Did Jerry Brown damage the Oakland school district?
By Austin Fast/California Watch
“Failure seems to follow Jerry everywhere he goes." Meg Whitman’s well-worn phrase is familiar to those following California's gubernatorial race. During her primary night victory speech, Whitman claimed that “Oakland schools deteriorated to the point that the state had to intervene” while Brown was mayor. Just last Thursday, Whitman’s campaign unrolled a website devoted to demonstrating Brown’s failures in jobs, spending, taxes and schools. (more...)