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Cosmo Garvin's Parting Shot at Kevin Johnson | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education

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Cosmo Garvin's Parting Shot at Kevin Johnson

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http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/k-j-inc/content?oid=7177019
Cosmo Garvin's last article for the Sacramento News and Review is an excellent piece of investigative journalism on how Kevin Johnson is funneling private dollars into quasi-public endeavors including his astro-turf education group Stand Up Sacramento. Along with that he is also using public dollars and city office space in a self-agrandizing effort to enlarge his staff and extend his political reach.

None of the non-profits discussed in the article have produced any tangiblebenefits for the city of Sacramento, but those who work for them receive nice paychecks. (If it's in the public record who gets paid what). The city of