Tuesday, February 12, 2013

What is Mayor Bloomberg trying to buy? gives $1 million to L.A. school board candidates - latimes.com

Mayor Bloomberg gives $1 million to L.A. school board candidates - latimes.com:


Mayor Bloomberg gives $1 million to L.A. school board candidates

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Credit: Takaai Iwabu / Raleigh News & Observer
New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has donated $1 million to a campaign to elect three board candidates who strongly support current L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy — two of the three candidates also are political opponents of the Los Angeles teachers union.
The donation was confirmed by the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission.
Bloomberg’s donation is the largest to date for the school board contests and could change the complexion of the race.
The most heated primary contest is in District 4, which stretches from the Westside to the west San Fernando