Main Issues
Fighting for students, taxpayers, and academic excellence
Financial Accountability and Transparency
Palomar College has faced ongoing budget deficits. The current fiscal year (2026–27) has an estimated shortfall of $6.7 million. Frank will work with his colleagues on the board and college administrators to reduce wasteful spending, streamline bureaucratic processes, and anchor fiscal decisions in student success. He will also improve financial transparency and accountability by engaging the public and collaborating with community partners to increase revenues from apprenticeship programs.
Depoliticizing the Campus and Curriculum
As a public community college serving mostly local students, many of whom don't come from affluent backgrounds, Palomar College should have a laser focus on academic excellence. Thought experiments from DEI to antiracism have been shown by study after study to have zero net value for student learning. Rather, these ideological purity tests take away from learning and create a toxic campus environment in which a loud minority of far-left activists monopolize the public square. Frank will work tirelessly to expose and stop the invasion of cultural socialism, racial Marxism and its gender ideology variation. He will champion free speech for all students and faculty and promote viewpoint diversity.
Stopping Enrollment and Financial Fraud
Amidst continual enrollment declines, California Community Colleges are also handicapped by fraudulent application and enrollment. California community colleges have lost more than $30 million since 2024 to a massive enrollment fraud scheme orchestrated by automated bots and overseas syndicates. Frank brings business acumen from both his decades-long work in the tech sector and volunteering experiences to take on fraud schemes and improve the financial performance of the college.
Academic Success
The success of every student is what sustains a higher education institution. Frank will ensure that Palomar College dials down on counterproductive programs that do nothing to increase student achievement and directs its resources primarily to prepare students for future successes. Faculty members should be evaluated by objective measures of student success, rather than subjective accounts of dogmatic loyalty oaths. Frank is resolved to put the focus rightfully back on learning and academic success.
Career Readiness and Competitiveness
No more “re-education” camps to pump out future activists who can't contribute to society in any productive way. Palomar College needs to help its students improve their job competitiveness through value-adding initiatives in career readiness, apprenticeship and job placement. Frank can enhance this mission by reaching out to San Diego's business community for mentorship opportunities, internships, and other collaborations.