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The Oakland Military Institute
KQED Commentary
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
6.27.2000
For years, the Oakland Unified School District has been an embarrassment. From rock-bottom test scores to highly critical state audits, the district has lurched from one crisis to another. Yet, when Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown proposed partnering with the California National Guard to create the high-academic Oakland Military Institute charter school, the Oakland school board sounded retreat. It recently voted down Brown's promising idea, ensuring that Oakland students will have no choice but to attend the district's mostly failing regular public schools.
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Ninth Circuit Ruling Should Slow Down Overzealous Local Officials
Press Release
6.22.2000
San Francisco, CA – Today, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck a victory for consumers and the free market by ruling that local authorities in Portland, OR could not force AT&T to open its cable-based Internet access networks to its competitors. The Court’s jurisdiction includes California – where the Los Angeles City Council is set to vote on a similar proposal tomorrow.
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Judge to Release Final Ruling on Microsoft Break Up Today
Press Release
6.7.2000
San Francisco, CA – U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson is scheduled to release the final judgment in the Microsoft antitrust case this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. EDT, the U.S. District Court in Washington announced this morning. While it is expected that the ruling will include an order to break up Microsoft, it remains to be seen whether Jackson will divide the company into three competing parts, as he indicated last week, or into two companies, as requested by the U.S. Justice Department.
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