David Dicarlo

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David DiCarlo

Nonpartisan

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 7, 2023

Education

Associate

Glendale Community College, 1994

Personal

Birthplace

Chicago Heights, Ill.

Religion

Non-Denominational Protestant Christian

Profession

Finance

Contact

Campaign website

David DiCarlo ran for election to the Douglas County School District Board of Directors to represent District C in Colorado. He lost in the general election on November 7, 2023.

DiCarlo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

David DiCarlo was born in Chicago Heights, Illinois. DiCarlo earned an associate degree from Glendale Community College in 1994 and a bachelor's degree in political science and government from Arizona State University. His work experience includes serving as a sales manager with AT&T and Qwest Communications, owning an audio equipment repair business, and working in finance. Dicarlo has been affiliated with the Douglas County Republican Party.

Elections

2023

See also: Douglas County School District, Colorado, elections (2023)

General election

General election for Douglas County School District Board of Directors District C

Brad Geiger defeated incumbent Jason Page and David DiCarlo in the general election for Douglas County School District Board of Directors District C on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Geiger (Nonpartisan)	47.7	60,243
		Jason Page (Nonpartisan)	29.0	36,685
		David DiCarlo (Nonpartisan)	23.3	29,408

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 126,336
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Endorsements

DiCarlo received the following endorsements. To view a full list of DiCarlo's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here.

• State Sen. Mark Baisley (R)
• State Sen. Kevin Van Winkle (R)
• Douglas Cnty. Treas. Dave Gill
• Frmr. Colo. State Board of Regents Memb. John Carson (R)
• Frmr. State Sen. Ted Harvey (R)
• Frmr. state Sen. Chris Holbert (R)
• Frmr. State Rep. Frank McNulty (R)
• Frmr. State Rep. Patrick Neville (R)
• Frmr. State Rep. Kim Ransom (R)
• Douglas County, Colo., Republican Party
• Republican Party of Colorado
• Colorado Conservative Patriot Alliance
• Smart Choice Colorado
• Darcy Schoening - Frmr. El Paso Cnty. Moms for Liberty Chair

Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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David DiCarlo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by DiCarlo's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I’m a community member who is for three children through the Douglas county school district. I have served on the Douglas County School Boards District Accountability Committee. I am the conservative in this race, and I oppose additional taxation, especially for our senior citizens.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• We do not need additional taxation. Our district has fewer children today then it had 10 years ago so we also do not need new buildings. In the year were property taxes have gone up 50%. The school district needs to be a good neighbor and partner with the community not treat their mortgage like an ATM.
• Back to basics, reading, writing, arithmetic, American history (including passing a test of the United States Constitution) and the scientific method. Remove the identity politics from the classroom. Shrink our remediation rates and continue to expand paths for kids to leave the district ready for life.
• We must improve transparency, and accessibility, the board must get out of the boardroom and hold meetings in the community. Interacting directly with the public on key issues, such as security. Our current changes to security amount to parchment guarantees. We need actual, physical improvements, parents need to know we are willing to make the decisions to better protect their children.

Community Question Featured local question

How important is it to involve residents in the government’s decision-making process? What plans do you have regarding resident involvement in this process?

The involvement of the general citizenry is crucial. I want the board to get out of the board room and into the community. Host meetings remotely in high school auditoriums across the district to invite the local community to attend and interact with them. While video participation is fine, I do not believe it to be as engaging of an experience as in person attendance. I believe the board must raise the level of transparency and accessibility.

Community Question Featured local question

How should record requests from the public be handled? Do you have any policies around transparency and accountability you want to enact?

Colorado law should be followed 100%. And we should be putting the kids first. Attorneys and insurance companies come after transparency to children and families.

Community Question Featured local question

How would you address crime and public safety? Do you have a different stance than current city council policy?

We must deepen our partnership with our police force to deal with building level crime . We have taken no additional steps to improve or change our current security past “parchment guarantees”. We’ve done things that allow politician to hold pieces of paper in the air and say “look what we’ve done”, but we haven’t done the things that will actually make a difference in the buildings. We must work to harden the target and have all options regarding student safety on the table

Community Question Featured local question

How would you balance the needs and desires of existing business and housing communities with new development? Would you take gentrification and displacement into consideration when planning neighborhood development?

This is not an area with which the school board has any ability to make policy.

Community Question Featured local question

How would you set priorities and develop plans in a way that will reflect community values and goals?

