Teachers in San Marcos at impasse, not for a raise, just for a smaller pay cut

The most interesting line from the article about the contract talks impasse in San Marcos:

"the district refused to move off of an 11.26 percent total salary reduction for 2011-2012 school year"

http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/san-marcos/article_2d01b11e-c4b6-5ffb-af8b-fd6e430289f2.html

Welcome to North County Times and FOXnotNews America! Where the middle class has to grovel and beg just to keep their salaries from dropping through the floor.

Are the "evil" (by NCTIMES and FOX standards)unionized teachers demanding a pay raise? No, just that their pay be cut a little bit less. It's the new Robbercon dark, Dickinsonian vision of America where Oliver is the American teacher, "Please sir, may I have enough to buy food for my family?"

Meanwhile our local Sacramento Republicans are staying true to their oath of absolute fidelity to Washington DC lobbyist, Grover "King" Norquist (and his massive pot of campaign money) who has demanded that they impose the DOOMSDAY Budget on California schools WITHOUT ALLOWING A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE!

The DOOMSDAY BUDGET will shorten our next school year by an additional four to five weeks.

Shouldn't the voters of California have a choice about whether they want DOOMSDAY or a tax extension of our EXISTING TAXES not forever, but just for five years? Sacramento Republicans say no!

Sadly due to Prop 26 passed in November the Sacramento Republican minority has the one third vote necessary to deny us our right to vote. To get the right to vote, WE THE PEOPLE need just FOUR Sacramento Republicans. So far NOT ONE SACRAMENTO REPUBLICAN HAS AGREED TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO A VOTE!!! The Sacramento Republicans have been celebrating their victory over school children for the last week now.

Perhaps if Sacramento Republicans would ALLOW A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE then THE PEOPLE, NOT SACRAMENTO REPUBLICANS might chose to vote for the tax extensions in June, or not. However if the people vote for the DOOMSDAY BUDGET, then at least when the San Marcos teachers start losing their homes next year and San Marcos children are on the streets instead of in schools, we would all know that it was the will of the people.

Here are our four local Sacramento Republicans who all have arrogantly refused to give the people of the state the right to vote on the DOOMSDAY BUDGET because their "King" Norquist as so commanded them.

OUR LOCAL SACRAMENTO REPUBLICANS:
California Assembly
Martin Garrick (R) (760)929-7998
Nathan Fletcher (R) (858) 689-6290
Diane Harkey (R) (760) 757-8084

California Senate
Mark Wyland (R) (760) 931-2455

Read more about the "we know better than you" Sacramento Republicans in this excellent LATimes piece:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/me-la-0316-lopez-savinghamilton-20110315,0,4197792.column

Here is a parent group website same topic
http://www.educateourstate.org/

Read more about "King" Norquist here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-parker/why-grover-norquist-is-th_b_833169.html
find out why the estate tax is just like the Holocaust from the lips of King Norquist here:
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1008-07.htm