Socialist Progressives

had gotten a yooge money bomb during the Mayoral primary from an organization in California founded by Michele Rhee. Need I say more? I had really looked into all the Democrats in that primary relatively carefully.

All of them were pro-chahtah schools. (Very likely, this is what happens when both Third Way Democrats and Republicans hold hands for an issue.) Their websites even used it as a selling point (!).

I figured at least Walsh was a union guy. In fact, they tried using that against him, claiming he would not be able to negotiate city contracts well on behalf of the city.

If it makes you feel any better: During the primary, I got many, many calls from various campaigns and I brought up charter schools with every single one caller, reminding them that the first public school in what is now the US was in Boston (For the benefit of those who don't know Boston, Boston Latin School, founded in 1635 and still functioning). Here's hoping some of that got back to the candidates.