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September 12, 2005
Re "Back-to-(new)-school day," editorial, Sept. 8
I wish that Supt. Roy Romer and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa had visited our school on our first day of classes. We were one of those lucky schools that was able to switch from a year-round schedule to a traditional one. They would have seen a school that has more students attending now than ever before. They would have seen hundreds of students sitting in the auditorium for days, waiting to be given programs. They would have seen at least 20 substitutes covering classes that lacked permanent teachers. They would have seen classrooms with 50 or more students. Some were put into classes for which they lack the prerequisites.
Romer, the mayor and The Times need to get their heads out of the sand. Why would you be "proud and excited of the district's construction record" when nothing improves? Our students deserve much better than this.
G. E. FONG
South Gate High School teacher
To Fong:
I'm still trying to figure out if Villaraigosa is really going to help the kids, If Huizar has his best interest for the kids, and if Roymer will do the right thing and break up LAUSD.
Were we threatened this weekend by a terrorist?
Wolk appealed to Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, who took up the issue with Perata, and Wolk said she was assured that what she labeled “poison pill” amendments would be removed so the bill could be passed before adjournment. Perata, however, insisted later that he wouldn’t remove the amendments and the bill died, at least for the year, without a vote as the Senate adjourned.
I'LL GRANT YOU that immigration politics are hard to follow at the best of times.
But when leading Democrats in California and other border states start calling for a "state of emergency" to deal with illegal immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border, it's time to do a double take.
But now it is the Democrats' turn to call for tougher controls. Last month, Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico called a state of emergency in his state. Richardson, a Hispanic who speaks Spanish fluently, is a potential presidential candidate in 2008. In radio and television interviews, he pointedly used the term "illegal aliens" to refer to people immigrant advocates typically describe as "undocumented workers."
Two weeks ago, Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez jumped on the state of emergency bandwagon, and called on Gov. Schwarzenegger to declare an immigration emergency on the California border, and, like Wilson before him, to pressure the federal government to cover the costs of illegal immigration.
This is the same Fabian Núñez whose father came to California as a bracero in the 1950s and who was born in San Diego, but grew up on the other side of the border in Tijuana.
What followed was a political tableau that would have been unimaginable a decade ago: a Republican governor telling a leading Democratic lawmaker -- and a Latino at that -- to take a hike. Schwarzenegger told Núñez he had no intention of declaring an immigration emergency -- in part because he didn't think there was one. "While your letter raises valid concerns," he wrote to Núñez, "its fundamental premise -- that the impacts of illegal immigration would be remedied if I were to declare a state of emergency -- is incorrect." He also argued that he didn't think California law allowed him to declare an emergency except in response to natural disasters.
Since then, four Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation to give Schwarzenegger the legal powers to do what Núñez had asked him to.'
Has Núñez set off a political firestorm? What was he thinking? I finally caught up with him late on the phone Friday afternoon as he left Sacramento for the Labor Day weekend. He explained that in order to move the currently stalled debate on illegal immigration requires "taking the debate to a new level."
"I've thought this through pretty thoroughly," he told me.
He said that unless one confronts the challenge of what do about the ongoing flow of migrants across the border moving the discussion about what to do about the 2 to 3 million illegal immigrants already living and working in California far more difficult.
He says that any discussion about immigration reform must involve taking a "balanced approach" that includes figuring out "how do you stop or slow down the flow of people coming across the border."
Last week Núñez appeared to be backing off on his call on Schwarzenegger to declare an immigration emergency. The concept, he said, needed to be "re-evaluated" in light of the real emergency brought on by Hurricane Katrina.
Illegal immigrant license bill passes Assembly
Same-Sex Marriage Bill Passes California Legislature
WHO ARE THEY:
Michael Higby, Brian Hay and Michael Trujillo
MERUELO????WHAT HAPPENED IN MIAMI?
As prices go up, sellers back out, suits say
Lawsuits by would-be home buyers allege that South Florida developers are wiggling out of sales contracts to capitalize on price increases.
BY MATTHEW HAGGMAN
mhaggman@herald.com
CLASS-ACTION SUIT
Meanwhile, buyers at Miami Beach's Deauville Hotel, which is being converted into condos and a condo-hotel, filed a class-action suit in July in Miami-Dade Circuit Court against developer Homero Meruelo. That suit claims Meruelo's Deauville Associates breached its contract by unilaterally rescinding pacts with buyers. It seeks to force the developer to close on the sales.
Michael Schlesinger, an attorney for the would-be buyers, called Meruelo's move ``an economic decision that is motivated by the appreciation of the units.''
