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6A Daily News – Thursday, May 23, 2013 Opinion IRS DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U NTY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Greg Stevens, Publisher gstevens@redbluffdailynews.com Chip Thompson, Editor editor@redbluffdailynews.com Editorial policy The Daily News opinion is expressed in the editorial. The opinions expressed in columns, letters and cartoons are those of the authors and artists. Letter policy The Daily News welcomes letters from its readers on timely topics of public interest. All letters must be signed and provide the writer's home street address and home phone number. Anonymous letters, open letters to others, pen names and petition-style letters will not be allowed. Letters should be typed and cannot exceed two double-spaced pages or 500 words. When several letters address the same issue, a cross section of those submitted will be considered for publication. Letters will be edited. Letters are published at the discretion of the editor. Editor: As far as the country being outraged that the IRS would dare to target a group, I am outraged that the Tea Party is using the 501 (c4), a social purposed nonprofit, as a pass through for hiding political funding, and pretty well getting away with it. I am outraged at the number of churches that have become more political than religious and still qualify as non-political organizations. Does anyone even care what the purpose or intent of the law is? If you do — you might want to support the IRS on this issue, as the intent on the Tea Party's part had little to do with establishing a legitimate non profit. Sharon Young, Red Bluff Common core Editor: Today I got a huge surprise when my son showed me his preregistration for middle school. He will be going into 7th grade, school year 2013-2014. In nearly every course there are the words Common Core, my heart is breaking. I thought I would have another year before this was in our schools. Some of you may be asking what's common core. I am not a teacher so I couldn't begin to tell you how bad this is for the teaching of our children. I have however been researching Common Core since I heard about it on TV in March. Even if the standards weren't questionable, the way in which it came into being is very questionable. President Obama and Secretary Duncan often say that the On the Web www.redbluffdailynews.com Fax Newsroom: 527-9251 Classified: 527-5774 Retail Adv.: 527-5774 Legal Adv.: 527-5774 Business Office: 527-3719 Address 545 Diamond Ave. Red Bluff, CA 96080, or P.O. Box 220 Red Bluff, CA 96080 level and pace, nor should they are too numerous to list in one be required to. letter to the Editor. CCS is a curriculum that CalHilary is an enabler of Bill's ifornia cannot afford. I have adultery and alleged sexual heard anywhere from $1-2.1 bil- assaults and rape against numerlion to implement. California did ous women. Again, many more not receive any Race to the Top than can be listed in one letter. funding, from what I have heard His tryst with Monica we didn't even compete. So you Lewinsky got him impeached; may ask yourself why he was also convicted did California sign up? of perjury for lying. Your As it turns out CCS Linda Tripp saved which is suppose to be Lewinsky from total voluntary is not. The destruction by conObama administration vincing her to save the threatened all Title 1 famous blue dress. funding for schools if they didn't Three close business partners sign on. of Hilary were convicted. Two Let's fight the nationalization partners in Whitewater were of programs: Health Care to convicted of 24 counts of fraud Education, the Federal Govern- and conspiracy. Hilary Clinton's ment is not the solution to any of partner and mentor at the Rose these problems. We need to fig- Law Firm, Webster Hubbell, ure out a better way to solve pleaded guilty to federal mail problems without running to the fraud and tax evasion charges. government for answers. Selling Hilary Clinton invested out for money at our children's $1,000 in cattle futures, she expense is unacceptable. We earns nearly $100,000. Some should all fight to make sure that economists say chances of earnour children get the education to ing such returns legally are one the standards we feel are right, in 250 million. not what the government feels is Also, the peculiarities surright. Our children are Not Com- rounding the death of Vince mon, they are Unique individu- Foster and the Whitewater docals, who deserve the best, this uments found in his office just isn't it. hours after his death. Cora Brush, Corning Whether it's Benghazi, Whitewater, Travelgate, Chinagate, Waco, where no one was held responsible, or insider tradEditor: ing which made her hundreds of As the truth comes bubbling thousands of dollars on a very up through the murky waters of small investment, her big lie Hilary Clinton's political career, about dodging a sniper's bullet will Benghazi be the straw that or the schemes, lies and corrupbreaks the camel's back? tion not mentioned or yet Hilary leaves devastation, planned or committed, how can despair, death and corruption in anyone vote Hilary for Presithe wake of her career. The dent of the United State of scandals swirling around her America? and the Clinton Administration Les Wolfe, Red Bluff Turn Hillary Clinton Your officials STATE ASSEMBLYMAN — Dan Logue, 1550 Humboldt Road, Ste. 4, Chico, CA 95928, 530-895-4217 STATE SENATOR — Jim Nielsen, 2635 Forest Ave., Ste. 110, Chico, CA 95928, (530) 879-7424, senator.nielsen@senate.ca.gov GOVERNOR — Jerry Brown, State Capitol Bldg., