California Ballot Propositions Push Education Funding
California voters face two ballot measures Prop 26 and Prop 37 aimed at boosting school funding. Prop 26 would issue 450 million in general obligation bonds for school facilities under a lease purchase plan led by Leroy Green. Prop 37 would establish a state lottery with 34 percent of revenues directed to education, potentially increasing annual education funding to 375 million to 500 million, with allocations across K-12, community colleges, state universities, and the UC system.
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California
George Deukmejian
Richland
Sacramento
Leroy Green
Barry Fadem
University of California
Shafter Scenes on Child Abuse TV Series
Pat Bryant reports on a Fresno Channel 10 Public Broadcasting panel led by Mike Farrell. Experts discuss child vulnerability, secrecy in deviant acts, and efforts to teach protection as reporting rises, noting the issue spans cultures and communities. Chief Frank Christensen cites rising cases and fear among sexual abuse victims.
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Channel 10
Fresno
Mike Farrell
Frank Christensen
Shafter Police Department
Christensen
Ralph Nader’s Followers Lose Luster Amid Critique
The Paul Harvey News column traces the decline of Ralph Nader’s influence from the Carter era when he shaped White House consultation and EPA culture. It notes media trust in Nader’s words fading after the book Me and Ralph challenged myths about his dedication to poverty.
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God
Satan
Delbert Regier
South Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church
Paul Harvey
Ralph Nader
United States
Environmental Protection Agency
Nader Organization
Nader
Ralph
Nader’s fearmongering fades as GOP crowd ignores alarmist claims
Ralph Nader’s sharp attacks on officials and his “poisoned” America rhetoric drew little notice at the Dallas GOP convention, where despite a 13,000-strong press corps only nine attended his scare-filled news conference. PIRG chapters shrink as controversy over its funding and purpose grows.
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Ralph Nader
Dallas
America
Nader
Richardson Report on undigested legislative garbage
A critical column denounces AB 3029 by Assemblywoman Maxine Waters as partisan junk pushing government driven voter registration during work hours. The piece argues such activity risks intimidation, questions nonpartisan claims, and predicts greater Democratic registration with taxpayer funds, ending with a provocative flourish about a private veto.
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Maxine Waters
D-Los
Maxine
Water
Kremlin
Willie Brown
San Francisco
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Bill Lockyer
D Hayward
Quack Baldwin
Shane Sullivan
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