A first hand account from a striking teacher: “It was a wonderful day. we had super turnout at Aliso Niguel High school, and wonderful student and parental support! Former students arrived to walk with us. We arrived bright and early to set up. It may be that the scabs thought they wouldn’t have to pass by us, but we started arriving before six AM. School was a disaster.”
Last night, the Westminster City Council held a special meeting to resolve the conflict over the desire of multiple groups to host commemorative ceremonies marking the fall of Saigon 35 years ago in 1975. A group of 38 organizations, led by First District Supervisor Janet Nguyen was the first to pull a permit application to use Sid Goldstein Freedom Park on April 30 for their ceremony.
Update: A nice crowd came out for a fundraiser at Lorri Galloway’s Anaheim home tonight for a chilly BBQ dinner. But with word that polls […]
There was a teacher strike reprieve two days ago when this release came out: “Capistrano Teachers Issue Bargaining Proposal Designed to Prevent Strike.” The teachers’ position […]
Did you see the signs around Santa Ana? www.dumpsanchez.com is a direct reference to “dumping” Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez and when you go to the website, what […]
Today we have reached the 5000 post mark for our almost four-year old blog. April 26th marks our fourth birthday. For four years we have brought liberal perspective to the orange county blogosphere. We have challenged the right-wing republicans, and we have even taken issue with some democrats. With 732,000 visits and about 1.38 million page views to date, we look forward to many more years of Challenging the Right-Wing Noise Machine.
Well it too long enough, but it looks like the SAUSD board has taken their head out of the sand, for now. According to an OC Register article last week, the SAUSD has agreed to seek money from Obama’s stimulus, which includes grants of up to $2 Million in order to fix the six schools that have been deemed as failing by the state. Of course the money comes with strings attached that mandate the school district do one of the following:
“Everyone knows that rising health care costs are crushing small businesses in our community,†said Rep. Sanchez, who is a member of the bipartisan Joint Economic Committee. “Over half a million businesses in California are eligible for this credit, and I hope every single one will take full advantage of these savings.â€
“Using a peer to peer model, we knocked on the doors of more than 1,000 young voters in youth dense precincts around Cal State Fullerton, encouraging them to vote for Democrats all the way down the ticket.” said Nick Anas, Chair of Orange County Young Democrats. “We went door to door in the very places where young democrats live and hang out, places that are too often ignored by traditional campaigns.”
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