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CA: 'Road map' to waste land ('Rats want to continue wanton, reckless spending)
OC Register ^ | 3/29/04 | Op/Ed

Posted on 03/29/2004 12:15:29 PM PST by NormsRevenge

Edited on 04/14/2004 10:06:55 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Have Democrats in the Legislature noticed, perhaps, that the state has a budget crisis? If so, then why are they proposing expensive new education programs?

A Thursday Register news article detailed how Democrats in Sacramento are piggybacking their new proposals on some welcome decentralization proposals being advanced by Richard Riordan, education secretary under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Mr. Riordan wants to send money directly to schools, give principals greater control over budgets and let schools determine the best way to meet state standards.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: calgov2002; california; democrats; reckless; roadmap; spending; wanton; wasteland

1 posted on 03/29/2004 12:15:30 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: california; *calgov2002
sigh ...
2 posted on 03/29/2004 12:15:56 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ... Support Our Troops! ... Thrash the demRats in November!!! ... Beat BoXer!!!)
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To: NormsRevenge
Gang way! Full speed ahead to ruin!

These Democrats are cult members!
3 posted on 03/29/2004 1:12:13 PM PST by dmanLA
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To: NormsRevenge
...sending block-grant funding to the lowest- performing schools (effectively rewarding failure)...

Atlas Shrugged should be required reading.

(get a copy with a decent cover. It'll take you awhile, but chances are you'll read it more than once)

4 posted on 03/29/2004 3:00:55 PM PST by jonno (We are NOT a democracy - though we are democratic. We ARE a constitutional republic.)
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To: NormsRevenge
Arnold better whip out his veto pen.
5 posted on 03/30/2004 12:56:19 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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