This is again an opportunity to get out into the community and talk directly with the people. There is no substitute for face-to-face communication.

Community Question Featured local question

What plans do you have regarding infrastructure?

In these difficult economic times we must prioritize repairs, maintenance and expansion. Preparing for routine maintenance is paramount and it must begin at the building level. Local staff must be empowered to plan and save so that we are not continually going back to the community for extra dollars.

Community Question Featured local question

What plans do you have regarding the police department? Would you make any changes from current policy?

I would continue to work with local law-enforcement as we add more SROs to our buildings but also I would explore new areas where we can improve safety and transparency. This notion that we can’t tell you the plan because then the bad guy would know the plan is false. The simple fact is we don’t have much of a plan. We have one armed person per building that is supposed to be everywhere all at once dealing with threats. That is a plan for failure and we can do better. All options regarding safety and security would be on the table.

Community Question Featured local question

What policies would you have implemented in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic? Why did you select those policies?

The masking of children caused deep and ongoing psychological issues. Even in times that are unprecedented, like the COVID-19 pandemic, it is the job of elected officials to balance fact with fear. You cannot lose your skeptical eye. The district did not do a good job of that and in fact did a terrible job of providing pushback once facts became clear.

Community Question Featured local question

Do you believe crime rates are changing? Where do you get your crime rate data from? Would you make any changes to existing public safety policy?

Crime rates across Douglas county are down.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I’m passionate about education policy. Institutions of learning exist only to educate the student and prepare the student for life. We must do a better job with the basics and get back to teaching kids how to think as opposed to what to think. The framework for a successful life includes gathering and measuring evidence empirically, not a comparing of data against some pop-culture driven set of rules

I am also deeply passionate about economic policy. I feel it is the job of government to assess the situation of those it serves and modify its position in times of economic downturn. The family comes first, the individual comes first. Government’s fiscal health should not be the concern of the people, but the people’s economic condition should be the concern of the government, always. This means government must belay, alter or cancel plans to fit the economic conditions of those it exists to serve.

What qualities does this office possess that makes it a unique and important part of the state government and legal system?

This office is one of seven that are elected to make policy for the school district. Being able to express your opinions, and even disagree, without being disagreeable are crucial skills for this office.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Thoughtful conservative such as Barry Goldwater or Ronald Reagan and others that sought to give power back to the people. Additionally I admire Winston Churchill, his tenacity and his steadfast need to do the right thing and show strength even in moments of weakness…is inspiring.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Accountability, transparency, accessibility, and hearing people, even when we disagree.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Honesty, fidelity to my principles, direct open communication, the ability to listen, even when agreement is not going to be possible

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Fiscal management, curriculum review, managing the one employee that the board has, namely, the superintendent. It is the job of the board to lead the superintendent not to be led by the superintendent.

What legacy would you like to leave?

I want literacy, mathematical skills, and the scientific method all back as part of the lifeblood of our nations learners.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

I remember the presidential debates between President Ford and Jimmy Carter. I would’ve been about five at that time.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I worked in grocery stores from high school and college, I was there about three years. I stock shelves, cleaned up the meat and produce departments, ran the register, pretty much anything you can imagine.

What is your favorite book? Why?

Disraeli by Robert Blake, its a fantastic read, and a look deep into the life and mind of an extraordinary leader, who is in no way a contemporary of 21st-century Americans. Different times, different life, fascinating outcomes.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Alan Quartermaine

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Who Are You

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

I struggle with a mild form of dyslexia.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for holders of this office to have previous experience in government or politics?

I believe that my previous time on the district accountability committee will serve me beyond value in this office. But I truly believe it is more beneficial to have a set of principles that you view the world through.

What kind of skills or expertise do you believe would be the most helpful for the holders of this office to possess?

I have a great amount of experience in policy review, fiscal analysis, goalsetting and driving to goals, a skeptical eye and conservative principles by which I weigh everything against.

Tell us your favorite joke.

Why did the chicken cross the road? To get away from Colonel Sanders. Yes, I know it’s a terrible dad joke, but it always makes me smile.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

The Douglas County Republican Party

Senator Kevin Van Winkle

Senator Mark Baisley
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Former Colorado House Speaker & Current CU Regent Frank McNulty
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Former House Minority Leader Patrick Neville
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Former Senator Ted Harvey

Former Senator Chris Holbert
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Former Representative Kim Ransom
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Former CU Regent & Douglas County School Board President John Carson

Douglas County Treasurer, David Gill

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• Douglas County News-Press

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