Author Archives: Diane Bukowski

GO TO http://www.detnews.com/article/20110221/SCHOOLS/102210355/Michigan-orders-DPS-to-make-huge-cuts TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO STORM LANSING FEB. 23. LANSING HAS ORDERED HALF OF DETROIT’S SCHOOLS CLOSED, AND INDICATED IT WILL APPOINT ANOTHER EFM AFTER BOBB LEAVES! EDITOR: MICHIGAN GOVERNOR RICK SNYDER’S PLANS TO SLASH STATE REVENUE-SHARING … Continue reading →

WHERE IS JUSTICE FOR AIYANA JONES? By Roland Lawrence (aka Fige Bornu)  rolandlawrence@msn.com  Chairman, Justice for Aiyana Jones Committee (Ed. note: The Justice for Aiyana Jones Committee is planning a protest on May 16, the one-year anniversary of Aiyana Jones’ … Continue reading →

   By Diane Bukowski LANSING—During a joint meeting of the Senate Education and Local, Intergovernmental and Regional Affairs Committee Feb. 9, state senators from the Republican side laid the plans for H.B. 4214 as described above. Their discussion is moot … Continue reading →

Senate vote to end collective bargaining for most state workers delayed by opposition Wis. union vote on hold after Democrats leave state MSNBC.COM MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin state Senate Democrats boycotting a vote to curb the union rights of public employees … Continue reading →

     Legislature proposes sweeping powers for EFM’s, to pay off debt to banks Breaking news: go to http://www.freep.com/article/20110131/NEWS15/110131028/State-tries-head-off-city-school-district-bankruptcies?odyssey=obinsite to read Free Press report that Gov. Snyder’s aide Andy Dillon is busy “training” 45 emergency financial managers with the expectation that … Continue reading →

  By Diane Bukowski   LANSING—Hat in hand, Detroit Public Schools (DPS) czar Robert Bobb and his Chief Academic Accountability Officer Barbara Byrd-Bennett begged a Feb. 9 joint meeting of the House and Senate Education Committees for legislation that would … Continue reading →

To all defenders of public education: BAMN Dailycensored.com http://dailycensored.com/2011/02/13/to-all-defenders-of-public-education-bamn/ February 14, 2011 U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is hosting an International Summit on the Teaching Profession in New York City on March 16-17. It is by “invitation only” and … Continue reading →

Mayor Dave Bing at podium, (l to r) Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Anthony Marrocco, Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano, Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner John McCulloch; McCullocH initiated motion that U.S. District Judge Sean Cox has now ruled on … Continue reading →

  Sources: AL JAZEERA and news agencies Algerian security forces and pro-democracy protesters are clashing, as demonstrations got underway in the capital Algiers on Saturday. At least 2,000 protestors were able to overcome a security cordon enforced around the capital’s … Continue reading →

  VANESSA FLUKER Are you paying for your neighbor’s foreclosure?   What’s really going on?  Who is Responsible?  What YOU can DO about it!  Testimony before House Judiciary Committee Dec. 15. 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7y9E2QGRhM  Learn more about how Attorney Vanessa Fluker is … Continue reading →