Propagating Right-Wing Talking Points
When LAUSD Board Vice-President Nick Melvoin accepted a questioner’s premise that parents were labeled “domestic terrorists,” was it a lack of courage or blatant pandering?
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I Was Dreaming When I Wrote This...
A recurring nightmare has haunted my dreams for years. Has it finally been conquered?
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Redefining Reality
Democrats fail to find a way to counteract Trump’s constant torrent of lies and suffer humiliating election losses.
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Sunday Mailbag November 7
C.P. in Los Angeles, CA, writes: You wrote: "A Wisconsin attempt to recall several school board members in the Milwaukee suburb of Mequon-Thiensville got national attention and featured over $50,000 in spending (an insane amount for a school board race of any sort)."
In Los Angeles, $50k is chump change. In 2017, I spent $3,114.30 in my campaign for a school district seat. The other challenger spent $12,302.00. $622,536.89 was spent in support of the incumbent.
In last year's school board race, $17,820,970.08 was spent on four races. The biggest spenders were the charter school industry looking to reduce oversight.
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School Board Governs From The Right In A Deep Blue County
Democrats vastly outnumber Republicans in Los Angeles, but the LAUSD School Board is dominated by those promoting right-wing ideals.
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Where's Tanya?
LAUSD Board Member Tanya-Ortiz Franklin misses an opportunity to hear from the community around Carson as they face two environmental crises.
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Charter School Hatches Plan To Avoid Oversight
Citizens of the World will open a franchise “adjacent” to Culver City where its operations will be subject to LAUSD rules that are more lax.
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Charter Schools Pile On The Debt
The latest summary released by the LAUSD Charter School Division shows that the district is owed over $13.5 million. Will they collect it?
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Is This The New Normal?
Had we rallied as a country around the threat that COVID-19 presented, we could have put it quickly behind us. We didn’t and it continues on.
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Corruption Adjacent Or Fully Immersed?
The indictment of Mark Ridley-Thomas is just the latest scandal to plague the LA City Council and supporters of the charter school industry.
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