Brewer takes buy out

The Los Angeles Board of Education voted Tuesday to buy out the remainder of Superintendent David Brewer III's four-year contract, costing the cash-strapped school district more than $500,000 and continuing a tradition of burning through school chiefs long before they're due to leave. George B. Sanchez in the Daily News.

The 5-2 vote ended a week of sometimes rancorous squabbling among board members and political leaders that included charges of racism, conspiracy and political posturing among the city's political elite, including Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

Villaraigosa and others have denied any involvement in the effort spearheaded by board President Mónica García to oust Brewer, who is African-American.