LAUSD BOARD ELECTION BETWEEN MCKENNA AND JOHNSON- IS THE BEST VOTE NO VOTE?
(Mensaje se repite en Español)
In the 1998 Warren Beatty film Bulworth, the scene in the Black church on Vermont, when he tells the folks present that the only time they will see politicians is when they want their vote, is reminiscent of the LAUSD District 1 race between George McKenna and Alex Johnson to replace recently deceased Marguerite LaMotte. But when it comes to the toxic daily and generational reality that people in this district and their kids continue to face, nothing will change.
While I personally held my nose and sent in my absentee ballot for George McKenna this week, at some point in my adult life I would love to vote for something more than the lesser of two evils. McKenna clearly knows his way around the self-serving old boy network, so one might wonder as to why this seasoned "educational expert" hasn't been successful in changing LAUSD's ingrained culture of failure up until now?
And apropos of the same question, when it comes to measurable change at LAUSD, part-time (yes, it's a part-time job) LAUSD Board members like Kayser, Zimmer, and Ratliff with their entrenched bureaucracies that they inherited from their predecessors, have done- or been able to do- little to stem the privatization juggernaut and witch hunt against teachers that Superintendent Deasy continues to preside over unfettered by any LAUSD Board action to stop him. And it is unlikely that George McKenna will be able to do anything to change that. G-d would I love to be wrong about this, which is probably why I voted for McKenna in the LAUSD BOARD ELECTION BETWEEN MCKENNA AND JOHNSON- IS THE BEST VOTE NO VOTE? - Perdaily.com: