🚀 go-pugleaf

Robert McMillin wrote:
> 
> On 25 Apr 1996 15:15:40 PDT, amk@bway.net (Andy Katz) said:
> 
> I'm generally cynical about politicians and their ability to do
> anything truly useful.  But my understanding is that a lot of the
> sentiment for secession comes from having to deal with the hopelessly
> bureaucratic LAUSD; secession would place the regional school
> districts under direct local control.  I also tend to think that
> Valleyites think they're getting the short end of the fiscal stick, a
> charge I wouldn't be too quick to dismiss.


Residents in the Valley supply a large portion of the City's tax base.  That money 
then goes to Southwest LA and South Central LA in the form of police, fire, 
paramdedic, and other services.  The Valley really see very little of those 
services.

If the Valley never breaks away, then at the very least, the LAUSD should be split 
up.  That monolith is far too large and top heavy to provide adequate services to 
its teachers and students.