[To help save the L.A. Unified School District from a couple of decades of illegal immigration, bilingual education, abandonment of phonics, lowering of academic standards, wasting money on the Belmont hazardous waste site debacle, etc., the School Board selects as its new superintendent, the former head of the Democratic National Committee, whose party was largely responsible for all of the above.] From: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20000606/us/los_angeles_schools_1.html Tuesday June 6 6:45 PM ET Ex-Colo Gov. Named LA Schools Chief AP Photos staffing, By KAREN SANTOS Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former Colorado Gov. Roy Romer on Tuesday was named superintendent of the Los Angeles school system, which has been struggling with low test scores, fractious leadership and the threat of state oversight. Romer, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, will take over the nation's second-largest school district, with 711,000 students. ``The new face of America is going to be developed, in my judgment, in the L.A. community. You have the potential of being the premier metropolitan area of the United States,'' Romer said at a news conference. ``Now, there's one flaw to that. If you do not make this school system work, you're never going to get there.'' Romer, 71, succeeds Ramon Cortines, who was brought in as interim superintendent in January to begin reforms after the ouster of Ruben Zacarias. Zacarias was accused of mismanagement, and he especially came under fire when it was learned that the nation's most expensive high school, the Belmont Learning Complex, was being built on a site suffused with toxic gases left over from its days as an oil field. After $170 million in construction costs, the project was scrapped. Romer beat out two finalists with education experience: former Chicago Board of Education President George Munoz and an official of another school district who asked the Los Angeles board to keep her name private. Other potential candidates said they withdrew their applications for superintendent out of fears that the district will be taken over by the state because of all its problems. Romer spent nearly 40 years in Colorado government, beginning in 1958, when he was elected to the state House. In 1962 he moved into the Senate. He served 12 years as governor, from 1987 to 1999, and was barred by law from seeking a fourth term. He was embraced by business interests for his decisions on controlled development and growth. But he was harshly criticized by Republicans for vetoing dozens of tax cut proposals. Romer was appointed general chairman of the Democratic National Committee in 1997 and left that post late last year to become head of the committee organizing the party's convention in Los Angeles in August. His appointment comes three weeks after the nation's largest school district, the one in New York City, picked a new superintendent without education experience - former banking executive Harold Levy. ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