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12586223.htm
Another 200 Condos Slated for South Park
Meruelo Maddux Properties plans to turn a 30,000-square-foot South Park parcel it acquired in late July into a ground-up residential high-rise, a spokesman for the developer said last week. Plans for the land, at Ninth and Flower streets, call for a 37-story tower with 214 loft-style condominiums and 68,000 square feet of ground floor retail. A groundbreaking is scheduled for next spring. It marks the second high-profile move by Meruelo Maddux Properties in as many months; in July the developers paid $12 million for the Union Bank & Trust Company Building on Eighth and Hill streets and announced plans to turn that 12-story structure into 90 loft-style apartments by early 2007. The firm is run by John Maddux and Richard Meruelo; the latter is a sometime controversial land owner who recently prevailed in a legal tangle with the Southern California Institute of Architecture over ownership of the school's Arts District building.
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2005/09/05/news/news_briefs/at02.txt
9:55
It is no wonder that Nunez' stances are blowing with the wind. He never had a backbone and by him telling you "I've thought this through pretty thoroughly," don't hold your breath for any breakthrough solutions. Like Antonio, Fabian is just another labor connected "patron" that rode Contreras' coat tails to be in the position they are in.
But he is just following precedent among Latino leaders. Although Cedillo is pushing for the immigrant license law, both his and Fabian's predecesor, Assemblyman Caldera - who also represented a largely Latino district, was the author of the law which made undocumented immigrants inelligible for drivers licences, this law was signed by Puto Pete Wilson. Before this undocumented immigrants were able to get licenses and nobody had a problem.
Fabian's stance is just another pathetic attempt by Latino politicians to shed their "Latino-ness" by trying to go "mainstream". Molina, Roybal-Allard, Villaraigosa, Padilla, Cardenas, and on down the line, are also guilty of this shameful vendido tactic.
FIRST THE ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AND NOW> > > (This guy keeps NO promises!)
LULAC Education Commission condemns mayor. . .
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Education
Commission has issued a condemnation of the actions of Los Angeles
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
According to the Commission, Mayor Villaraigosa has failed to
initiate valid attempts to reform the Los Angeles Unified School
District, a campaign promise. The commission also claims that
Villaraigosa is preventing victims of alleged misconduct by school
district personnel from participating in his "education Committee".
The Commission has called on California LULAC to likewise condemn
Villaraigosa and to demand equitable treatment and representation
for victims of misconduct.
In another case, the Commission has exonerated a school
superintendent accused by a LULAC council of being "arrogant"
toward Latinos.
The San Benito County LULAC council alleged that Hollister School
District Superintendent Ron Crates has also been unresponsive to
Latin American teachers and parents in a previous assignment.
It was the opinion of the Commission that the allegations were
ambiguous and that the complainants failed to offer any evidence of
misconduct or unprofessional behavior.
END
For additional information, contact:
Carlos L’Dera
(661) 242-2533
= = = = =
Condemnation of actions of Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Be it known that it is the opinion of the LULAC Education
Commission that:
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa campaigned partially on the
need to reform the Los Angeles Unified School District; and
Mayor Villaraigosa has subsequently failed to initiate any valid
attempts to accomplish the above; and
Mayor Villaraigosa has willfully failed to communicate with, or in
any other way allow, input from victims of misconduct perpetrated
by personnel of the Los Angeles Unified School District either to
his office or to his "education committee", while simultaneously
allowing participation by those culpable in the deterioration of
the LAUSD and those who have contributed to the aforementioned
misconduct; and
By the actions described above, Mayor Villaraigosa has continued
the policy of politicization of children; and
By said actions, Mayor Villaraigosa has demonstrated an
unwillingness to act in good faith to resolve discrepancies that
negatively impact students, parents, teachers and communities of
the Los Angeles Unified School District.
THEREFORE, the California LULAC Education Commission strongly
condemns the above specified actions and practices of Los Angeles
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and calls for California LULAC to
likewise condemn said actions and practices and to call for Mayor
Villaraigosa to allow participation of impacted parties in the
Mayor’s "Education Committee" and to otherwise afford equitable
treatment and representation of said impacted parties. Further, the
California LULAC Education Commission calls for California LULAC to
abide by LULAC Resolution CA 5, 6 Condemning current Violations of
Education Code Statues.
Adopted this 3rd day of September 2005.
Carlos L’Dera
Chairman
Los Angeles, CA. Was it legal for the Los Angeles Unified School District to issue $1 Billion plus in non-voter approved bonds in semi-secret meetings over the past several years? And, who advised them to do so? Did anyone challenge the LAUSD actions?
http://i-newswire.com/pr46131.html
why is the little weasel gang member getting his political nose into everything he knows nothng about ANYTHING ! only POWER AND TAKEOVER, OUR WHOLE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. Our governor is another Power seeker and they are both despicable human beings!
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