Antonio's Theory of Relativity

Which gets back to Villaraigosa’s campaign committee. The mayor’s bill promises that poorly performing schools run by the mayor will be funded by public dollars and private donations. Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg, who threw her support to the compromise last week, said she expects those private donations to come from Villaraigosa’s campaign committee.

Such an effort, said Goldberg, would finally show the dire need for an infusion of funds at schools serving low-income children. “The biggest problem with this whole debate is, it isn’t a question of management and leadership,” she said. “Fundamentally, the system is just completely underfunded. And that means that we’re rearranging the deck chairs.”