Education Changes? There’s Something Happening Here
The education status quo, buttressed by teachers’ unions and the education establishment, is beginning to buckle. It can be seen in poll responses and Tuesday’s school board election in Los Angeles. Charter school supporters have captured a majority of the Los Angeles school board despite strong opposition from the local teachers’ union. The victory is […]
Bills that are Good, Bad, and Ugly for Small Business Approach Deadlines
May is a critical month for legislation to move through various policy and fiscal committees before the house of origin deadline. Any Assembly bill which does not make it to the Senate (or Senate bill to the Assembly) by June 2 is effectively dead for the remainder of the calendar year, but can be revived […]
Move Over, San Francisco: Dallas Tops Our List Of The Best Cities For Jobs 2017
Dallas is called the Big D for a reason. Bigger, better, best: that’s the Dallas mindset. From the gigantic Cowboys stadium in Arlington to the burgeoning northern suburbs to the posh arts district downtown, Dallasites are reinventing their metropolis almost daily. The proposed urban park along the Trinity River, my Dallas friends remind me, will be 11 […]
Disney’s ESPN Has Fallen and Can’t Get Up
The biggest company in the San Fernando Valley – in fact, in the entire Los Angeles area – is the Walt Disney Co. So it’s increasingly alarming to see the company continue to fumble with ESPN, which is the biggest chunk of Disney’s biggest division. The sports channel accounted for the deeply disappointing portion of […]