John popular nonsense, that is or show tonight. John since we title the though popular nonsense we start with hollywood, when lives or dies based on top pop hraeurbty, a layerty. Popularity, a new godzilla movie came out director politics are killing me, i planed to see godzilla but i read that director said movie is rail is really about Global Warming. Our abuse of the planet. Give my a break. Hollywood makes some great movies with useful messages. Some, the hunger games with an individual resisting a powerful Central Government that uses coercion to control people, dallas buyers club, opposes entrepreneurs with over bearing fda rules. And all 3 movies are liberty and film award winners, good for them. But hollywood usually doesnt get it right, it is rare when a actor sees popular nonsense and has the never to speak out about it like the character dion does in the tv show clueless. That was stacey dash, a new contracfox contributor. Hollywood is very opinionated. If you follow along t
Great presentation. I was interested in cities like detroit. The merchant the managers come in desperate straits. Theyve gone way beyond what they could afford to do and unfortunately theyve got to come out of it. Can you hear . Okay, the key a guess for those cities and others that might fall into the teams type of situation is what is the next alternative. Will it be more cities having to go through similar restructuring , some of those might not build a get it done quickly. But potholes, having basic services, police force. How did you envision that taking place this cities in desperate straits . We know that although we put rented toward a good news, nasa goodness, optimistic ,com,com ma when the citys overall fare much more strongly coming out of the Great Recession. And the instances of bankruptcy are extremely rare amongst our municipalities. Although that obviously see if they can earn for those going through it and we fell for them, again, the vast majority of cities are in a
The podiums. We believe this race and this debate transcends politics. This local congressional race is Getting National attention, there are many representatives from these National Outlets that are watching tonight. Curious to see the future of the Silicon Valley. District 17, where our nbc studios are located, is among the most dynamic and powerful districts in the country. So heres what were ge going to do. Were going to meet the panel and go over the ground rules in a few minutes. Lets begin with congressman honda. A familiar face in the region, the 73yearold is seeking his eighth term. But his story didnt start on capitol hill, but as a toddler. Mr. Honda and his family were forced to live in a japanese internment camp during world war ii. A graduate of san jose state and a member of the peace corps, honda had a distinguished career as a Science Teacher and school principal. Some of his key offices, the Santa Clara County board of supervisors, state assembly and currently one of
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Kids will be put to the test with policy changes. The funding formula devised by jerry brown puts local districts in control how they spend Education Funding and provides money for lowincome students and English Learners. The National Common core standards takes full effect this year. They drastically change how students are taught and tested. Joining me now for an explanation are California State School board president michael kurst and jill tucker. Michael, lets begin with you, the new socalled local control funding formula is a traumatic shift for School Districts. Can you explain how it works and why is it needed . The old system of financing was a historical accretion back to the 19 60s. It did not adjust for different peoples needs. It was convoluted and impossible to understand and relied on state earmarks telling schools to spend money on librarians or School Gardens or whatever. All from sacramento heavily indicated from s
This local congressional race is Getting National attention, there are many representatives from these National Outlets that are watching tonight. Curious to see the future of the Silicon Valley. District 17, where our nbc studios are located, is among the most dynamic and powerful districts in the country. So heres what were ge going to do. Were going to meet the panel and go over the ground rules in a few minutes. Lets begin with congressman honda. A familiar face in the region, the 73yearold is seeking his eighth term. But his story didnt start on capitol hill, but as a toddler. Mr. Honda and his family were forced to live in a japanese internment camp during world war ii. A graduate of san jose state and a member of the peace corps, honda had a distinguished career as a Science Teacher and school principal. Some of his key offices, the Santa Clara County board of supervisors, state assembly and currently one of the House Democratic senior whips. And he comes into tonights debate wi