Clearing the Air, part 3
The response to Monday’s Clearing the air post has been interesting.
Commenter DL Morrison writes in to both Lauren Do and Eve Pearlman’s sites; posting a link that supposedly proved Monday’s post on redevelopment bonds wrong. But a quick check of the info shows that it does no such thing
The link is a great example of quickly googling to prove a point, but not actually figuring out what it is actually about, or where it fits into the discussion. In this case, the back up is a link to an analysis of a state bill.
The bill it was analyzing was gutted and replaced by completely new language (like the WETA ferry bill that took away control of Alameda’s ferries). The final version that was actually approved has nothing to do with Pico Rivera’s Redevelopment or the schools. All one needed to do is look at what was approved to see that the original language went les than nowhere.
In fact the analysis of the final language (available from the same websource as the original citation) states:
“The Senate amendments delete the Assembly version of this bill.”
So while DLM writes: “So this ~does~ affect the schools.” It actually doesn’t.
And as discussed on wednesday , Prop 98 makes the point doubly moot. Even if the money had been taken from the schools, the state would have replaced it, making the point doubly moot on education).
More on Pico Rivera later, it’s an interesting case in itself, but one that bears no relation to what’s happening in Alameda.
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