Saturday, August 23, 2008

A State Without a Budget: Day 55 - DEMOCRATS IN CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY TO TAKE 3-DAY VACATION DESPITE BUDGET IMPASSE

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Their time away from the Capitol coincides with the Democratic National Convention, but one official says that has nothing to do with the...

A State Without a Budget: Day 54 - CALIF. LAWMAKERS OPT NOT TO MEET DURING CONVENTION

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By JULIET WILLIAMS, Associated Press Writer from San Francisco Chronicle Friday, August 22, 2008 - 16:30 PDT Sacramento, CA (AP) -- Lawmak...
Friday, August 22, 2008

A State Without a Budget: Day 53 and counting - WHAT HAPPENS NOW?

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Despite the requests from the Governor to stay at their desks and not go to their respective conventions - and assurances from the legislato...

A State Without a Budget: Day 53 and counting - WHAT HAPPENS NOW?

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Despite the requests from the Governor to stay at their desks and not go to their respective conventions - and assurances from the legislato...

A State Without a Budget: Day 53½ - ¡HASTA LA VISTA, ARNOLD!

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EXTRA Political Diary Stephen Moore in  the Wall Street Journal August 22, 2008 6:47 p.m. -- Some things never change in the Golden Stat...

Call on College Presidents to Support the 21 Minimum Legal Drinking Age

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  Dear Friend, An estimated 25,000 lives have been saved by the 21 Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA), which is why we were gravely co...

A State Without a Budget: Day 53 GOVERNOR MAY SEEK SPECIAL ELECTION FOR BUDGET

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  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget has gained no support.  The last special election in California was in 2005 and cost the state ...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

A State Without a Budget: Day 52 STATE SUPERINTENDENT TO LEGISLATORS: "OPPOSE ANY FURTHER COMPROMISE TO THE 'BUDGET COMPROMISE'".

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A similar letter was sent to all state senators.

Learning From the Mavericks: LESSONS FOR DISTRICTS FROM SMALL URBAN HIGH SCHOOLS

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Commentary By Regis Shields & Karen Hawley Miles | EdWeek August 5, 2008 -- Creating new small high schools out of large failing one...

Campaign '08: POLL GIVES OBAMA EDGE ON IMPROVING SCHOOLS

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By Alyson Klein | Education Week 20 August -- A greater proportion of Americans think that Sen. Barack Obama would be more likely...

A State Without a Budget: Day 52 CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED US

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Op-Ed by Jim Wunderman in the San Francisco Chronicle Thursday, August 21, 2008 - California's government suffers from drastic dysfunc...

A State Without a Budget: Day 52 LEGISLATORS NOT OPTIMISTIC ON BUDGET - North Coast Democrats grim as state fiscal impasse reaches 8th week

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By ROBERT DIGITALE | Santa Rosa  PRESS DEMOCRAT Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 4:30 a.m -- The 2008 state budget impasse is now among the f...

A State Without A Budget: Day 52: CALL SCHWARZENEGGER'S BLUFF - LET DEADLINE FOR BALLOT MEASURES PASS

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  by Casey Mills, Beyond  Chron/San Francsisco  -- 2008-08-21Earlier this month, Governor Schwarzenegger vowed he wouldn’t sign any legi...

A State Without a Budget: Day 52 CALIFORNIA'S BUDGET BILLIONS

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No matter what budget Sacramento comes up with, California voters will probably increase the deficit in 10 weeks. By Mark Paul   Op-Ed...

Prop 6/The Runner Initiative: STEALTH INITIATIVE THREATENS CALIFORNIA YOUTH, IMMIGRANTS

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  Silent but deadly, Prop. 6 is the ballot measure that no one has heard of, but that could have catastrophic effects on young people i...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

A State Without a Budget: Day 51½ GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER TRIES TO FORCE BUDGET COMPROMISE

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Politics is California is so much fun: "Governor" and "Schwarzenegger" can be packaged as role and actor in a plot ...

COMPETITION KEY TO EDUCATION EXCELLENCE + OUR GOAL: STRONG SCHOOLS

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●● smf's 2¢:   No one disputes the value of competition or the goal of strong schools.  I feel strange defending Roy Romer - I miss h...