Further adventures in mayoral control. NY’s DOE hired John Alford to direct turn around schools at $130,000 a year. Last year he left New Orleans after he took responsibility for his business manager who was fired for embezzlement. Maybe that’s is what Arne means by turn around after all: Take responsibility for mismanagement in one school district. Turn around, and you get a job at another.
When the FBI raided my neighbors’ homes and accused them of being traitors because they oppose US foreign adventures, it was bad enough. But attorney Michael Deutch says Obama AG Eric Holder is preparing to expand further the government’s prosecution of anti-war activists.
Local LA ABC story: Impending Compton school closures angers many.
When it comes to social justice Loyola University in Chicago doesn’t exactly practice what it preaches. Just ask a cafeteria worker
Rahm Emauel is planning to skip three mayoral forums scheduled for next week; Emanuel’s campaign reports he’s committed to a televised debate next year and is negotiating the terms of two others. That’s all well and good, but the no-shows next week are unfair to Chicagoans. Voters need more chances to hear from all of the mayoral contestants, see them mix it up and face questions from people and organizations working in neighborhoods and institutions across the city. “He owes it to the people of Chicago, who deserve every opportunity to question and study the candidates up close and as a group during this abbreviated election season,” the Sun-Times editorial board wrote of Emanuel’s choice earlier this week. Progress Illinois
Fred Klonsky 