Former State Senator Dick Ackerman is trying to get his wife elected to the State Assembly
I was reading Linda Ackerman’s bio today, on her campaign website, and I was stunned to see that she did not mention her education, at all. Weird!
So I dug around and found a few other bios. One of them, on the California Republican Party website, noted that she “attended the University of Colorado and majored in foreign languages.” Attended? Does that mean she did not finish and get her degree?
Ackerman, a carpetbagger from Irvine, is running for the 72nd Assembly District that was represented by Mike Duvall, a fellow who only had a high school diploma. She is running against Supervisor Chris Norby, who did finish college and who was a high school history teacher and past Fullerton City Councilman before getting elected to the Board of Supervisors.
If Ackerman did finish college, wouldn’t she say so on her website? She also failed to note her eduation on her campaign statement. Shouldn’t she be honest about her education, or lack thereof, with the voters?
Do we really need to elect another under-educated Assembly Representative in the 72nd? I don’t think so…
College is not a prerequisite to serve in our Legislature, but it can’t hurt. Even if Linda did earn a degree, I don’t see how an education in foreign languages would serve her in the Legislature.
There is ample proof that she is not a businesswoman, even though she says she is. Now it looks like she is also under-educated. No bueno!
As for Norby, “he graduated from Occidental College (a few years before Obama’s arrival) and received his MA in History from Cal State Fullerton,” according to his County of Orange bio.
I hate it when spouses of elected officials try to keep the gravy train rolling by running for the office of their wives/husbands. Makes me sick.
I don’t discredit people for not having a college degree. There are plenty of morons with four star educations (think NFL, Congress) and many successful businessmen who barely made it out of high school.
Of course, bragging about which school Ackerman “attended” is fairly deceitful. She should be more up front about her education. Par for the course in this campaign.
Who cares. We can’t even establish our president is eleigible to hold his office.
A degree is a pretty meaningless measure. When I think of what I “knew” when I graduated university I am pretty unimpressed. Life, business, and street smarts all have taught me way more than I learned in school. If she can do simple math, carry on an intelligent conversation, and think things through then she is as capable as a “generic” graduate. Advanced degrees are impressive though, not a BA of BS.
#4,
Don’t you think Ackerman should be honest with the voters though?
I think they would appreciate that Norby has a Master’s degree while Ackerman appears to not have a degree at all.
I think that a college education should be mandatory for legislators given that they have to write and pass laws and also have to be able to understand legislation. Granted their staffers do the heavy lifting, but do we really want another under-educated stooge like Mike Duvall to represent the 72nd District?