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Aug.17.2010 The Bad News Game My husband called me yesterday afternoon to tell me that his company is closing its California office at the end of October. I think we all know what that means. I cried. A lot. I am frightened. A lot. I started telling friends, although I was embarrassed. Some of the "nice to do"...	Oct.26.2009 Tea Party Express II: Bakersfield & Fresno: You're Next! Tea Party Express II kick-off at Tuna Park, San Diego located next to the USS Midway. Image Credit: Neil Turner Tea Party Express II: Bakersfield & Fresno: You're Next! Get ready folks, because the second edition of the Tea Party Express is coming to a grassroots, "Take My...
Jul.19.2009 Getting Us Out of the Economic and Ecological Mess The last week had knew figures that unemployment is rising to ever higher levels and in California state workers are getting fired in droves. Teachers are getting fired and fired. I'm doing a poetry reading from next weekend at the San Francisco labor Festival--a wonderful month long series of...	Feb.18.2009 Laying Off Teachers/Throwing Away Students Throughout the fall of 2007 and winter of 2008 I've been hearing stories of teachers being laid off in Orange County, Bay Area, Sacramento, Florida, and of small groups of trade unionists fighting to save teachers jobs. I teach at a junior college, and only now this spring have a small number...
Feb.17.2009 Some Advice for the Governeggor As you know, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California's governor, sent out 20,000 pink slips today to state workers. I wonder how many of those layoff notices went to state bureaucrats earning more than $100,000 a year? You'll recall that, thanks to the governor's budget slashing, many who work at the...	Apr.25.2008 One Week To Speak Up To Save the LA Public Library Budget Citizens using the tools provided by the SaveLAPL website I helped launched have already made a difference in the future of the Los Angeles Public Library: the proposed $1-per-book inter-branch transfer fee has been withdrawn in favor of a nickel increase in daily late fines, and a book buying fund...