Thank you so much. It is a great pleasure for me to be here today. Before beginning my remarks, let me first thank the Atlas Foundation for inviting to their conference and for organizing this distinguished panel.
You may have never heard of ALEC before the last few days, when both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journaleditorialized on a campaign waged by shadowy lobbying groups to influence corporations to withdraw their support from this non-profit collaboration of state legislators.
California Governor Jerry Brown and the California Federation of Teachers claim that the state needs to raise taxes to cover the state education budget.
In stereotypical Sacramento backroom fashion, Governor Jerry Brown and the California Federation of Teachers (CFT) cut a deal on a November initiative to raise taxes.
