Getting the Colleges of Our Dreams
Strategies for quality education for a modest price
"Peralta is already a place where students can get a great education for
a modest price. I believe that greatness at Peralta at this time can be
summed up in the three following terms: Access, Equity, and Excellence."
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— 28 September 2004
Environment and Land-Use
Looking to the Future
"Over the 18 months I have spoken with a range of people who have studied
the environmental and land use issues in the Peralta District and have been
grateful for their insights and record of hard work. At the present, though,
my attention has been drawn to 3 key environmental concerns..."
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— 28 September 2004
Campaign Finance
Really clean up California
"Whether it is Republicans laundering $1 million through county
committees, or Democratic state Secretary of State Kevin Shelley's
acceptance of tainted money from a San Francisco wheeler- dealer,
the lesson should be clear: We need publicly financed elections."
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— 12 September 2004
Health Care Benefits
Worth a day's work
"[Health-care benefits] is not a struggle over 'something for nothing,' but over how much
workers will be compensated for the labor they provide, and how much of a
share they will get of the profits their work makes possible."
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— 10 November 2003