Todd Maddison

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@FixingEducation Salaries are not the issue in California

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@jenteach13 This is a somewhat common red herring. In 2024 admin represented 8% of total labor cost. Cutting it in half, if that is possible, would help, but not be of much significance.

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@AllenJWilson @DPOC As if this isn't the usual chicken-littling we see from both parties attempting to motivate their voters by claiming it's an existential threat.

If someone needs this level of scare to vote (on either side) I don't know we need their vote....

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From Philip Stemler, a great parent activist in the @nmusd school district.

Imagine the revolution we'd see in K12 ed if our supers got a bump for actually improving education?

But that's not what our ed is designed to do, right? It's all about adults.

https://t.co/wJfoSbVqfA

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Streets need $273M. Trash $140M, Parking fees $15M.

The city’s additional contribution to pension obligations will rise to $563M. Eliminating this would fund everything with $100M left over.

But that’s not even a conversation that’s happening.

https://t.co/xXhWeEsJ9Q

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Imagine that. The City of San Diego's money shortfall is NOT driven by a lack of tax revenue, but massively wasteful overspending.

Who could possibly have guessed that?

"The association’s analysis found that the city has been overprojecting its revenue since 2020, and they have a $1 billion backlog of deferred maintenance and $7.8 billion in projected infrastructure spending.

“That money just doesn’t exist, or not all of it anyway,” Kersey said.

He added that city staffing has grown four times faster than the city’s population, with a focus on middle management positions."

Thanks to @markkersey and the San Diego County Taxpayers Association for digging into this and proving something that I think should be pretty much obvious to everyone.

And it is, to people who know the data on Transparent California. Which is probably the exact same thing for your own city, county, school district, or public agency. Most of which prioritize "high paying jobs for themselves and their friends" over providing services to residents.

We should be DEMANDING our government make cuts, not complaining when that happens.

https://t.co/hrDedwCT77

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@TomSteyer Projected spending is $27,412 per student, $/student has risen at a rate 3x inflation.

Yet no improvement in performance, only declines or flat.

At what point do we "pay attention to the science" and admit what the data tells us? Lack of money is not the problem.

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Some words from that great friend of education, Lance Christensen...

"“The union uses kids as leverage,” ... “Right now, CTA is the biggest evil in California education.”

Why do PARENTS stand for this?

https://t.co/0ojGMhfFGF

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From today's San Diego Union Tribune...

The common talking point in these negotiations is that teachers deserve “fair pay.” ... Is $156,000 “fair”, and is damaging the education of kids to get more money for adults fair to them?

https://t.co/xGwM075nsQ

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@dccommonsense I'm a bit surprised you would support term limits. I would think that having the government able to tell us who we can (or can't) vote for would be one of the more dangerous things to enable. Similar to Russia, right?

Campaign finance reform would be far more effective.

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"Sen. Ruben Gallego wants Congress to forestall a U.S. takeover of Greenland, requiring approval for any such action..."

What if Congress passed a law that required approval before any foreign invasions.

Give it a catchy name like "the Constitution."

https://t.co/E4m0FXnKWD

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@MrDanielBuck Has more to do with education staff only wanting to work four days a week....

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@lancelands @jenvanlaar Thanks. This happened when I as traveling in south america recently and I missed it. There's no post here, happy to help with something if I can!

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A great in-depth summary of the recent FPPC ruling against Oceanside Unified for violated election law to promote an incumbent board member in the 2020 election.

https://t.co/qTo9Yp5Zac

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@SenWarren Great to hear, because nothing you do makes healthcare more affordable, it just throws other people's money at it to make them think that's happening.

I thought you were financially astute?

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@_BUMBERSHOOT_ Why is there no printable/downloadable schedule with a grid you can use to plan out the day? I assume someone there must have attended a festival like this before, right?

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@AllenJWilson @NRCC So you're saying the skyrocketing premiums are not due to increasing profits for the healthcare industry, but because tax dollars are no longer subsidizing them?

Wouldn't a true solution involve making healthcare cost less, not simply covering the problem up with tax dollars?

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@menarespeaking @0hour1 Except it's not about whether he's innocent and trustworthy. It's about whether he keeps his promises.

The former may or may not be true.

The latter is demonstrably false.

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@MrDanielBuck And yet every single teacher salary schedule out there increases the pay of teachers based on obtaining higher level degrees - not based on a measure of how good they are.

And we wonder why academic performance often seems like a secondary consideration in education.

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An in-depth look at the real cause of illegal immigration in @sdut today. From @loriweisberg and @roxanapopescu

Cut off the job magnet, combine that with a greatly expanded work visa program, problem solved.

More at https://t.co/nE9uh9xQ9X

https://t.co/gFhCqqDLmQ