CC city, mayor, school board and fire tax videos online
By Lisa Vorderbrueggen
Monday, October 1st, 2012 at 12:48 pm in 2012 Contra Costa County election.
Election Preview 2012 is online! Watch televised round-tables with Contra Costa mayoral, city council and school board candidates plus an hour-long debate on the fire safety parcel tax for Contra Costa Fire Protection District here.
Races include:
Measure Q, fire parcel safety tax, Contra Costa Fire District: http://bcove.me/yw5ksh1l
Antioch mayor: http://bcove.me/qwanlnl0
Antioch City Council: TK. (We’re having some technical difficulties with this one!)
Antioch Unified School District: http://bcove.me/syoeerun
Brentwood City Council: http://bcove.me/lfiwnofn
Brentwood mayor: http://bcove.me/d8zhg8lt
Brentwood Union School District: http://bcove.me/zzlf28hv
Clayton City Council: http://bcove.me/lsrdrh5b
Concord City Council: http://bcove.me/bpyxrwvy
Danville Town Council: http://bcove.me/uq8vfiiz
Lafayette City Council: http://bcove.me/clrqqp0s
Lafayette School District: http://bcove.me/6j7fqfu8
Martinez City Council: http://bcove.me/it81cf48
Martinez Unified School District: http://bcove.me/jbncw58l
Moraga Town Council: http://bcove.me/2l8sc11w
Mt. Diablo Unified School District: http://bcove.me/a8oydwmq
Oakley City Council: http://bcove.me/56tn3kie
Orinda City Council: http://bcove.me/zisd0lo5
Orinda School District: http://bcove.me/sx7vsfey
Pittsburg City Council: http://bcove.me/j73gfj23
Pittsburg School District: http://bcove.me/wj5yxqan
Pleasant Hill City Council: http://bcove.me/fxmg09tk
Richmond City Council: http://bcove.me/njjftkd7
San Ramon Valley Unified School District: http://bcove.me/4nirq0sf
Walnut Creek City Council: http://bcove.me/trrmfbq2
West Contra Costa Unified School District: http://bcove.me/eykpqn8k
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October 2nd, 2012 at 9:53 am
The public’s University of California harvests family savings, Alumni donations, supporter’s money and taxes. Cal. ranked #1 public university total academic cost (resident) as a result of the Provost’s, Chancellor’s ‘charge resident’s higher tuition’. UCB tuition is rising faster than other universities.
Cal ranked # 2 nationally in faculty earning potential. Spending on salaries increased 29% in last six years. Believe it: Harvard College less costly.
University of California negates promise of equality of opportunity: access, affordability. Self-absorbed Provost Breslauer Chancellor Birgeneau are outspoken on ‘charging residents much higher’ tuition.
Birgeneau ($450,000) Breslauer ($306,000) like to blame the politicians, since they stopped giving them their entitled funding. The ‘charge instate students higher tuition’ skyrocketed fees by an average 14% per year from 2006 to 2011 academic years. If they had allowed fees to rise at the same rate of inflation over past 10 years fees would still be in reach of middle income students. Breslauer Birgeneau increase disparities in higher education, defeat the promise of equality of opportunity, and create a less-educated work force.
Additional state tax funding must sunset. The sluggish economy, 10% unemployment devastates family savings. Simply asking for more taxes (Prop 30, 32) to spend on self-absorbed Cal. leadership, inefficient higher education practices, over-the-top salaries, lavish bonuses, is not the answer.
UCB is to maximize access to the widest number of residence at a reasonable cost. Birgeneau Breslauer’s ‘charge Californians higher tuition’ denies middle income families the transformative value of Cal.
The California dream: keep it alive and well. Fire Provost George W Breslauer. Birgeneau resigned. Cal. leadership must accept responsibility for failing Californians.
Opinions? UC Board of Regents marsha.kelman@ucop.edu Calif. State Senators, Assembly members.