Assemblymember Audra Strickland Assemblymember Audra Strickland (R-Thousand Oaks) is said to be considering a run for the Ventura County Board of Supervisors—but not in the district where she currently lives.

Rondi Guthrie, director of Strickland’s district office, said the Moorpark resident hadn’t decided whether or not to enter the race, but if she did, Guthrie hinted that it wouldn’t be to run in the 4th District, which includes Moorpark.

“(Strickland) did say that many folks from the 2nd Supervisorial District have asked her to consider running for that seat,” Guthrie said. “She said she’s been very flattered and humbled by those requests.”

The 2nd District includes Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, Newbury Park and surrounding areas.

Strickland made news last month when the Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance that ended her bid for treasurer-tax collector because of her lack of experience in finance.

The supervisor of the 4th District is Peter Foy, who’s up for reelection this year; he endorsed Strickland during her short campaign for tax collector. He cast the only dissenting vote against the ordinance and claimed Strickland’s experience in the Assembly qualified her for the job. Foy is also active in the Republican Party.

Linda Parks, supervisor for the 2nd District, is also up for reelection this year. Some residents of that district have said that they recently received a telephone survey asking about a potential campaign between Strickland and Parks.

The poll included a series of questions asking whether voters would be more or less likely to vote for an opposing candidate if they were aware of some negative assertions about the candidate.

Statements included claims that Parks had cut funding for libraries, firefighters, law enforcement and affordable housing, and that she supports marijuana dispensaries and opposes city upgrades and new job creation.

On the other hand, Strickland was called an “ardent tax fighter” who insists on honesty and good government and took a voluntary 5 percent pay cut.

“There was a push poll put forth attacking me that went to thousands of residents in my district generated from Audra Strickland’s search for a job in the district—my job,” said Parks, who received the call herself. “It was shocking to get the call. The questions on the poll were very deceitful.

“I was rather shocked, to tell you the truth, because it said such deceitful things,” Parks said.

Strickland’s camp has said she wasn’t aware of the survey.

Parks transcribed and uploaded the survey to her website—along with her responses to some of the statements—at voteforparks.com.

If Strickland were to run in the 2nd District, her family, including her husband, state Sen. Tony Strickland (R-Thousand Oaks), and her young daughter and son, would have to move out of Moorpark. They would likely move to the Thousand Oaks area since that’s where the county’s 2nd District and Tony Strickland’s senatorial district overlap.

Audra Strickland announced in November that she’d run for treasurer-tax collector, after which the Board of Supervisors voted to impose new requirements on candidates seeking the job, establishing professional qualifications and continuing education requirements for the office.

She blasted the Board of Supervisors for its decision.

“It is an arrogant decision by a board that feels they know more than the voters who elected them,” said Strickland in a press release, adding that supervisors must end their “flagrant abuse” of power.