SAN DIEGO - It is not just math teacher Kevin Beiser facing businessman Steve Rosen in one of two races for the San Diego Unified School District Board of Education -- incumbent Katherine Nakamura is back into the mix, too. In one of the more interesting twists of the election season, a judge ruled that Nakamura is eligible to try to reclaim her seat as a write-in candidate after coming in third in the June primary. The winner of this race, and another between five-term incumbent John De Beck and Scott Barnett, will take seats on a board grappling with a fifth straight year of spending reductions. The budget shortfall in the 2011-12 fiscal year, for which planning already is underway, is estimated to be $141 million. School officials hope to shrink the gap with a $50 million infusion of cash from Proposition J, which if passed would impose a parcel tax on all property within the boundaries of the district. Nakamura said after her primary bid fell short that a lot of parents told |
WSJ: Trump Threatens to Take Control of the Panama Canal and Greenland,
Maybe Canada Too
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May you live in interesting times! We do, and the times will grow even more
interesting as Trump directs threats at other world leaders, reminding us
that ...
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