never acknowledged losing the 2022 race for governor; the Arizona Court of Appeals called her only evidence that problems affected the result “sheer speculation.”
Our view: Crow put his own money behind Arizona’s best-known election denier.
Context
The filings list “CROW, JOHN” of Glendale, employer Century 21 Northwest, occupation real estate; an AZCentral article reposted on the Change4Maricopa slate’s own site calls Crow “CEO of Century 21 Northwest Realty.” The match to the candidate rests on those details. The two filings show one contribution, not two. AP’s words were that Lake “has never acknowledged losing that race.”
Her 2024 iVoterGuide page, captured October 1, 2026. This site hid a floating site widget. Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
On her 2024 iVoterGuide questionnaire, Winder reported Shawnna Bolick, Walt Blackman, “Alex Klondin” (her misspelling of Alex Kolodin) and Abraham Hamadeh as endorsers. Hamadeh said 2020 was “clearly” rigged. NBC News reports that Kolodin led lawsuits to overturn Arizona’s 2020 and 2022 election results. He was also disciplined over his 2020 cases. Bolick said she would not have certified Arizona’s 2020 results.
Our view: These are the people Winder chose to list behind her.
Context
The questionnaire spells Kolodin’s name “Klondin.” The full record of each election denier Winder listed, with its sources, is on her page.
Sources
Susan Winder: 2024 candidate questionnaire. iVoterGuide, . Winder’s written answers for the 2024 Paradise Valley Unified School District race: her own statements from that race, not a 2026 college-board questionnaire.Archived copy
KJZZ: How would the next Arizona secretary of state handle future elections? Look back to 2020. KJZZ (Ben Giles), . Reports Shawnna Bolick’s answers in a June 2022 Arizona Horizons debate for secretary of state, including that she would not have certified Arizona’s 2020 results, and quotes state election director Kori Lorick as saying that certification “is a mandatory responsibility.”
Education extremism
No matching receipts in this topic.
Winder cheered legislation that will harm part-time students: it lowers their federal loan limits.
Winder’s reply and the post it answers, on X, captured October 1, 2026. Bessent’s post is about taxes; the same law lowered loan limits for part-time students. Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
Winder replied “Thank you Trump and congress!” to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s post praising the One Big Beautiful Bill’s tax provisions. The same law lowered federal loan limits for part-time students and tightened Pell Grant eligibility for some students, as Maricopa Community Colleges explains.
“Thank you Trump and congress!”
Susan Winder, @smartypants1948, July 7, 2025
Our view: Lower loan limits make it harder for part-time students to afford college.
Context
Bessent’s post discussed taxes, not education, and Winder’s reply does not show she knew about each education provision. The same law also opened Pell Grants to short workforce training programs starting July 1, 2026.
Sources
Susan Winder’s reply thanking Trump and Congress. X, @smartypants1948, . Sandra Christensen’s campaign account endorsed Winder for the District 3 college-board seat on September 7, 2026, and tagged this account as Susan Winder, @smartypants1948. X shows no time zone, so we list the date only. Winder replied to a Bessent post praising the One Big Beautiful Bill’s tax provisions.
Scott Bessent’s post Winder replied to. X, @SecScottBessent, . The Treasury Secretary’s post praised the One Big Beautiful Bill’s tax provisions. It did not discuss education.
Maricopa Community Colleges: changes to federal student aid. Maricopa Community Colleges, . The district explains changes from the federal law signed July 4, 2025, beginning in 2026-27. Its example: a first-year student taking six credits each semester has a $1,750 annual subsidized loan limit, compared with $3,500 at 12 credits.
Federal Student Aid: Pell eligibility for workforce programs. U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid, . States that as of July 1, 2026, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act establishes Pell Grant eligibility for workforce programs of 150 to 599 clock hours that last at least 8 weeks but less than 15 weeks.
Her full answer on her 2024 iVoterGuide questionnaire page, captured September 29, 2026. Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
In her 2024 questionnaire, Winder wrote that funding for pre-K and college should not come from tax money, while supporting funding for students with special needs.
“I personally believe that funding for pre-k and college should not come from tax money collected. In the case of special needs students there should be funding provided from pre-K to college.”
Susan Winder, 2024 questionnaire
Context
Winder’s answer came in a 2024 K-12 school-board race while discussing state and federal taxes. It is not a submitted 2026 college-budget proposal.
Sources
Susan Winder: 2024 candidate questionnaire. iVoterGuide, . Winder’s written answers for the 2024 Paradise Valley Unified School District race: her own statements from that race, not a 2026 college-board questionnaire.Archived copy
Official 2026 general-election candidates. Maricopa County Elections, . The county’s on-ballot list identifies the countywide seat and Districts 3 and 4. District races appear only on applicable ballots. These are nonpartisan offices.
