Proposed California Educational Freedom Act
Re “A bold school choice proposal is on its way” (Aug. 12):
Your animus for UTLA may be clouding your judgment on this initiative. As per your column, these accounts will be “funded by the state annually”; is this money coming from the fixed budget allocation for education? If so, won’t this impact each and every student particularly those whose parents haven’t signed up?
And if it is not coming from the fixed education budget allocation, where is the money coming from?
There may be some constitutional challenges on this one. I think a focus on equity will go more towards make our education system work better. from public places creating an elitist and racist bias to those attending public events. Perhaps our city elitist leaders might think a second time the wisdom of this rash act.
Recall candidates
After watching the debate on TV from the Nixon Library, I think that many of the candidates seem qualified to be governor.
Biden urges OPEC to produce more oil
Re “Biden says he is a cheap-gas champion as prices crest” (Aug. 12):
How insane is this? Biden is imploring OPEC to pump more oil after his policies shut down oil and gas production in the U.S. Democrats shut down U.S. pipelines, federal land oil production, yet allowed Russia to complete a pipeline and is now asking OPEC, whose member countries hate our guts and produce terrorists to become more wealthy at our expense? Gas prices above $4 for California, and all the Democrats want to do is stop producing fossil fuels. Insanity.
Speaking the truth about the Jan. 6 riot
Mr. Ogren’s comments in letters Aug. 12 on conservative response to Jan. 6 revealed his ignorance of facts.
If he had ever actually read conservative writers or watched Fox News, he would know conservatives roundly condemned what happened on Jan. 6.
The denials he referred to came from left-wing commentators regarding the rioting, looting, burning and killing that took place in Democratrun cities like Portland last summer.
Conservatives condemn rioting no matter who does it.
Replacement candidates show the recall isn’t a Republican power grab
I spent 15 minutes counting candidates who are not Republicans: 22 out of 46 (47.8%) aren’t paid to be in the “Save Newsom” ads claiming “Republican power grab.”
Nine are Democrats which is nearly 20% of those who paid to be on this ballot and neither Trumpers nor Republicans.
Tally 13 Libertarian, Green and Decline-To-State people (28.3%) not in either of the “big two” political parties, yet are united against Newsom while they’re said to be in on this imaginary “Republican power grab.”
Conclusion: Unlike 2003, this recall is actually across the board and totally grassroots in nature; not politically biased and a truly bipartisan effort to get rid of an elected official that turned out to be a bad deal which is legally provided for in the Constitution.