By Duane Campbell
On March 20, 2013, Dolores Huerta will be inducted into the California Hall of Fame for her lifelong contributions to labor and community leadership. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.
Huerta has contributed to…
By Duane Campbell
The Sacramento Bee editorial board started in the right direction in their editorial of November 26, 2012 by calling for small steps to avoid the “fiscal cliff”. Then, strangely, they list small steps that only call for compromise as …
By Duane CampbellChoosing Democracy
Following assaults on teachers in Tennessee, New Jersey, New York and Florida – among others – the California legislature this week is using the “gut and amend” procedure to change the current teacher evaluat…
By Duane Campbell
The Sacramento Bee in both its editorial position on Sunday, July 8, and its news reporting name the fall initiative tax measure to preserve funding for our schools Governor Brown’s Tax proposal. This naming, this framing, is selecte…
By Duane Campbell
The U.S. Supreme court today struck down most provisions of the Arizona law SB 1070 while sustaining one of its most controversial provisions.
The court sustained the “show me your papers” provision of the law that requires state…
By Duane Campbell
The proposed California budget for next year says that income will be $15.7 billion less than available revenue.
The report is here: http://www.dof.ca.gov/documents/2012-13_May_Revision.pdf
California does not have enough…
By Duane Campbell
California, like most states, needs additional revenue to fund schools and to invest in the future. A tax plan known as The Millionaires Tax has been proposed by the California Federation of Teachers and the Courage Campaign to incre…