Winder’s answer on her 2024 iVoterGuide questionnaire page, captured September 29, 2026. Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
Asked in 2024 whether she supported diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), Winder selected the strongest disagreement option. Her comment, after noting the national divide over DEI, said “it has no place in public education” and emphasized equal treatment and academic subjects.
“It is clear that there is a divide in our country on diversity, equity and inclusion; however, it has no place in public education.”
Susan Winder, 2024 questionnaire
Our view: It’s clear that she doesn’t understand that DEI actually means fair and equal treatment of students.
Context
This documents her stated position in a K-12 race. It does not establish a specific proposal to eliminate a college program.
Sources
Susan Winder: 2024 candidate questionnaire. iVoterGuide, . Winder’s written answers for the 2024 Paradise Valley Unified School District race: her own statements from that race, not a 2026 college-board questionnaire.Archived copy
Winder opposed gender-affirming providers’ involvement in public schools
Winder’s answer on her 2024 iVoterGuide questionnaire page, captured October 2, 2026. Full-size screenshot
Winder’s 2024 questionnaire opposed these providers’ involvement in schools and said that responsibility belongs to parents.
Context
That answer concerned K-12 schools. It is not a documented 2026 proposal about healthcare or services for adult college students.
Sources
Susan Winder: 2024 candidate questionnaire. iVoterGuide, . Winder’s written answers for the 2024 Paradise Valley Unified School District race: her own statements from that race, not a 2026 college-board questionnaire.Archived copy
1776 Project PAC spent independently to support Winder in 2024
Concerns:Susan Winder·Said or done by: 1776 Project PAC
A county filing reports $1,900.95 for mail supporting Winder, with first distribution dated October 16, 2024, and $10,545.59 reported cumulatively for her support in that election cycle as of the filing.
Context
The PAC paid a mail vendor for independent advertising in the Paradise Valley school-board race. This was not a contribution to Winder’s committee, and the filing does not establish coordination or support in 2026.
Sources
1776 Project PAC: 2024 independent expenditure filing. Maricopa County Elections, . The pre-general-election report covers October 1-19, 2024. Independent spending supporting a candidate is distinct from a contribution to that candidate.
His guest said most universities teach “far left bullshit.” Caracciolo agreed: “Yeah.”
Concerns:Ryan Caracciolo·Said or done by: Mike Loverde, his podcast guest
A frame from the episode at 42:06, as he asks the question. Full-size screenshot
On the first episode of his podcast, Caracciolo asked a guest why good therapists were hard to find, listing the training, the curriculum, “the culture nowadays,” “the education” and “a cultural shift.” The guest answered, “It’s probably everything. I mean, most universities teach far left bullshit,” and Caracciolo replied, “Yeah.”
“It's probably everything. I mean, most universities teach far left bullshit.”
Mike Loverde, June 3, 2025
Our view: Caracciolo wants to help run Maricopa’s colleges.
Context
The “far left” words are the guest’s, an addiction-treatment business owner who had said it was hard to find good therapists. Caracciolo asked the question and replied “Yeah”; the exchange was checked by listening.
Three parts of the court’s public case page, stacked by this site: the case details, the September 14 judgment entry and the judgments. The list of parties is left out because it names other people. Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
In August 2025 Susan Winder’s homeowners association sued her in Maricopa County Superior Court. In July 2026 the court found Winder had been delinquent in her account since September 30, 2023; she had written to the court that she planned to meet with the association’s lawyer, but did not respond to its motion. On September 14, 2026, the court entered a “Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure and Order of Sale,” with judgments against her of $142.35 in principal, $7,814.50 in attorney fees and $1,046.73 in costs.
Our view: She let $142.35 in unpaid dues rack up more than $8,800 in fees and costs, which has now resulted in a foreclosure judgment and an order to sell her property. Is this the financially responsible person we want overseeing an $884 million operating budget?
Context
This is a homeowners association case, not a mortgage foreclosure. A judgment can be paid before any sale, and the docket shows no sale as of October 1, 2026. She represented herself. The district’s adopted FY2026-27 budget plans $884.5 million in General Fund spending, its main operating fund, and $1.39 billion across all funds. The ruling linked here is a copy redacted by this site: we removed the addresses and the names of the other defendants.
Sources
Maricopa County Superior Court: case CV2025-030062. Maricopa County Superior Court, . The court’s public case page for Silvertree Homeowners Association v. Susan Winder, et al., filed August 21, 2025. It lists the September 14, 2026, judgment and decree of foreclosure and order of sale, and the judgments against Winder.
Maricopa County Superior Court: ruling of July 6, 2026, in CV2025-030062 (redacted copy). Maricopa County Superior Court (copy redacted by this site), . The court’s minute entry granting the homeowners association summary judgment against Susan Winder, filed July 7, 2026. This site redacted the addresses and the names of the other defendants and added a printed line saying so; nothing else on the pages was changed. The original is a public record of the Clerk of the Superior Court.
Maricopa Community Colleges: adopted FY2026-27 budget. Maricopa County Community College District, . The adopted budget separates available resources, fund balances and planned spending. It calls the General Fund the district’s largest and main operating fund.
