ORANGE COUNTY IN BANKRUPTCY : Concern Over School

County residents with children in local public schools are more likely to give the supervisors poor grades for their performance during the financial crisis and to say they have very little or no confidence in the supervisors’ ability to solve the problem.

How much confidence do you have in the ability of the Orange County Board ofSupervisors to solve the county’s financial crisis?

Total:

A great deal: 10%

Some: 41%

Very little: 31%

None: 16%

Don’t know: 2%

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Has Child in School:

A great deal: 10%

Some: 33%

Very little: 37%

None: 19%

Don’t know: 1%

In the recent days since the losses in the Orange County investment fund werediscovered, how would you rate the job performance of the Orange County Board ofSupervisors in handling the county’s financial crisis?

Excellent: 4%

Good: 16%

Fair: 35%

Poor: 34%

Don’t know: 11%

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Excellent: 3%

Good: 17%

Fair: 34%

Poor: 40%

Don’t know: 6%

Source: Times Orange County Poll