Tag Archive for San Diego Union Tribune

Redistricting and Rightwingers: Careful what you asked for

by Dan Chmielewski • August 19, 2011 • 2 Comments

As the lines for Congress, state senate and state assembly are finalized as a result of the citizen’s commission established by Prop 11 and Prop 20, those who study the new districts can say they deliver exactly on the promise…

by Heather Pritchard • April 23, 2010 • 1 Comment

I’ve been writing about Capistrano Unified School District and the struggles with our current Board of Trustees. The teachers went on strike Thursday even as talks began regarding the contract imposed by the CUSD Board of Trustees.

The details are important because they seem to be getting lost in translation between the media, the administration, the union and the parents. The issue is that Teachers are willing to take pay cuts, they just don’t want them to be permanent. There are other issues as well, which I’ve written about but the real issue is the board, who funded their race and the ultimate goal of a number of organizations to privatize our public education system.