Concerned about school budget cuts
      I am a parent of a student at Calabasas High School in Calabasas, and I am very concerned about how the governor's proposed $4.8-billion education funding cuts will impact our schools. Voters passed Proposition 98 20 years ago to ensure a minimum funding guarantee for our schools....
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The 'children's money' is being wasted
      As a parent of few Oak Park Unified school children, I want to voice my anger. I have been asked to write letters to the California governor and senators to complain about the budget cuts. Apparently no one saw this coming. Our state is going broke.
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These angry parents are ready to fight back
      The current fiscal crisis in our state and its grave impact on our public schools is at once embarrassing and perilous. Our esteemed elected officials in Sacramento are making a mockery of our most important and precious resource: the education of our children.
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This year's rain doesn't mean drought is over
      As we start into the dryer months of the year, the residents of Southern California will be faced with another year of water shortage even though we had an average year of rain. We could receive up to 30 percent less water this year than last year.
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A reminder about property rights
      Mr. Brothers seems to forget that private owners of existing open space (or other property) have a constitutional right to use their property in any way that is permitted by local zoning and other applicable laws. Mr. Brothers probably lives in a dwelling that was other people's ...
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