[Sosfbay-discuss] Crazy Los Angeles School Board Election

[alexcathy at aol.com]

 Dear Green Friends,    Tomorrow there is going to be a $3 million election for the Los Angeles School Board and this crazy campaign is another example of why the combination of relentless right-wing Republicans and clueless Democrats leads to perdition.   Here I go again.    I posted a commentary on California Greening    Want “Reform” in Los Angeles? – Go Green  http://cagreening.blogspot.com/      I also posted a more “Democrat-friendly” Diary on the Daily Kos   L.A. Schools Election – Tales of Clueless Dems http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/3/5/212910/4472 
  
 Alex Walker 
  
 
  P.S. to sosfbay-discuss: 
  
 Surfing the Web I saw a report about campaign expenditures posted on the web site for the Milpitas Post in Santa Clara County:
  
     "Mayoral candidate Henry Manayan raised nearly $17,300 more than Mayor Jose Esteves for Milpitas' top city position for the Nov. 7 California General Election, state-mandated campaign finance statements filed Jan. 31 indicate.  In his failed bid for mayor, Manayan's campaign raised a total of $88,903.32, loaning $40,000 of that amount to his own campaign. Manayan spent the entire amount.  Mayor Esteves raised a total of $71,607 largely from private donors and developers, and spent $73,098.10, reports indicate. At the outcome of the race, Esteves garnered 5,746 votes to 4,310 votes earned by Manayan. Milpitans cast 17,825 votes during the latest election." 
   That computes to $20 per vote for Manayan's losing campaign! Mayor Esteves' donors included: Badru Valani, a real estate developer from Apton Properties of Fremont; Pleasanton-based architecture and planning firm Dahlin Group; and DK Consulting of Walnut Creek, a building systems and engineering firm.  Since some of us are so concerned about upholding the key values of decentralization and grass-roots democracy, it would be nice if somebody quit obsessing about Washington and Baghdad long enough to write letters-to-the-editor about the corruption of democracy in California. 
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
   
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