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2017 election, arts at the core, Charter accountability, Charter regulation, charter schools, class size, ipads, LAUSD school board, May 16, steve zimmer
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An Open Letter To My Neighbors:
Dearest neighbors:
So many friends scold me: “Spare us all those words; get to the point already:
What’s Zimmer Done For Us, And
What Will Happen If The Other Guy Wins”?
I’ve been watching Education politics for four years now, since My Neighbor Kate ran for school board and I had to ask myself: “who IS our school board member anyway, what do they do, and how well have they been doing it”?
To the best of my ability, the following is correct and accurate, if abbreviated. I believe neither campaign would approve fully, either of the summaries or the focus. But I have tried to be fair.
Nevertheless, I urge you to skepticism. The alternative universe entering your consciousness through mailboxes, and sweetened via coffee klatsches, is a narrative of brazen, ‘Big Lies’ that a single minute of your own internet research would dispel factually. Where your leanings clash with what’s below, that’s where to pay special attention to propaganda, realized. For starters, consider this: “arts funding” has no more been decimated because of Steve Zimmer than the ipads project was scrapped owing to him. Please start with my assertions but range far for confirmation.
Thanks.
That was my best shot at brevity. Forgive me, it’s not really my long suit!
2 Comments
May 18, 2017 at 9:46 pm
Thank you for this. I wish it could have gotten to the voters. :-(
May 18, 2017 at 9:51 pm
Well, I’ve been shrieking as loudly as I know how from the highest hilltops…. .
But don’t ever forget that Melvoin has been working and being paid to campaign for this job for over a year and half. No one else, except those on his campaign, has been. Melvoin’s people had the race wrapped up as soon as Zimmer failed to clear 50% in the primary. Melvoin’s folks have lined up the twelve angry women out there years ago with their VBMs to vote where it will count – in the runoff that no one bothered to go to.
So it’s not really a lack of information out here that’s the problem or a lack of gumption for folks to take it in. The problem is the lack of engagement that keeps them, simply, from voting. It’s so ridiculously upsetting…..