[Occupymendocino] PD Recommendations

[Irene L. Malone]

Vote for our future

	We can't let anti-public education billionaires buy our schools.
	The Press Democrat's recommendation for the State Superintendent of  
Public Instruction is wrong.
Marshall Tuck, whose education is in business administration and who  
worked as a Wall Street investment
broker before being hired as CEO for a charter school company,  is  
supported by and his campaign is paid
for by twelve millionaires and billionaires who have donated over $5  
million.  Why?  These contributors,
including an oil tycoon, the heirs to a big-box anti-worker chain,  
and a big stock trader, are pushing a corporate
agenda  that would privatize our schools, push for more standardized  
tests and strip workers of their collective
bargaining rights.
	The better candidate is Tom Torlakson, who earned a master's degree  
in education, taught high school science,
coached track, and taught at a community college.  He supports  
increased school funding and limits on the use
of student test scores.  Torlakson has used his teaching experience  
to make schools safer and to help students develop
real world skills, working with educators, parents, and the community  
to advance lifelong learning from early
childhood through higher education.
	As a retired teacher, and now a great-grandmother, I ask you to vote  
for Tom Totlakson for the better future of
our public education system.
	

																		IRENE MALONE
																			Fort Bragg

1400 Taubold Court
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
707.964.1931