64 Worst Championship Round: LAUSD vs. Cost of Owning a Home
Posted By David Markland On May 16, 2008 @ 3:51 pm In 64 Worst | Comments Disabled
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It’s the big dance, baby! The round that will decide what is the absolute worst thing about Los Angeles.
Is it the high cost of owning a home, which arguably has put the so called “American Dream” out of reach of the vast majority of Los Angeles residents and created an even steeper class divide?
Or the Los Angeles Unified School District, the notorious bureaucracy that has wasted millions on broken payroll systems, unusable schools, irrelevant architecture, and unnecessary internal staffing while classrooms remain overcrowded, unsafe, and plagued with inexcusable dropout rates. (by the way, LAUSD very narrowly beat out Gang Violence in the last round [2] by 2 votes, 51% to 49%.)
So, Los Angeles, what is the absolutely worst thing about this city:
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[3]…poll closes next Tuesday evening…
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URL to article: http://la.metblogs.com/2008/05/16/64-worst-championship-round-lausd-vs-cost-of-owning-a-home/
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[2] LAUSD very narrowly beat out Gang Violence in the last round: http://la.metblogs.com/2008/05/12/64-worst-bloodmatch-gang-violence-vs-lausd/
[3] Image: http://www.statcounter.com/free_hit_counter.html
[4] Will Sam Zell be increasing the cost of newspaper home delivery?: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/01/26/will-sam-zell-be-increasing-the-cost-of-newspaper-home-delivery/
[5] LAUSD budget cuts leave us NO choice: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/04/03/lausd-budget-cuts-leave-us-no-choice/
[6] LAUSD spared teacher layoffs (for the time being): http://la.metblogs.com/2009/01/23/lausd-spared-teacher-layoffs-for-the-time-being/
[7] Get Drunk and Go Home With a Stranger: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/10/20/get-drunk-and-go-home-with-a-stranger/
[8] LAUSD to Teachers: Happy Holidays and a kick in the nuts.: http://la.metblogs.com/2008/12/09/lausd-to-teachers-happy-holidays-and-a-kick-in-the-nuts/
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