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Four seats on the LA Unified School District Board will be voted on tomorrow, in the odd-numbered 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th districts. This year’s school board race is a contest between who can raise more money – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his Coalition for School Reform, or the Teacher’s Union, UTLA, with a membership of about 45,000 teachers. Mirroring national …

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On March 8, voters in the city of Bell will elect an entirely new city council during a special, combined municipal-recall election. For the first time in nearly a decade, candidates that have not been hand-picked by former city manager Robert Rizzo, who has been at the center of a massive corruption case since last September, will run for a spot …

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On election day, today, we’ll focus on the intricacies of the Los Angeles City Council election. And, on the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, a look at the attacks on women’s rights in the US, and how Arab women are taking charge of their lives. Plus the Activist Beat with Rose Aguilar. …

LAUSD Board elections are on Tuesday March 8th. Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar spoke on Monday March 7, 2011 with Howard Blume, LA Times Reporter and co-host of Deadline LA with Barbara Osborn which airs Mondays at 2:30 pm on KPFK.

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This week on Uprising:

* How Ordinary Libyans Are Coping Under Gaddhafi’s Violence
* Black Agenda Report on U.S. Interest in Libyan Oil
* Government Shutdown Imminent; Republicans Unconcerned
* Inside the Movement in Wisconsin

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We’ll continue our March 8th election coverage with a look at LA’s school board elections, and the city of Bell’s recall election. …

Measure L on the March 8th ballot is a City Charter amendment that relocates money from Los Angeles’ general fund to the public library system, thus providing the financially strapped learning centers with a greater share of the city’s revenue without raising taxes. Roy Stone is the President of the Librarians Guild.

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There are ten measures on the March 8th Los Angeles city ballot. With little campaign fanfare, it is difficult for voters to decide which way to vote, and the measures’ technical language does little to help. Additionally, local elections in March often attract the tiniest of turnouts. But many of the ballot measures deal with various aspects of …

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Measure L on the March 8th ballot is a City Charter amendment that relocates money from Los Angeles’ general fund to the public library system, thus providing the financially strapped learning centers with a greater share of the city’s revenue without raising taxes. Although the measure has some opposition—most notably the Los Angeles Times and surprisingly the police union—Measure …

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