My sources tell me that next week’s SAUSD candidate interviews are a sham. The Board of Trustees has already picked the candidate to replace Sal Tinajero. They have chosen Rob Richardson ally Mark McLoughlin.
Lending credence to this theory is the fact that the Board decided to schedule interviews for all the candidates on one day, next Tuesday. If you cannot be there that day, you are out of the running. That is inane. If they are serious about these interviews, they ought to work with the candidates if some of them cannot be there that evening due to calendar conflicts. But of course the interviews are a complete farce. They are mere window dressing.
McLoughlin is a member of the SAUSD Bond Oversight Committee. His phone number and address are listed on the Committee website. I am told that he was also involved in the recall of former SAUSD trustee Nativo Lopez.
It is odd that a district that is as overwhelmingly Latino as the SAUSD would have only one Latino on the board – John Palacio. I guess the city’s many Scottish residents (see picture, above left) will be excited to have McLoughlin on the board.
I won’t be there next Tuesday as I have to fly up to Oakland next week on business. Wish I could be there however. I offered to submit my answers to the board member’s questions in writing, but of course they were not interested. Oh well.
Good luck Mark – you are going to have your hands full. To be honest, I might be dodging a bullet here as every board member is going to have their reputations destroyed and their political careers abridged if the state ends up taking over the SAUSD. No wonder Richardson wants to get off the school board and get back on the City Council…
And what makes you think that a Latino would do a better job than a non Latino? There were three or four Latino’s on the Board ( Palacio, Tinajero, Lopez and Nadia Davis) and what happened? After Davis left, there were still 3..and what happened? I don’t know McLoughlin, but could he possibly be worse than the Latino’s that allowed SAUSD to get where it is now?
Latino Pedroza is forgetting one simple fact.
100% of Latinos in the government = Latino ran country.
Can you name one (1) Latino ran country in which you would like to live Pedroza?
Even Latinos themselves are emigrating to countries which are ran by White-Anglo-Saxon-Protestant (“WASP”) like USA
The problem is that Latinos are like Locus.
They overpopulate, eat up all resources and than emigrate to next place, leaving behind poverty and crime.
Anon #1 & anon #2,
What the hell are you two trying to say?
Incoherent jibberish with no factual basis is idiotic.
Kooky Avila always claims she is “hispanic” come election time.
And did you ever read that a school bond was passed in their tenure?
SA is now over 80% Latino and increasing. What the heck are you two clowns trying to put across?
All I am saying is that the list of candidates to replace Tinajero included a lot of qualified Latino candidates. Why go with the Scotsman? Why not pick a Latino? When we prevent Latinos from joining the board, what message are we sending to the SAUSD constituents?
Good luck on your business trip Art. Unfortunately, they don’t want you anyway. You ask too many credible questions.
Again, nobody can ever tell me why a middle aged man with no children and no educational background is President of the School Board. WTF??
I remember once in the early nineties, shortly before the bankruptcy debacle, the City Councilman telling me and others “Bob’s doing a great job, and so are the Supervisors”.
This guy is a political hack. The parents of SAUSD would be well advise to dump him.
“nobody can ever tell me why a middle aged man with no children and no educational background is President of the School Board”
Mayor Pulido needs Rob Richardson on that Board in order to keep people stupid and appease the less than 5% of the population of Santa Ana who vote for Pulido and his failed policies.
The middle aged, childless school board member you mention was anointed president because his cohort, Noji, had already served two years as pres. Besides, who better to have at the helm during these fiscal trying times. After all Richardson was Stanton’s right hand fella when the county went BK. Richardson appears to always be at the scene of these perfect fiscal storms. This GOP member wants nothing more than to stick it to the unions.
Luckily for the teachers, Harrison is not at the table and the ertswhile Barton will prove to be formidable.
http://www.sateach.org/
January 12, 2007
BARGAINING UPDATE
The District and the Association met on December 4th to hear the District’s proposals regarding salary and benefits. The District made no mention of salary. Instead, it proposed massive increases in health care costs to be borne by the teachers–increases designed to wipe out the Blue Cross PPO coverage by forcing those who prefer Blue Cross to pay over $800 per month for the “privilege.”
We believe that the District’s position is not based on sound estimate of current costs or future projections. The Association views the District’s proposal as arrogant, unwarranted and a further indication of the District’s incompetence when it comes to financial matters. Indeed, CTA’s analysis of the District’s proposal indicates that the District is hiding money in unused accounts, overfunding its reserves and placing the entire burden of health care costs on teachers. The District’s proposal is out of touch with reality and we believe the District has no clear understanding of the consequences of its proposals.
Clearly, SAEA and its members will not subsidize District waste and irresponsibility. We do not accept the notion that you will be willing to trade salary, for benefits while also letting the District keep all new money provided by the state.
A second meeting was held on December 14th, where the SAEA bargaining team presented its preliminary report on the District’s finances. Having carefully analyzed the District’s first interim budget, the SAEA team pointed out District inconsistencies, errors and questioned why money was being allocated to apparently inactive accounts. The team also indicated that an honest, fair and precise analysis of the District’s finances was essential fo
http://www.sateach.org/January%2012,%202007%20Update%20ll.html
January 12, 2007
BARGAINING UPDATE I I
The District and SAEA met for negotiations today. At that Time , the District largely ignored the Association’s latest proposal and declared that it would seek to go to impasse. SAEA does not agree that we are at impasse.
Once again, the District is seeking to cut teachers’ compensation in order to cover their own financial mismanagement. In this case, they seek to raise the cost of the Blue Cross PPO coverage (which the vast majority of teachers have opted for) from $45 a month for a family to over $850 a month.
The Association has been bargaining in a reasonable way based on the data provided by the District. We want to continue to negotiate and find this move toward impasse to be arrogant, insulting and an attempt to rob teachers of their just compensation.
Further bargaining updates will be sent to you shortly.
David Barton
SAEA President
Coincidence or not?
After Russo is selected as superintendent, district decides to go impasse.
That’s what you get when you’re stuck dealing with a novice in such matters. Unfortunately Russo is heavily relying on the district thugs to push through their agenda.
The dancing Scotsman will only reinforce the Richardson/Pulido agenda and poor Audrey is forced to kot-tow to Miguel.
For #1
Apparently three of the four SAUSD school board members believe a Latino, Jose Alfredo Hernandez, is best suited to fill the vacated school board seat. Three of the four board members ranked Mr. Hernandez #1 at tonight’s interview session. Since Mr. Hernandez was, by far, ranked #1, it’s certain Mr. Hernandez will be appointed to the school board tomorrow evening.