and like a Good Republican.......
what's that phrase? The friend of my enemy is my enemy....
from today's Irvine World News...
Board member defends role in TV ad
By PEGGY GOETZ IRVINE WORLD NEWS
School board member Mike Parham has taken flak from some quarters for his appearance in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s TV ad that calls for more careful spending and fiscal reform in the face of the state’s financially tight times.
Some have been critical of Parham for appearing in the ad because they say the governor’s financial proposals shift more costs to already lean school districts and eliminate
guaranteed
levels of state funding provided in Proposition 98.
Parham spoke last week at a meeting of the district’s Legislative Action Committee to explain his position regarding the governor’s financial proposals.
He said he does not support the governor’s proposal to eliminate Proposition 98 funding guarantees. The TV ad, he said, was not about education but about everyone being more fiscally responsible.
“I agree with him on that. We have to spend more carefully in all state programs,” said Parham.
Dan Chmielewski of the Sierra Vista Middle School Legislative Action Committee, said he is not happy about Parham being in the commercial. He said the school board should present a united front on the issue of the state’s education spending.
The ad was filmed at Allergan in Irvine and was aired on TV last month. In it, Parham is sitting next to the governor, which gave the school board member an unusual amount of time to talk to Schwarzenegger. Parham said he used the time to talk about the need for equalization of school funding and the needs of education in general.
“He really seemed to understand,” said Parham. “I had a rare opportunity.”
Chmielewski said he commends Parham for getting the ear of the governor, noting that he had gotten closer to the governor than other representatives of the district. However, Chmielewski said that by supporting the governor’s overall fiscal reform package, Parham is indirectly supporting the governor’s squeeze of funding to kindergarten-through 12th grade education.
“He is being a good Republican and supporting the governor, but he is not representing our children and the school district well,” said Chmielewski.
Parham contends he is serving the interests of the district by talking to the governor. He also says that helping improve the business climate in California will improve the fiscal situation statewide and thus will help education. The methods of funding public education in California are broken and need to be fixed, Parham added.
School board members Sue Kuwabara and Sharon Wallin have said at board meetings that although Proposition 98 provisions are not without fault, they are at this time the only guarantee the schools have that funding will remain stable.
Both said that Proposition 98 should not be eliminated before something better is proposed.
Parham said at last week’s board meeting that he does not want to eliminate Proposition 98 funding guarantees, but does want to change the system.
from today's Irvine World News...
Board member defends role in TV ad
By PEGGY GOETZ IRVINE WORLD NEWS
School board member Mike Parham has taken flak from some quarters for his appearance in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s TV ad that calls for more careful spending and fiscal reform in the face of the state’s financially tight times.
Some have been critical of Parham for appearing in the ad because they say the governor’s financial proposals shift more costs to already lean school districts and eliminate
guaranteed
levels of state funding provided in Proposition 98.
Parham spoke last week at a meeting of the district’s Legislative Action Committee to explain his position regarding the governor’s financial proposals.
He said he does not support the governor’s proposal to eliminate Proposition 98 funding guarantees. The TV ad, he said, was not about education but about everyone being more fiscally responsible.
“I agree with him on that. We have to spend more carefully in all state programs,” said Parham.
Dan Chmielewski of the Sierra Vista Middle School Legislative Action Committee, said he is not happy about Parham being in the commercial. He said the school board should present a united front on the issue of the state’s education spending.
The ad was filmed at Allergan in Irvine and was aired on TV last month. In it, Parham is sitting next to the governor, which gave the school board member an unusual amount of time to talk to Schwarzenegger. Parham said he used the time to talk about the need for equalization of school funding and the needs of education in general.
“He really seemed to understand,” said Parham. “I had a rare opportunity.”
Chmielewski said he commends Parham for getting the ear of the governor, noting that he had gotten closer to the governor than other representatives of the district. However, Chmielewski said that by supporting the governor’s overall fiscal reform package, Parham is indirectly supporting the governor’s squeeze of funding to kindergarten-through 12th grade education.
“He is being a good Republican and supporting the governor, but he is not representing our children and the school district well,” said Chmielewski.
Parham contends he is serving the interests of the district by talking to the governor. He also says that helping improve the business climate in California will improve the fiscal situation statewide and thus will help education. The methods of funding public education in California are broken and need to be fixed, Parham added.
School board members Sue Kuwabara and Sharon Wallin have said at board meetings that although Proposition 98 provisions are not without fault, they are at this time the only guarantee the schools have that funding will remain stable.
Both said that Proposition 98 should not be eliminated before something better is proposed.
Parham said at last week’s board meeting that he does not want to eliminate Proposition 98 funding guarantees, but does want to change the system.
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