Judges defeat Villaraigosa's LAUSD bid
LA TIMES Joel Rubin and Howard Blume [ZD COMMENTS IN BRACKETS]
April 17, 2007
A state appeals court today soundly renounced a law designed to give Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa substantial authority over the Los Angeles Unified School District. The ruling is the second -- and perhaps final -- blow to what was once the centerpiece of Villaraigosa's education-reform plan [AND ANTONIO & NUCKLEHEAD NUNEZ' POLITICIAL CAREER].
Today's unanimous decision, by a three-judge panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal, found the law, Assembly Bill 1381, unconstitutional -- and it was not a close call, in the view of the justices.
"The citizens of Los Angeles have the constitutional right to decide whether their school board is to be appointed or elected," the justices wrote. "If the citizens of Los Angeles choose to amend their charter to allow the mayor to appoint the members of the board, such amendment would indisputably be proper. What is not permissible is for the Legislature to ignore that constitutional right and to bypass the will of the citizens of Los Angeles and effectively transfer many of powers of the board to the mayor, based on its belief, hope, or assumption that he could do a better job."
The ruling was released this morning and the mayor's office declined immediate comment.
If the mayor's side decides to appeal, as expected, [BECAUSE ALL HE CARE ABOUT IS GETTIN HIS SHADY MITTS ON THE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET] the state Supreme Court has the option of accepting or declining to hear the case. Woocher said he expects the strong wording of the appeals court's ruling to make Supreme Court intervention less likely.
"This opinion is now strong enough," Woocher said. Including the trial court judge, "we've now had four judges look at this and all of them agree. I would certainly hope that the mayor can now move in a new direction toward a true partnership."
[HE WON'T BE ABLE TO, HE'S A SHAMELESS, DELUSIONAL, STONE COLD, HEARTLESS COMMUNITY KILLER.
In fact, in the wake of the litigation, Villaraigosa has pursued an alternate strategy [SO DO WE, IT'S CALLED A RECALL ELECTION]. He has concentrated in recent months on raising money to elect a friendlier school-board majority. The fruits of that effort will become clear in a runoff election in May. [IN OTHER WORDS HE SPENT ALL HIS STAFF'S TIME WORRYING ABOUT TAKING OVER THE CITY SCHOOLS, INSTEAD OF TAKING OVER THE CITY. GO RUN FOR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT YOU FUCKING IDIOT -- UNTIL THEN DO THE JOB YOU STOLE THE ELECTIONS FOR TO BECOME MAYOR.
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