Is there a way to donate to this?
Kudos to the Board of Trustees for not being bullied. Cuesta College(and ALL community colleges in CA) offers a great opportunity with tuition-free education for everyone. No one asks your race or gender when you apply. It's completely color-blind equal opportunity. If more students took advantage of this and other higher education opportunities, it might be easier in the future to hire a more diverse teaching staff.
I could not agree more. And Abrianna Torres is right. Harmon et al are seeking answers to problems that may exist here but which are miniscule compared to the economy, homelessness, increased crime, crumbling infrastructure and overbuilding, and millions in pension debt. Let's major on the majors here, not elsewhere. Fix the economy and the rest will follow.
The mayor is still living in a pre-Covid-19 reality. The city is technically insolvent, businesses and restaurants are closing, tax revenues have plummeted, Cal Poly students aren't returning, and it goes on and on. We are truly hurting here. To run the city like a business means getting spending under control and setting realistic priorities, which Sweeney cites as public safety and cleaning up downtown. I like that platform far better than spending millions of dollars on transportation studies, climate studies, diversity studies, and more, as currently planned in the 2019-2021 budget. To be" nimble, flexible and fluid" means being able to reassess and react. That isn't happening with Harmon. Sweeney and Torres have my vote.
Well these are all great ideas until you run out of other peoples' money to pay for all these things.
The District has money to give the Superintendent $950,000 to buy a home, hopefully but not necessarily within the District, with no down payment, at 2% interest for thirty years. That is our bond money to fund schools! I can think of one way to find $950,000 to use to keep our schools going... Better believe that wasn't among the recommendations! Remember this when they come begging for a parcel tax "for the children".
Re: “Sweeney responds to questions about her residency”
The local Democrat Party is spreading outright lies about two well-qualified nonpartisan female candidates because their views for running our city are different from theirs. The Democrats constantly complain about Trump being a liar. I never thought the local Democrats would emulate a man they hate so much.