Response to "Raising Wages for Real Recovery"

by | Sep 17, 2011 | Articles

Rather than throwing around disparaging statistics, let's consider the unintended consequences outcome that has happened in real life.My first job was serving Foster Freeze Ice Cream in Torrance.Minimum wage was $5.00.In two weeks, the state of California mandated...

Letter responding to innovations at Centinela Valley

by | Sep 14, 2011 | Articles

The on-going political machinations at every level in Centinela Valley is both sad and distracting.The press made a point of publishing to the widespread community that the principal at Leuzinger High School received a no-confidence vote of 80% from the teachers.Since...

Public Education: Building Up or Building Down

by | Sep 14, 2011 | Articles

Mayor Guidi demanded that Centinela Valley stop tearing things down.He wasn't talking about the substandard education that the students have been getting.He was talking about the Historic buildings on the Leuzinger campus, a historic legacy, in part because now...

Public Education, the Press, and the Status Quo

by | Sep 14, 2011 | Articles

Local news organs and dedicated community activists have all raised hell.Centinela Valley has issues.Yet nothing is being done about it.From the Leuzinger Alumni Associations who decry the tear-down of historic buildings, to the voters in Wiseburn, Del Aire and...