Friday Bits and Pieces
It’s Memorial Day weekend, so stay safe out there. The Anaheim City Council isn’t moving forward with the Angels Stadium deal and is ignoring the […]
ACLU
Irvine City Council “Deletes” Changing Sunshine Ordinance and Hires New City Manager
Despite indicating by a 4-1 vote at the October 26 meeting that the Irvine City Council was effectively eliminating the Sunshine Ordinance to dramatically shorten […]
South Orange County Election Recommendations
Here are our recommendations for some of the South Orange County local races. There aren’t a lot of liberal in this so we had to pick the more same among the candidates.
The Quest to Remake Capistrano Unified: A Parent’s Perspective
I came to this conclusion after watching the campaign by the current trustees to impose an agenda that in my view that forgot what they were elected: to serve the Children of the District. It began when I went out to a Community Meet and Greet organized by Capistrano’s Children First to start making inroads within the Community earlier in the year. I got a real sense of where things were when I saw the District go on strike. I joined the teachers on the picket lines to underscore how the Community was with them. In my conversations with them, I wanted them to realize that times were tough and the budget deficit at hand.
Two Orange County School Districts Spent $15 Million on Lawsuits
On Wednesday, California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse released a report entitled “Lessons in Lawsuits,” which details the litigation costs of 12 California school districts. Included is […]
It is a National Issue but it’s not about The Unions
I want to make a note that this was posted last night at Daily Kos before the announcement that the strike was over. Â It was […]
CUSD Strike Concludes
“It is the courage and determination of CUEA members on the picket lines and the thousands of supportive district parents and community members that resulted in the tentative contract agreement with the CUSD Board of Education,” said CUEA President Vicki Soderberg.
Capistrano Unified School District Strike – Video – The Real Story
The following video was shared with us by the Capistrano Unified Education Association. In the video, the teachers tell their side of the story. They […]
Capistrano Unified – Corruption Galore
The district is working, the teachers are the reason why our schools are competitive and the students are high achievers as well as passionately involved parents. Pacific Research Institute would like you to think otherwise, that communities like Capo are dysfunctional.