A guest blogger for Voice of San Diego mentioned her support for Assembly Bill 2272, the legislation Nathan is authoring with Assemblymember Marty Block of Chula Vista. In a place characterized by partisan stalemates, she praises Nathan for being a courageous exception, and someone who will deliver practical results for California schools. 

When there are opportunities to give our schools the flexibility and financial support they need to keep class sizes low during tight budge times, support is the only reasonable choice.

This doesn't make sense.  Jessica's law said sex offenders can't do something, and yet they do.  This is an area that might need legislative action.

Officials Allow Sex Offender to Live Near School

By GERRY SHIH

A convicted sex offender has moved into a home across the street from Wildwood Elementary School in Piedmont, infuriating parents, who are asking school officials and the police why the 2006 state law mandating a minimum distance of 2,000 feet between schools and the residences of sex offenders is not being enforced.

But the Piedmont police, on the advice of county and state law enforcement officials, say there is nothing they can do.

This is the must read item of the week!  Great column.

A Word From the Wise

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

I was traveling via Los Angeles International Airport — LAX — last week. Walking through its faded, cramped domestic terminal, I got the feeling of a place that once thought of itself as modern but has had one too many face-lifts and simply can’t hide the wrinkles anymore. In some ways, LAX is us. We are the United States of Deferred Maintenance. China is the People’s Republic of Deferred Gratification. They save, invest and build. We spend, borrow and patch.