I live on the East Side of Los Angeles, in District 2 of the Los Angeles Unified Schol District Board of Education. My mailbox has been deluged with mailers from candidates in the March 7 School Board Election. The frontrunners for the seat are Villaraigosa-endorsed Mónica García and United Teachers of Los Angeles-endorsed Christopher Arellano. This weekend it was announced that one of these frontrunners for the seat vacated by now-Councilman Jose Huizar, openly gay Christopher Arellano had misrepresented the facts regarding his own educational credentials! And this was after he had previously admitted that he had been convicted (not once, but twice!) of criminal infractions which resulted in jail time.
The bizarre thing is not that we have a candidate for the school board whose commitment to the sanctity of education is in question (not to mention his probity and honesty!). No, the bizarre aspect of this story to MadProfessah is the refusal of many to un-endorse Arellano. Sherriff Lee Baca and the Los Angeles County Democratic Party did, but both City Council President Eric Garcetti and outgoing 45th District Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg did not.
While I had not previously made an endorsement in this race, MadProfessah wishes to go on record as having endorsed Mónica García for the District 2 seat on the LAUSD Board of Education. Please vote!
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