Rising costs for friends of Bobby
The governor only asked lawmakers to do nothing that would inconvenience him, such as requiring more transparency in his office, or to in any way impinge upon his nearly absolute power over the executive branch, or the legislative one too, for that matter.
Back then, being a friend of Bobby did not get you crossways with anyone else, except for sexual predators and vendors of bath salts. Those were the days.
The new day and term bring some harder choices and greater costs for being in with Jindal. Legislators figured as much from early news that the governor seeks to tighten tenure on teachers so that it is harder to get and easier to lose, and to make state workers, not getting pay raises again, contribute more toward their retirement while the state chips in less. Lawmakers have fielded some phone calls and emails on that, but they are bracing for when the pressure comes face to face.
“This class of new legislators and the one before them don’t know what’s it’s like to get into a war with the teacher unions,” observed a former lawmaker, recently term-limited.
“Like getting lobbied by a first-grade teacher?” surmised the reporter.
“Like my first grade teacher!” recalled the ex-pol with a shudder.
An early sign of trouble came to those attending last week’s legislative committee meeting to receive the governor’s executive budget. Their antennae raised at the sight of the room packed with a lot of old people, you know, the ones who vote. Worse, they were wearing T-shirts.
The senior citizens’ beef was with the administration’s plan to transfer the Office of Elderly Affairs from the governor’s office to the Department of Health and Hospitals. They suspect and fear, according to a supporter, that the non-medical services of their local Councils on Aging — transportation, utility assistance, Meals on Wheels — will be sacrificed by shifting more money to medical services, which can be matched with federal Medicaid funds, thus freeing up dollars for other parts of the budget. Administration officials deny that any services to seniors will be shorted. Legislators want to believe them, and hope senior voters do.
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The pink slips could be sent to all adult and early education teachers and teachers who have yet to earn tenure protections, as well as nurses, librarians, school psychologists, counselors and others. The district has had more than 8000 layoffs over
Legislators figured as much from early news that the governor seeks to tighten tenure on teachers so that it is harder to get and easier to lose, and to make state workers, not getting pay raises again, contribute more toward their retirement while the
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After daylong protests, the Los Angeles Board of Education delayed a vote Tuesday on a worst-case $6-billion budget plan that would cause thousands of employees to lose their jobs, end all adult education classes, and remove funding for early education and arts programs.
The board instead directed Supt. John Deasy to work with his staff and teacher unions to develop a proposal that avoids eliminating these and other programs. The extra time will allow the parties to consider new state budget information, said board member Steve Zimmer, who proposed the delay.
“There is no public education without adult education, without early education, without the arts,” Zimmer said to loud cheers from the packed board room.
“There’s a difference between drastic cuts and catastrophic cuts,” he said.
The current plan would bridge a $557-million deficit for next year in the nation’s second-largest school system. Even if it was approved by the school board, a final version of the budget probably would be months away.
Though the board delayed the cuts, it also moved to allow the superintendent to begin preparing layoff notices for thousands of teachers and support staff. The letters are required by state law, but they would be sent later than usual, by March 8, to allow negotiations to play out and possibly mitigate the number of notices sent, Zimmer said.
The pink slips could be sent to all adult and early education teachers and teachers who have yet to earn tenure protections, as well as nurses, librarians, school psychologists, counselors and others.
The district has had more than 8,000 layoffs over the last four years but eventually hired many back.
In an effort to increase revenue, the board also directed Deasy to prepare a parcel tax proposal on properties within district boundaries. The proposal would have to be approved by the board before being placed on the ballot in June, November or March 2013.