Our schools are graveyards for freedom
Guest editorial argues constant surveillance in schools compromises privacy and due process. It cites Demarest New Jersey Utah and Arkansas examples of cameras and RFID, notes rising student awareness and fear, and warns of a drift toward a police state in education. The piece questions whether safety justifies loss of liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Louis Brandeis
Demarest
N.J
CBS
Viewmont High School
Utah
Little Rock
Ark
Asa H. Coon
Cleveland
U.S. Department of Justice
Lock-In at Shafter Youth Center Highlights Drug-Free Fun
Deanna Rodriguez reports on a community youth lock-in at the Shafter Youth Center ending at 6 a.m. with activities like three legged basketball, games, karaoke, jalapeno contest won by Cassandra Whitlock, X-Box, and crafts. The event promoted fun without drugs or alcohol and involved AmeriCorps and the Youth Council in a village effort to guide youth toward safe, positive environments. Grants from corporations supported such programs and stressed agency partnership to keep children off the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
City of
Fivecoat
Brandi Huestis
Shafter Youth Center
Cassandra Whitlock
AmeriCorps
Youth Council
Public Salaries Revealed Shake California Public Bodies
California Supreme Court rulings opened access to public employee salaries, revealing high pay in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties and at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. The leak shows police and other workers earning over six figures, prompting questions about necessity and bargaining impacts. Elias discusses the broader implications of openness in government and taxpayer interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Supreme Court
San Francisco Bay Area
Contra Costa Times
Walnut Creek
Los Angeles Times
Santa Clara County
San Jose Mercury News
Contra Costa
San Jose
San Mateo County
Cooperative
San Francisco
Dave Price
Palo Alto
State Commission On Police
Supreme Court
Ron George
Bay Area
California
Santa Clara
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
United States
Los Angeles
Medicine
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
League of California Cities
State’s
Association of Counties
Elias
Burzynski
Tdelias
Aol
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John W. Whitehead
America
Que Pasa
Deanna Rodriguez Root
Rutherford Institute
Rutherford.org
Thomas D. Hlias
Rex M. Rogers
Reed Print Inc
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Shafter Press
East Lerdo Highway
Reed Print, Inc
Aldrin Ct
Bakersfield
P.O. Box
Frank W. Reed
Donald L. Reed
Melissa Hill
Diane Givens
East
Lerdo Highway
Shafterpress
Earthlink.net
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