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Race to the Top-Buyers Beware

January 13, 2010 0

While our local districts are comprised of well intentioned, highly educated and reflective leaders who are doing their best to find resources to fill the budget shortfall, we are perplexed that some districts (60% state-wide) agreed to submit a “Memorandum Of Understanding” with the Governor’s Office to participate in California’s application for the federal Race to the Top (RTTT) competitive grant program.

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Anaheim City School District Rejects Race To The Top Mandates

January 9, 2010 3

The Anaheim City School District Board of Education declined to submit the state required Memorandum of Understanding to participate in California’s application for Race to the Top education funding. With the release of the state MOU on December 18, Districts were given less than a month over the holiday to examine it.

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Health Reform’s Benefits in 2010 – Obama Weekly Address

January 9, 2010 2

In his weekly address, President Barack Obama discussed the benefits of health reform that Americans will receive in the first year, and how reform will help build a new foundation for American families. After reform becomes law, uninsured Americans with a pre-existing condition will be able to purchase affordable coverage, insurance companies will be prohibited from imposing lifetime and annual limits on care, small business will receive tax credits to purchase coverage for their employees, along with many other changes. In short, patients and doctors will have more control over health care decisions, and insurance company bureaucrats will have less.

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19 Year Old Bristol Palin launches a PR firm

January 6, 2010 11

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q6ZW2t2Ubc[/youtube] Ok, I’ve just stopped laughing about this, but 19 year old Bristol Palin, the daughter of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, has launched a […]

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Olbermann: Cheney Nothing More, Nothing Less, Than A Traitor

January 5, 2010 15

“If Mr. Cheney believes we are at war, then he, as the most recent occupant of the vice presidency, is under the strictest of obligations to put aside his case of terminal partisanship, and rally to the support of his president in a time of war. Instead, his remarks not only give encouragement to the enemies of this country, they give them an exact measure as to how successful they have been in damaging our freedoms.”