Sunday, April 14, 2019

OC Supes' attack on free speech, natch


OC Supervisors Attack on Free Speech, Comes Under Attack
(Voice of OC)
By NORBERTO SANTANA JR. April 11, 2019
     …In recent years, supervisors have waged an intense campaign against the public’s First Amendment right to redress their government at the public dais by continually amending their board rules to restrict public comment.
     The effort has been so systematic that it’s now landed them in court – subject to an ACLU lawsuit.
     “The Orange County Board of Supervisors has not only ignored the pleas of its
constituents,” reads the lawsuit, “it has also actively attempted to silence the people, stifle debate, and shield its members from criticism by erecting barriers to the people’s participation in Board meetings and abusing the power vested in the Board.
     Specifically, the Board uses its Rules of Procedure to limit the right of the public
to address the Board during public meetings, thus violating the California and U.S. Constitutions and the Ralph M. Brown Act.”…. (continue reading)
Presidents Divided on Community College Bachelor's Degrees
(Inside Higher Ed)
By Ashley A. Smith
     Community college and university presidents are sharply divided over whether two-year institutions should offer bachelor's degrees, a new Inside Higher Edsurvey finds.
     Two-year college presidents want to offer more bachelor's degrees because they believe such programs would help close racial, ethnic and economic gaps in degree attainment. But four-year college presidents are skeptical of the idea and have fought against proposals that would increase bachelor's degree availability at community colleges. They are concerned about the quality of a bachelor's degree from a community college and see the push as evidence of mission creep…. (continue reading)

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...