MEMO TO THE "LA ANTONIA TIMES" regarding "EDUCATOR IN CHIEF"

Great "Chamber Of Commerce" Morning to all at the "OLD GREY HAG ON SPRING STREET". It is nice to know that even on a "SUMMER SUNDAY" in winter. The P.R. spinsters are on task in dishing the latest examples of opinions, as seen through the eyes of the elites.

To "CHIEF SPINMEISTER", Andres Martinez, we like to share some thoughts from the "WORLD OF REALITY" in regards to today's editorial " EDUCATOR IN CHIEF".

One must give you credit for being consistent in your call for mayoral control over the city's public schools. The Times has opined that lasting improvements require that one person be held accountable for the district's performance. That person, like in New York, should be the mayor. One may choose to agree (like your competition at the "MOLDY GREEN SHEET"), or want to break up the district into smaller entities, like Valley politician Keith Richman.

But the big question here is the fitness and motivation for Mayor Villaraigosa's attempt to do just that. Since you paper help clear the way for Villaraigosa's election to the Office of Mayor. Times scribes such as Duke "LITTLE DOOKIE" Helfand" and the spinmeisters in the editorial section have been ceaseless in promoting the mayor's "POWER OF SELF". But behind this "PERSONALITY OF HOPE", is a "POLITICAL BOSS" who tactics are wearing thin on the grass roots activists across the city.

Disregarding organizations such as ACORN, who were financed by the Mayor's education PAC. The selling of the Mayor's education reforms have fallen on deft ears. it doesn't help your cause when the constitutionality of the "Vehicle of Reform, AB 1381", is shot down by the court. Further, when builders and developers are the big money contributors, then the cynics have cause to question whether the Mayor is trolling for campaign dollors in his pursuit of higher office.

But on the streets, does the Mayor's personality hold any sway over the citizens of the city ? Besides one "WESTSIDE BLOGGER" and certain editorial writers , the average citizen is tuning off the Mayor in droves. Lets revisited some past events. When students walked out of schools over the Issue of Immigration, students who converged on City Hall, booed the Mayor when he implored them to return to class. In a recent incident, the Mayor was upstaged by "ZONER THE TAGGER", his offers to "MENTOR"the youth turn into a P.R. nightmare. In the recent elections, only single-digits amount of register voters bother to vote. Results in three of the four LAUSD districts showed that those voters, casted ballots against the Mayor's chosen candidates.

If a inquisitive citizen can see a trend here, then a scribe at the supposed "PAPER OF RECORD" should be able to report the "Vibe from the Streets". But then maybe this is why the inquiring mind waits to Thursday for the "WEEKLY OF RECORD" to report the facts.

To "JOURNALIST ANDRES" and other scribes at the "OLD GREY HAG ON SPRING STREET", I share your desire to see change in LAUSD, but the Mayor is not the person to effect that change.