Crow’s football math leaves out a $20 million-plus district estimate. On FOX 10 Crow guessed the program cost “a million and a half,” but the district’s 2018 estimate, cited on his own Change4Maricopa slate’s website, says facilities could eventually need more than $20 million.
A frame from the segment as the Change4Maricopa slate reposted it on Instagram on September 15, 2026, cropped by this site. Full-size screenshot
On FOX 10 Talks, asked what the football program cost, Crow said, “Let’s say it’s a million and a half,” and said players’ tuition brought in about $1.1 million, arguing the district cut enrollment and revenue when it cut the program.
“Let's say it's a million and a half. … But you have a million, 1.1 million thereabouts in tuition from the athletes that are playing there. None of them are on full rides. So you cut enrollment. You cut revenue when you cut the program.”
John David Crow, September 15, 2026
Our view: Crow’s “million and a half” leaves out the one-time capital costs: the district’s 2018 estimate, cited on his own Change4Maricopa slate’s website, that the programs could eventually need more than $20 million in capital improvements.
Context
The host had said Crow told him during a break that the better question about football was why it was not saved. The district’s 2018 figures, cited in the article on the Change4Maricopa slate’s own site, were about $770,000 a year for four programs, plus more than $20 million that could eventually be needed for facilities. Quote shortened and repeated words dropped; the cut, a short interjection that may be the host’s, is marked with ….
Change4Maricopa: article by Linda Brickman. Change4Maricopa, . The three candidates’ joint campaign website published this Linda Brickman article. Its first part also ran on joehoft.com with the same copyright line. It describes her lunch interview with Crow, Caracciolo and Winder.Archived copy
Winder called Paradise Valley Unified’s $340 million school bond “ridiculous.” It was for repairs, safety, technology and buses.
Winder’s own upload on YouTube, captured October 1, 2026. Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
At an October 2023 Paradise Valley school board meeting, in a video she posted herself, Winder said what she called “this violation of my rights” would keep her from voting yes on the district’s bond. The bond, on the November 2023 ballot, was a $340 million request the district said would maintain existing facilities, comply with safety regulations, upgrade technology, and buy furniture, equipment and school buses. Voters approved it.
“Were I a wealthy person I would hire that attorney and sue you. You work for us, the taxpayers … You are spending our money that we give you for schools. This violation of my rights will keep me from voting yes on your ridiculous total amount Bond request.”
Susan Winder, October 2023
Our view: As a voter, Winder tied her vote on a bond for school repairs, safety and buses to her dispute with the board over public comment and a records request. Most voters approved it.
Context
Speaking as a taxpayer in the district, Winder objected that the board had moved public comment to after its voting items and said a records request had not returned all the emails she asked for. Quote shortened; the cut is marked with ….
Sources
Susan Winder speaks at the PVUSD school board, October 2023. Susan Winder on YouTube (@ElectSusanWinder), . Winder’s own upload of her public comment at an October 2023 Paradise Valley Unified School District board meeting. The quote was checked by listening.
Paradise Valley Unified: 2023 bond election. Paradise Valley Unified School District, . The district’s page for its November 7, 2023, bond election: a $340 million request to maintain existing facilities, comply with safety regulations, upgrade technology infrastructure, and purchase school furniture, equipment, technology and school buses.
Page 2 of the club’s posted minutes, cropped by this site to the two candidates’ remarks. Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
At a Sun City West Republican Club meeting on September 12, 2026, the club’s draft minutes record Crow saying the college district has “been run by the left the past 10 years” and Caracciolo saying conservatives need to take back the Board.
“He said conservatives need to take back the Board to make positive changes.”
Sun City West Republican Club, minutes on Ryan Caracciolo, September 12, 2026
Our view: A nonpartisan college board is not a prize for either party.
Context
These are the club secretary’s minutes, not a transcript, and the club has posted them for approval at its October meeting. The college board is a nonpartisan office.
Sources
Sun City West Republican Club: September 12, 2026, minutes. Sun City West Republican Club, . Minutes written by the club’s recording secretary, Connie Loper. They summarize what the candidates said; they are not a transcript. The club posted them for approval at its October meeting.Archived copy
Winder, Crow and Caracciolo run as one ticket, on one website.
The footer of change4maricopa.com, captured October 1, 2026. This site covered the contact email. Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
Winder, Crow and Caracciolo campaign together as Change4Maricopa. The slate’s joint website is paid for by all three campaign committees and authorized by all three candidates.
“Paid for by John David Crow For Maricopa County Community College Board, Elect Ryan Caracciolo, and Winder for MCCCB. Authorized by John Crow, Ryan Caracciolo and Susan Winder.”
Change4Maricopa website footer, checked September 29, 2026
Our view: One ticket, one website, one platform. A vote for the ticket is a vote for Winder’s record.
