Poll results broadcast at the time of this post put the vote on Proposition 82 at about 40% for and 60% against. The universal preschool funded by taxing the rich Proposition was widely popular at initial polling but has declined at an increasing rate ever since as people learned about the details and decided […]

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It is looking more and more like Rob Reiner’s activities on the First 5 Commission have hurt the chances of his Proposition 82 Universal Preschool Initiative being passed by voters.  The investigations into his use of State Government money to promote his private cause to pass Proposition 82 have raised voter awareness in a negative […]

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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa last night announced his plan to ask the California State Legislature to essentially grant himself as Mayor control over the L.A. Unified School District.  The LAUSD is a gigantic bureaucracy that proves everyday just about every folk saying about incompetent bureaucracies.  This may seem like a harsh statement but it […]

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The right thing finally happened long after it should have when Rob Reiner finally resigned his position to his expired term as head of California’s First 5 Commission.  It is telling that he was NOT just replaced outright by Gov. Arnold "I hope I’ll be back" Schwarzenager, who had every right to do so since […]

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The recent furor surrounding Rob Reiner as Chairman of the California First 5 commission using his position to fund advertising to support his Initiative for universal pre-school has raised a lot of attention for the issue.  Lots of it not good attention and some are reacting untypically this political season, perhaps because of the stench […]

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State legislators of both parties have voted to audit First 5 in the interests of good and honest government, while the Sacramento District Attorney is seriously considering action separately.  And despite broad agreement in the State that Reiner lead the First 5 committee to do imporper and/or illegal things, our Governor Arnold "The Terminator" Schwarzenager […]

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The ability of the Federal Government to recruit people for the military is an issue of paramount importance to the future safety of the nation.  If the Supreme Court of the United States had ruled in favor of the Law schools seeking to bar military recruiters while keeping their Federal Funding the precedent would have […]

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A friend referred me to this posting on Craigslist and I decided it might be fodder for good discussion on education reform and issues.  Here is the full text of the post from the anonymous teacher (slightly reformatted):
I am a 42 year old American male and I teach High School Math in Orange County. I […]

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