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...
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Tags: "Race to the Top", Anaheim City School District Board of Education, Andy Montoya, Arne Duncan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Charter Schools, Federal RTTT Initiative, Fullerton Elementary Teachers Association, Governor Schwarzenegger, Jose Moreno, Michael Matsuda, No Child Left Behind Act, North Orange County Community College District, RTTT, RTTT MOU, Schwarzenegger
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Sorry for the rip-and-read here, but it is what it is.
From Dan Smith at The Sacramento Bee:
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today said he would appoint Republican state Sen. Abel Maldonado to fill the vacant lieutenant governor’s job, perhaps setting off a partisan squabble over his confirmation.
Maldonado, 42, of Santa Maria, has been one of the...
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Tags: Abel Maldonado, Lieutenant Governor, Schwarzenegger
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Editor’s Note: The following was sent in a release from Equality California. We may not agree with much that Gov. Schwarenegger does, but today, we thank him.
Sacramento - Today Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law two historic LGBT rights bills – recognizing the contributions of slain civil rights leader Harvey Milk and a bill that...
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Tags: EQCA, Equality California, Harvey Milk, Honorable John A. Pérez, LGBT, Schwarzenegger, Senator Mark Leno
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In the 1985 action film, Commando, Arnold Schwarzenegger plays John Matrix, a commando who uses a little humor when taking revenge on the bad guys: “Remember when I said I’d kill you last… I lied!” Though this is a forgettable little line, President Obama should pay attention to it because he is about to...
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Tags: "Race to the Top", Arne Duncan, California Business for Education Excellence, Education Initiative, Jim Lanich, Lance Izumi, Obama, Pacific Research Institute, right-wing agenda, Schwarzenegger
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He has not even gotten the Democratic nomination and already Gavin Newsom’s policies and ideas are being implemented statewide. Imagine my suprise when I get a message from Santa Ana Mayor Pulido announcing a program he is coordinating with Governor Schwarzenegger to bring a banking program to Santa Ana that began in San Francisco.
In...
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Tags: Bank on California, Bank on San Francisco, California, Miguel Pulido, Phil Bacerra, San Francisco, Schwarzenegger
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From SacBee.com:
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger canceled a pivotal Sunday meeting with legislative leaders because negotiators had trouble coordinating their schedules at the last minute, his office said.
State leaders had hoped to use Sunday’s meeting to finish a deal to bridge the state’s $26 billion deficit; they now plan to resume talks today.
Leaders last week settled...
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Tags: Bass, Budget negotiations, California Budget, Schwarzenegger, state budget, Steinberg
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Courage Campaign has just released this ad and call to action against Schwarzenegger’s budget demands. The ad was created by Orange County’s dMedia. The following text is taken directly from the Courage Campaign’s call to action.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is about to let our state go up in smoke. But you can stop him.
I’ve...
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Tags: budget crisis, Courage Campaign, jacuzzi, Schwarzenegger, stogie, up in smoke, working families
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