Context
Running together does not mean each candidate said what the others said. Every card on this site names who said or did what.
Sources
Change4Maricopa: shared campaign platform. Change4Maricopa, . The three candidates authorize this campaign website. Its claims describe the slate’s platform; they are not independent evaluations of the district. The page gives no publication date.Archived copy
Two parts of Crow’s candidate page on the Change4Maricopa website, captured October 2, 2026, joined by this site. Full-size screenshot
Crow’s campaign emphasizes business leadership, responsible spending and workforce training. Restoring football is also one of Crow’s stated priorities.
Context
Crow’s spending promises should be judged against a public, itemized proposal. If restoration would use public resources, he should explain how it would be funded without reducing existing academic programs.
Sources
John David Crow: candidate platform. Change4Maricopa, . Crow’s campaign presents his business experience, spending priorities and support for restoring football. The page gives no publication date.Archived copy
Caracciolo campaigns on enrollment growth and restoring football
Two parts of the Change4Maricopa home page, captured October 2, 2026, joined by this site. Full-size screenshot
The campaign presents Caracciolo as a marketing and business leader focused on enrollment and workforce opportunities. He also campaigns with Crow and Winder to restore football.
Context
The proposal deserves scrutiny for its cost and evidence of educational benefit. The other candidates’ individual statements are not attributed to Caracciolo.
Sources
Change4Maricopa: shared campaign platform. Change4Maricopa, . The three candidates authorize this campaign website. Its claims describe the slate’s platform; they are not independent evaluations of the district. The page gives no publication date.Archived copy
Change4Maricopa: football campaign page. Change4Maricopa, . A campaign page promoting restoration and presenting supporters’ experiences. Personal testimonials do not establish a district-wide cost or enrollment effect. The page gives no publication date.Archived copy
Winder, Crow and Caracciolo promise to bring football back. Their numbers don’t add up to a viable budget.
The football page of the Change4Maricopa website, captured October 2, 2026. Full-size screenshot
All three jointly promise to bring back junior-college football. The figures they and their site point to don’t match: on FOX 10, Crow said “let’s say it’s a million and a half” for the program and cited about $1.1 million in tuition from its players; the article on their own site cites the district’s 2018 estimates of about $770,000 a year for four programs and more than $20 million that could eventually be needed for capital improvements; and the unsigned plan their football page links relies on a new student fee that it says must rise with inflation: “Indexing is essential: without it, every version eventually falls short.” In a 2019 Northeast Valley News report, a district spokesman said the primary factor in ending football was “the financial viability of sustaining these programs long term.”
Our view: Three numbers, no budget. Nothing they have published shows football would be financially viable, and Winder wrote that college should not be paid for with tax money, except for students with special needs. Students could be left to pay.
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Supporters’ experiences deserve consideration. The article on the slate’s site says Crow proposes a “phased public-private model” with fundraising and sponsorships, and that Caracciolo proposes sponsorships, private fundraising and partnerships; as described, neither includes a dollar figure. Crow’s figure was an annual cost; the $20 million was a one-time capital estimate that the district never itemized and that was disputed at the time. In 2018 the district also cited flat enrollment and the end of state support.
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Change4Maricopa: shared campaign platform. Change4Maricopa, . The three candidates authorize this campaign website. Its claims describe the slate’s platform; they are not independent evaluations of the district. The page gives no publication date.Archived copy
Change4Maricopa: football campaign page. Change4Maricopa, . A campaign page promoting restoration and presenting supporters’ experiences. Personal testimonials do not establish a district-wide cost or enrollment effect. The page gives no publication date.Archived copy
Change4Maricopa: article by Linda Brickman. Change4Maricopa, . The three candidates’ joint campaign website published this Linda Brickman article. Its first part also ran on joehoft.com with the same copyright line. It describes her lunch interview with Crow, Caracciolo and Winder.Archived copy
Football “Strategic Framework” linked from Change4Maricopa (unsigned). Unsigned document linked from Change4Maricopa, . A Google document linked from the football page of the candidates’ joint campaign website, under “YOUR CANDIDATES THAT WILL BRING JUCO FOOTBALL BACK.” The link was added between September 29 and October 1, 2026. It names no author or date and calls itself “an illustration for public discussion, not a final plan.”Archived copy
ABC15: Maricopa Community Colleges eliminating football programs after 2018. ABC15 Arizona, . Reports the district’s stated reasons for ending football: ongoing financial constraints, including the leveling off of enrollment growth and the zeroing out of state support, and that the four programs were 20 percent of the athletic budget and over 50 percent of related insurance costs.
Two passages from the plan, the fee paragraph captured October 1, 2026, and its indexing terms captured October 2, 2026, joined by this site. Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
The slate’s joint campaign site now links an unsigned football plan and financial model. In its illustration of how to pay for football, the plan adds a new Student Life & Athletics Fee of $2 per credit hour on top of tuition and says it must rise with inflation, to about $4.07 by 2054: “Indexing is essential: without it, every version eventually falls short.” Up to 60% of the fee goes to football after launch. As one way to lower that fee, it lists a property tax increase of $1 million a year dedicated to the fund.
“In this illustration the fee is new, and it is an increase. It is $2 per credit hour on top of tuition, which has been $97 per credit since FY2024. … Indexing is essential: without it, every version eventually falls short.”
Unsigned football plan linked from Change4Maricopa, captured October 1 and 2, 2026
Our view: Football doesn’t pay for itself. The plan their website links would add a new fee to every credit, raising tuition, and says the fee should rise with inflation, subject to annual Board approval. And Winder wrote in 2024 that college should not be paid for with tax money, except for students with special needs.
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The plan and model name no author or date; as of October 1, 2026, we found no candidate calling them their own. Their joint site links them under “YOUR CANDIDATES THAT WILL BRING JUCO FOOTBALL BACK.” The plan calls itself “an illustration for public discussion, not a final plan,” and the model says its projections “are not forecasts, budgets or financing commitments.” The plan says “any new fee or tax should be a last resort,” models the fee on a $2 student activity fee that, it says, the district combined with tuition in 2014, and gives the rest of the fee to existing sports and student life at all 10 colleges. The property tax increase is one of several optional ways to lower the fee, not part of its base case: the plan lists “a property tax increase of $1 million a year dedicated to the fund, roughly 16 cents a year per $100,000 of home value” as “Board-discretionary (within the Board’s authority, not yet adopted),” and its own options table calls it “a tax increase: a last resort requiring a Truth in Taxation hearing.” The $4.07 figure is in future dollars. The plan sets a $5.0 million planning allowance for facility improvements; in 2018 the district said the programs could require more than $20 million in capital improvements and associated expenses. The model builds about $26 million of capital capacity through 2054. Linda Brickman’s September 24 article on the same site described Crow’s proposal as a “phased public-private model” with fundraising and sponsorships, and Caracciolo’s as sponsorships, private fundraising and partnerships; it did not propose a student fee. The quote above joins two passages, marked with …: the fee paragraph, and the last sentence of the plan’s indexing term, which begins “Indexed to inflation after the first season, subject to annual Board approval.”
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Football “Strategic Framework” linked from Change4Maricopa (unsigned). Unsigned document linked from Change4Maricopa, . A Google document linked from the football page of the candidates’ joint campaign website, under “YOUR CANDIDATES THAT WILL BRING JUCO FOOTBALL BACK.” The link was added between September 29 and October 1, 2026. It names no author or date and calls itself “an illustration for public discussion, not a final plan.”Archived copy
Football “Financial Model” linked from Change4Maricopa (unsigned). Unsigned spreadsheet linked from Change4Maricopa, . A Google spreadsheet linked from the same campaign page as its “FINANCIAL MODEL.” It names no author. Its About tab says its projections “are not forecasts, budgets or financing commitments.”Archived copy
Change4Maricopa: football campaign page. Change4Maricopa, . A campaign page promoting restoration and presenting supporters’ experiences. Personal testimonials do not establish a district-wide cost or enrollment effect. The page gives no publication date.Archived copy
Winder tells voters to vote for her, Crow and Caracciolo.
Frames from Winder’s video at 1:15, 1:18, 1:21 and 1:24, posted by @change4maricopa on September 1, 2026, cropped and set in a grid by this site. Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
In her campaign video on the Change4Maricopa slate’s Instagram account, Winder closes by naming her running mates and their seats. The video ends on a card paid for by all three campaigns and authorized by all three candidates.
“So remember vote Ryan Caracciolo who is on the West Side and John Crow who is member at large and Susan Winder who is in central Phoenix. Thank you.”
Susan Winder, September 1, 2026
Our view: She asks for your vote for the whole ticket, not just her.
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The frames show the video’s own on-screen captions, which split the sentence across three screens, and its end card. The quote was checked by listening.
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Change4Maricopa on Instagram: Susan Winder campaign video. Instagram, @change4maricopa, . A campaign video posted by the Change4Maricopa slate’s joint account. It ends with a disclosure paid for by Crow’s campaign and the committees to elect Caracciolo and Winder, authorized by all three.Archived copy
Crow says he is running with Caracciolo and Winder. Crow’s video misspells both their names.
Frames from Crow’s video at 0:54, 0:56, 0:58 and 1:21, posted by @change4maricopa on September 1, 2026, set in a grid by this site. The misspellings are in the video’s own captions; the end card spells the names correctly. Red outline added by this site. Full-size screenshot
In his campaign video on the Change4Maricopa slate’s Instagram account, Crow names both running mates and the parts of the county they would represent. The video’s own on-screen captions spell their names “Carrasciolo” and “Wender.” It ends on the same card paid for and authorized by all three.
“I'm running with a highly qualified team of professionals like Ryan Caracciolo in the West Valley and Susan Winder in the Central Valley all the way up north to Anthem.”
John David Crow, September 1, 2026
Our view: They ask for your vote as one team. Their own video gets two of their names wrong.
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The captions are burned into the video the Change4Maricopa slate posted; its end card spells both names correctly. The quote follows what he says, checked by listening.
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Change4Maricopa on Instagram: John Crow campaign video. Instagram, @change4maricopa, . A campaign video posted by the Change4Maricopa slate’s joint account. It ends with a disclosure paid for by Crow’s campaign and the committees to elect Caracciolo and Winder, authorized by all three.Archived copy
Striventa’s About page, captured October 1, 2026. This site hid the team photos and set the two entries side by side, leaving out other staff. Full-size screenshot
Arizona Corporation Commission records list two members of Striventa Business Solutions, L.L.C., an active company formed in 2013: Striventa LLC, whose statutory agent is Caracciolo, and Seraphic Team, L.L.C., whose members are John Crow and Rodica Bartels. Caracciolo’s company, Striventa, lists him as “Founder & President” and Crow as “Partner.”
Our view: They don’t just share a ticket. They share a business.
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Ownership shares are not public, and the member records date from 2013. A statutory agent receives legal papers for a company; Striventa’s own site calls Caracciolo its founder and president. Linda Brickman’s article on the candidates’ own site says Crow and Caracciolo “have worked together for approximately 15 years.”
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Arizona Corporation Commission: Striventa Business Solutions, L.L.C.. Arizona Corporation Commission, . An active Arizona company formed April 4, 2013. State records list two members: Striventa LLC and Seraphic Team. The same search lists Striventa, LLC with Ryan Caracciolo as its statutory agent. Search the business name to view the record.
Arizona Corporation Commission: Seraphic Team, L.L.C.. Arizona Corporation Commission, . An active Arizona company formed April 3, 2013. State records list two members: John Crow and Rodica Bartels. Search the business name to view the record.
Striventa: About page. Striventa, . Caracciolo’s company, Striventa, lists him as “Founder & President” and John Crow as “Partner.”Archived copy
Change4Maricopa: article by Linda Brickman. Change4Maricopa, . The three candidates’ joint campaign website published this Linda Brickman article. Its first part also ran on joehoft.com with the same copyright line. It describes her lunch interview with Crow, Caracciolo and Winder.Archived copy
Their joint site’s candidate pages are published under an account named with a Striventa email address. Striventa is Caracciolo’s company.
The site’s public WordPress data on pages by author 8, captured October 2, 2026, two responses joined by this site. The account’s name, an email address, is blacked out by this site. Full-size screenshot
The joint campaign site’s own data lists one account as the author of all three candidate pages, the football page, the mission page and the Linda Brickman article. The account’s published name is an email address beginning with “ryan” at striventa.com, Caracciolo’s company.
Our view: The account that publishes their candidate pages and Brickman’s article is named for an email address at Caracciolo’s company.
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The site shows this through its public WordPress data, not a printed byline. Other accounts publish some pages, including the home page. The author field records which account a page is credited to, not who wrote its words; the Brickman article carries her byline. In a 2020 post on his company’s blog, Caracciolo gave a striventa.com address beginning with “ryan” as his own.
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Change4Maricopa website: pages published by account 8. Change4Maricopa (public WordPress data), . The site’s own data lists one account as the author of these pages and publishes its name as an email address at striventa.com that begins with “ryan.” The author field records which account a page is credited to, not who wrote its words.Archived copy
Change4Maricopa: article by Linda Brickman. Change4Maricopa, . The three candidates’ joint campaign website published this Linda Brickman article. Its first part also ran on joehoft.com with the same copyright line. It describes her lunch interview with Crow, Caracciolo and Winder.Archived copy
About three-quarters of the district’s General Fund ongoing resources come from local taxes.
Concerns: District record
The adopted FY2026-27 budget lists $637,500,308 in property taxes and Salt River Project payments in lieu of taxes, out of $857,448,603 in General Fund ongoing resources. That is 74.35 percent, and about three times the $208,327,973 in General Fund tuition and fees.
Our view: Cut that support without replacing it, and the bill lands on tuition or classes. The budget shortfall will negatively impact our education somewhere.
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This is the main operating fund, not the entire district budget, and these are budgeted amounts. Tuition is unchanged for 2026-27, for a fourth straight year.
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Maricopa Community Colleges: adopted FY2026-27 budget. Maricopa County Community College District, . The adopted budget separates available resources, fund balances and planned spending. It calls the General Fund the district’s largest and main operating fund.
The district’s available resources and annual spending are different
Concerns: District record
The adopted FY2026-27 budget lists about $1.815 billion in total resources, including fund balances, and about $1.392 billion in budgeted expenditures across all funds.
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A total resource figure is not money freely available for a new program. A football proposal needs its own cost estimates and identified funding sources.
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Maricopa Community Colleges: adopted FY2026-27 budget. Maricopa County Community College District, . The adopted budget separates available resources, fund balances and planned spending. It calls the General Fund the district’s largest and main operating fund.
The district reports no state operating aid for a twelfth year
Concerns: District record
On June 23, 2026, Maricopa Community Colleges announced that it would receive no state operating aid for the twelfth consecutive year.
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This concerns a specific aid category. The adopted budget includes separate state STEM funding. These existing conditions are not attributed to the three candidates.
Maricopa Community Colleges: adopted FY2026-27 budget. Maricopa County Community College District, . The adopted budget separates available resources, fund balances and planned spending. It calls the General Fund the district’s largest and main operating fund.
Citizens Clean Elections Commission, , Important Dates and Jurisdictional Elections, Special Districts.
Lists November 3 as Election Day, October 7 as the start of early voting, and candidate elections for the Maricopa County Community College District at-large, District 3 and District 4 seats. The page does not state a publication date.
Sandra Christensen’s campaign account endorsed Winder for the District 3 college-board seat on September 7, 2026, and tagged this account as Susan Winder, @smartypants1948. X shows no time zone, so we list the date only.
A September 21, 2026, post asking readers to choose between supporting and opposing ICE. Winder’s reply answered it. The account’s display name does not establish that it belongs to the actor Mel Gibson.
X, @SandraForAZ, , Tagged people: Susan Winder, @smartypants1948.
How we connect @smartypants1948 to the candidate. Christensen’s official campaign website links this X account. Her post reads “Vote Winder for MC community colleges District 3 governing board” and tags @smartypants1948 as Susan Winder.
Sandra Christensen’s campaign account endorsed Winder for the District 3 college-board seat on September 7, 2026, and tagged this account as Susan Winder, @smartypants1948. X shows no time zone, so we list the date only. X now shows the post she replied to as coming from a suspended account.
X, @smartypants1948, , Reply to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Sandra Christensen’s campaign account endorsed Winder for the District 3 college-board seat on September 7, 2026, and tagged this account as Susan Winder, @smartypants1948. X shows no time zone, so we list the date only. Winder replied to a Bessent post praising the One Big Beautiful Bill’s tax provisions.
Maricopa Community Colleges, , Loan limits for part-time students; Pell Grant eligibility.
The district explains changes from the federal law signed July 4, 2025, beginning in 2026-27. Its example: a first-year student taking six credits each semester has a $1,750 annual subsidized loan limit, compared with $3,500 at 12 credits.
Turning Point PAC, , Community College Board: District 3, District 4 and At-Large.
The site says the Freedom Ticket is produced, paid for and published by Turning Point PAC, and that it was last updated August 5, 2026. Its picks appear after you enter an address. Entries without an endorsement badge are recommendations; the PAC says candidates are not consulted and the guide is not authorized by any candidate. We checked the listing on September 29, 2026, and kept a dated screenshot.
A photo from Winder’s 2024 Paradise Valley school-board campaign account. Her caption: “Had fun speaking at a meet and greet for Paradise Valley school board candidates.”
A campaign video posted by the Change4Maricopa slate’s joint account. It ends with a disclosure paid for by Crow’s campaign and the committees to elect Caracciolo and Winder, authorized by all three.
A campaign video posted by the Change4Maricopa slate’s joint account. It ends with a disclosure paid for by Crow’s campaign and the committees to elect Caracciolo and Winder, authorized by all three.
A campaign video posted by the Change4Maricopa slate’s joint account. It ends with a disclosure paid for by Crow’s campaign and the committees to elect Caracciolo and Winder, authorized by all three.
iVoterGuide, , Economy, Education, Election and Other Important Issues sections; Endorsements. Archived copy
Winder’s written answers for the 2024 Paradise Valley Unified School District race: her own statements from that race, not a 2026 college-board questionnaire.
Maricopa County Elections, , PDF pages 7-9; Schedule B(6), third entry on page 9.
The pre-general-election report covers October 1-19, 2024. Independent spending supporting a candidate is distinct from a contribution to that candidate.
Reports that Alexander Kolodin agreed to accept State Bar punishment, including 18 months of probation, in a settlement over election lawsuits filed after the 2020 election.
Reports Shawnna Bolick’s answers in a June 2022 Arizona Horizons debate for secretary of state, including that she would not have certified Arizona’s 2020 results, and quotes state election director Kori Lorick as saying that certification “is a mandatory responsibility.”
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas (via CourtListener), , Exhibit A: resolved clause; signature block for Rep. Shawnna Bolick (LD 20).
Filed as an exhibit in Gohmert v. Pence on December 27, 2020. The resolution, signed December 14, 2020, has no bill number and was not enrolled as legislation.
Change4Maricopa, , Byline and interview with all three candidates. Archived copy
The three candidates’ joint campaign website published this Linda Brickman article. Its first part also ran on joehoft.com with the same copyright line. It describes her lunch interview with Crow, Caracciolo and Winder.
joehoft.com, , Opening paragraph and postscript signed Linda Brickman.
A May 2026 post, with a postscript signed Linda Brickman, saying she was then serving as “the 1st Chair, then later, Chair” of the Maricopa County Republican Committee, and recounting her refusal to certify the testing results. joehoft.com also first published Part 1 of the article that now appears on the candidates’ website.
Identifies Linda Brickman as chairwoman of the Maricopa County Republican Party, reports that she wrote “certification denied” next to her signature on the county’s 2020 voting-equipment accuracy test, and quotes her explanation. Elections officials said the notation meant nothing.
Sun City West Republican Club, , Candidate remarks by John Crow and Ryan Caracciolo. Archived copy
Minutes written by the club’s recording secretary, Connie Loper. They summarize what the candidates said; they are not a transcript. The club posted them for approval at its October meeting.
Change4Maricopa, , 1. Affordable Local Education; Ryan Caracciolo - DISTRICT 4; 4. Bring Back JUCO Football; footer disclaimer. Archived copy
The three candidates authorize this campaign website. Its claims describe the slate’s platform; they are not independent evaluations of the district. The page gives no publication date.
Change4Maricopa, , Candidate heading, football-community testimonials, and links to the football framework and financial model. Archived copy
A campaign page promoting restoration and presenting supporters’ experiences. Personal testimonials do not establish a district-wide cost or enrollment effect. The page gives no publication date.
Unsigned document linked from Change4Maricopa, , “How it could be paid for: the $2 proof of concept” and the funding options. Archived copy
A Google document linked from the football page of the candidates’ joint campaign website, under “YOUR CANDIDATES THAT WILL BRING JUCO FOOTBALL BACK.” The link was added between September 29 and October 1, 2026. It names no author or date and calls itself “an illustration for public discussion, not a final plan.”
Unsigned spreadsheet linked from Change4Maricopa, , About, Inputs, Blended Funding and Funding Levers tabs. Archived copy
A Google spreadsheet linked from the same campaign page as its “FINANCIAL MODEL.” It names no author. Its About tab says its projections “are not forecasts, budgets or financing commitments.”
Maricopa County Elections, , Page 1, Community College District entries.
The county’s on-ballot list identifies the countywide seat and Districts 3 and 4. District races appear only on applicable ballots. These are nonpartisan offices.
Maricopa County Community College District, , Printed pages 14-15 and 35-36 (PDF pages 15-16 and 36-37).
The adopted budget separates available resources, fund balances and planned spending. It calls the General Fund the district’s largest and main operating fund.
Maricopa County Superior Court (copy redacted by this site), , Ruling, page 1 and findings 1 to 3.
The court’s minute entry granting the homeowners association summary judgment against Susan Winder, filed July 7, 2026. This site redacted the addresses and the names of the other defendants and added a printed line saying so; nothing else on the pages was changed. The original is a public record of the Clerk of the Superior Court.
Maricopa County Superior Court, , Case Information, Case Documents and Judgments.
The court’s public case page for Silvertree Homeowners Association v. Susan Winder, et al., filed August 21, 2025. It lists the September 14, 2026, judgment and decree of foreclosure and order of sale, and the judgments against Winder.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid, .
States that as of July 1, 2026, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act establishes Pell Grant eligibility for workforce programs of 150 to 599 clock hours that last at least 8 weeks but less than 15 weeks.
Reports the district’s stated reasons for ending football: ongoing financial constraints, including the leveling off of enrollment growth and the zeroing out of state support, and that the four programs were 20 percent of the athletic budget and over 50 percent of related insurance costs.
Quotes district spokesman Matt Hasson: the main factor “was the financial viability of sustaining these programs long term,” with student success metrics “a component” of the decision.
The district’s page for its November 7, 2023, bond election: a $340 million request to maintain existing facilities, comply with safety regulations, upgrade technology infrastructure, and purchase school furniture, equipment, technology and school buses.
Susan Winder on YouTube (@ElectSusanWinder), , 1:13 to 1:32.
Winder’s own upload of her public comment at an October 2023 Paradise Valley Unified School District board meeting. The quote was checked by listening.
Arizona Corporation Commission, , Business ID L18375557, list of principals.
An active Arizona company formed April 4, 2013. State records list two members: Striventa LLC and Seraphic Team. The same search lists Striventa, LLC with Ryan Caracciolo as its statutory agent. Search the business name to view the record.
Arizona Corporation Commission, , Business ID L18370509, list of principals.
An active Arizona company formed April 3, 2013. State records list two members: John Crow and Rodica Bartels. Search the business name to view the record.
Change4Maricopa (public WordPress data), , The “author” entry on each page, including the three candidate pages, “juco” and “our-mission”. Archived copy
The site’s own data lists one account as the author of these pages and publishes its name as an email address at striventa.com that begins with “ryan.” The author field records which account a page is credited to, not who wrote its words.
