Why California Democrats Protect Sex Abuser Teachers

Public unions are sheer folly, as this story illustrates. FDR, Walter Reuther and George Meany all understood this. But today that kind of commonsense would get them branded as Tea Party radicals.

Don't vote for democrats and don't support unions. Enough said.

let's list out all the politicians who allowed the current laws and policies to even exist!... where was Villaragosa in the early 90's?.... and all the latino politicians?.... most got suppported for looking the other way and some of the 'retired' ones are just now standing for kids?! really?!!... why were they taking up space in the political arena pretending to be for kids? Time for the public to take a stand! Vote against any spineless democrat....especially the ones controlled by the teachers union!

Mike Eng and wife Judy Chu, Betsy Butler, Tom Ammiano, Joan Buchanan, Wilmer Amina Carter and Das Williams do NOT deserve a vote from parents. A strong message should be sent to the Teacher's union and to the representatives that are merely puppets for them. I urge Californians to PROTEST BY VOTING AGAINST ANY DEMOCRAT IN CALIFORNIA POLITICS (including against CHRIS HOLDEN of PASADENA, who will be another TEACHER UNION SELLOUT). It's TIME TO SUPPORT CANDIDATES WHO WILL PUT KIDS FIRST!.... JOIN ME AND SEND A MESSAGE TO THE DEMOCRAT & TEACHER UNION LEADERS THAT WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THEM TAKING UP SPACE IN GOVERNMENT ANY LONGER.

These despicable union democrats think nothing of bargaining away the welfare and safety of children for their own greed. Could they possibly be any more disgraceful?

The moral decay in this state is nothing short of stunning.

California Democrats: Profiles in Cowardice. Sociopaths are shameless and have no conscience. Explain to me how politicians who do this are any different.

Based on your own facts it isn't completely bogus. Districts can only notify employees they are on unpaid leave when they are getting paid; as such for three months they cannot notify them. Even JoePa could drive a linebacker through your argument.

Seriously....what do we have to do to make that happen? I'll help!!

"CTA president Dean Vogel insisted to L.A. Weekly that SB 1530 wasn't about keeping children safe but was merely a "highly charged political reaction" to the Berndt scandal — and nothing less than a "recipe for disaster" for the due-process rights of teachers." What is the "due-process" for a teacher who has molested a child? Should they get a letter of reprimand, or may the parent should beat the crap out of the teacher? Ten after beating the crap out of the teacher, who pays for the child's issues it "may" caused? If a teacher is proven to have done something to a child, what is the due process?

Those legislators and union members who allowed this bill to pass deserve our unending disdain, not only in real life, but at the ballot box.

These despicable union democrats think nothing of bargaining away the welfare and safety of children for their own greed. Could they possibly be any more disgraceful? The moral decay in this state is nothing short of stunning.

I'm gonna vote for Attilla the Hun next election. At least he had a sense of humanity.

The argument made in this piece re: notification over the summer is completely bogus. Any certificated employee who is criminally charged with a sexual conduct offense of the type that Berndt was charged with may be placed on immediate unpaid leave. It is true that dismissal notice can't be given between May 15 and September 15--but the employee is not receiving pay. In addition, districts have some, although not unlimited,discretion, to place employees charged with other criminal offenses on unpaid leave pending investigation and resolution of those charges. See Education Code 44940 and get your facts straight.