Lundell: California Students Deserve Properly Vetted Charter Schools

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Carrie Lundell, a PTA mother of four school-aged children from Orange, writes that partisan politics wants us to choose whether we are “pro charter school” or “anti charter school”. But, if we want to do right by our students, we need to stop talking in absolutes and start looking at charter schools and their costs on school districts and student education individually because not all charter schools are created equal.

Reiff: Moorlach Rips Spitzer, Assesses Judge Carter, Considered Guv Run

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Part two of a discussion with California state senator John Moorlach. He discusses efforts by federal Judge David O. Carter to deal with the homeless problem and accuses Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer of playing politics with the issue. He also explains why he decided not to run for governor — and why he isn’t endorsing either of his fellow Republicans who are running in the primary.

Moorlach: A Crucial Pension Reform Congress Must Enact

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State Sen. John Moorlach writes that amidst all the talk of tax reform in D.C., in order to really help local communities, Congress needs to focus on revoking outdated IRS codes that prevent public employees from opting into blended benefit pension/401K-style plans – an idea born in Orange County in 2013 out of negotiations between the County Board of Supervisors and the Orange County Employees Association.