Weintraub writes:
"A few weeks ago I opined in this space that the members of the Legislature’s Latino Caucus, obsessed with ethnic identity, are pursuing policies that are damaging to the interests of their own people. We now turn to Exhibit A. Assemblyman Marco Firebaugh, chairman of the caucus, has been at war all year with the state Board of Education over how much time immigrant children should be required to study English each day. The state board’s answer: at least as much as native-English speakers, or 2½ hours a day. But Firebaugh argues that devoting that much time to English/language arts studies won’t leave enough time in the day for kids in bilingual education programs to study their core subjects in their native tongue. Now Firebaugh has a bill on the governor’s desk that would force the school board to take his side."
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Now, is Gray Davis going to gut the Unz initiative, hoping for more Latino votes in the face of Bustamente's campaign? Or is he going to back the will of the People. This is rhetorical, of course....