Bond plan for charter schools
Amid concerns that voters may hesitate to approve a fifth multibillion-dollar school construction bond in a decade, Los Angeles Unified officials and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa have crafted a proposal to woo the public with promises to fund charter schools and small learning communities. Kerry Cavanaugh and George Sanchez in the Daily News.
At a hastily called news conference Friday afternoon, Villaraigosa and LAUSD leaders provided few details of the proposed bond measure but said a portion would be dedicated to developing charter schools and breaking up behemoth public schools into independent, mini-campuses.
"This is not about slapping another coat of paint on a problem," Villaraigosa said. "This reform-minded bond will create smaller, independent schools rooted in community and free from downtown bureaucracy."
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The Los Angeles Daily News' City Hall reporters Rick Orlov and Kerry Cavanaugh write about politics on the local, state and national stage.
After the latest round of oops we lied concerning other measures such as the phone tax, how on earth can anyone believe these people? Mayor Villar and the rest of the deceitful politicians who cried that there would be massive layoffs of city employees have yet to lay off a single real person, while at the same time keeping their perks such as city paid cars and the highest wages in the country!
We at the Stuber household will not vote for any bond that is brought before us at the polls, and we urge all voting citizens to do the same. It is time that we take back our city and make the politicians work for us for a change!