Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 17:32:44 -0700 From: Jean Richter Subject: 9/1/99 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. CA: Urgent action alert on AB 537 (reconstituted AB 222) posted to web; Action alert: oppose reappointment of board member Marian Bergeson ============================================================================= I've put an urgent action alert on our web site concerning AB 537, which has been amended to contain some of the student protections of AB 222 (defeated in the House last session). It can be found at URL: http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/Alerts/States/California/537.html At over 35K, it's too big to post here, but if you can't access the web and would like to have the info emailed to you, please let me know. ============================================================================== From: webmaster@pfaw.org Subject: CA ALERT: 'No On Knight'; Oppose the Reconfirmation of Marian Bergeson Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 13:17:20 -0400 (EDT) ====================================================================== ACTIVIST NETWORK -- People For the American Way Alert Date: August 13, 1999 -- Circulate Until: September 10, 1999 [unrelated item omitted] * OPPOSE THE RECONFIRMATION OF MARIAN BERGESON TO THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF EDUCATION! ______________________________________________________________________ In this Alert (1) Oppose Marian Bergeson's Reconfirmation (2) Background on Marian Bergeson (3) What You Can Do (4) About Us / Subscription Information (5) Please Support Our Efforts ______________________________________________________________________ (1) OPPOSE MARIAN BERGESON'S RECONFIRMATION The California Senate will be voting soon on whether to reconfirm Marian Bergeson to the State Board of Education. The Senate should not reinstate someone with such a dismal record on civil rights and education issues to a Board that is in charge of ensuring that ALL children receive equal educational opportunity and a proper education. Bergeson, originally appointed by Gov. Wilson, opposed Proposition 98, a measure that guaranteed minimum school funding levels. She recently voted to gut regulations that served to ensure that language minority students were properly identified and that schools are held accountable for their academic progress. Call your state Senator and urge him or her to vote against the reconfirmation of Marian Bergeson! ______________________________________________________________________ (2) BACKGROUND ON MARIAN BERGESON Bergeson, a former state legislator and Wilson-appointed State Board of Education member, has a record that speaks for itself: * As a legislator she wrote one of the first private school tuition voucher bills in the state of California, a bill that would have funneledpublic funds to private and religious schools to the great harm of our state's public schools. * She endorsed Wilson's '92 efforts to cut education funding by a massive $2.3 billion * She has opposed comprehensive sex education programs again and again * She was endorsed by Lou Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition. (Traditional Values Coalition is an ultra conservative organization that supports vouchers and is both anti-choice and anti-gay) ______________________________________________________________________ (3) WHAT YOU CAN DO Call or fax the following Senators and ask them to vote against the confirmation of Marina Bergeson. If you send a letter please send a copy to Senator Joe Baca's office fax no. at (916) 445-0128. Senator Baca is leading the fight against Bergeson's confirmation. NAME District # Phone Fax Richard Alcron 20-San Frando Vly(818)901-5588 (818)901-5526 Dede Alpert 39-San Diego (618)645-3090 (619)645-3094 Debra Bowen 28-Redondo Beach (310)318-6994 (310)523-4972 John Burton 3-San Francisco (415)447-1240 (415)346-4009 Wesley Chesbro 2-Arcata (707)576-2771 (707)576-2773 Jim Costa 16-Fresno (559)264-3078 (556)455-5606 Joseph Dunn 34-Garden Grove (714)705-1580 (714)705-1586 Martha Escuita 30-Montebello (323)724-6175 (714)705-1586 Liz Figueroa 10-Freemont (510)413-5960 (510)413-5969 Tom Hayden 23-Los Angeles (310)441-9084 (310)441-0724 Teresa Hughes 25-Los Angeles (310)412-0393 (310)412-0996 Patrick Johnson 5-Stockton (209)948-7930 (209)948-7993 Betty Karnette 27-Long Beach (562)997-0794 (562)997-0799 Kevin Murray 26-Los Angeles (310)641-6391 (310)641-4395 Jack O'Connell 18-Santa Barbara (805)966-2296 (805)966-3707 Deborah Ortiz 6-Sacramento (916)445-7807 (916)323-2263 Steve Peace 40-El Cajon (619)463-0243 (619)463-0246 Don Perata 9-East Bay (510)286-1333 (510)286-3885 Richard G. 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