We've been getting flooded with e-mail releases over the past few weeks about Proposition 92, a statewide initiative set for a Feb. 5 vote. While its fate won't be decided for more than another month, the community-college initiative has been embroiled in controversy.
Here's a link to a Sacramento Bee article explaining what the measure would do.
The latest group to come out against it: Planned Parenthood. That's an odd group to oppose a measure that would reduce community college fees, require more disclosure of admistrators' compensation packages and give community college officials greater representation on a state education panel.
As with most issues, all you have to do is follow the dollar. Here's an exerpt from the Planned Parenthood release:
“To pay for the costs of Prop. 92 the Legislature will have to look to cuts in other programs, including health care and human services,” said Kathy Kneer, president of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California (PPAC), the public policy arm of the organization. “We strongly support students and the community college system but with the current state deficit we are already bracing for cuts to health and social services provided to some of the neediest individuals. Prop 92 would make this situation worse, not better.”
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