finally!
congratulations are in order. a nyc education panel has
approved mayor bloomberg's plan to end the social promotion of third graders. some will opose and criticise the fact that three members of the panel were sacked by bloomberg and quickly replaced before the vote when they refused to support the plan. i commend it. it is rather usual to see education panels, advisory neighbourhood commissions, liquor licence boards and the like to operate hijacked by the views of its members, regardless of what's best and what's supported by they people they are supposed to represent. this is most undemocratic and their removal is a courageous, necesssary and welcome act. i only hope mayor williams here in dc takes heart and decides to do the same and replace, as he has threatened in the past, the members of the local taxi and limousine commission preventing the switch to metred taxis in the city, which does make sense now and i support wholeheartedly.
# posted by j @ 08:15 et / | 
