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LA civic leaders stump for struggling tax extension ballot measure
- 03-15-2011
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By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCC
A cross section of Los Angeles civic leaders on Monday stumped for Governor Jerry Brown’s proposal to raise money for public schools by extending some taxes. At a news conference shoulder to shoulder, stood L.A. Unified board members, charter school officials, labor union leaders and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. “I don’t have to tell you from time to time the next speaker and I have been on different sides of the podium,” said Villaraigosa, “he usually with a bullhorn, me behind the podium. He meant United Teachers Los Angeles president AJ Duffy, who’s protested Villaraigosa’s school reform policies. (more...)
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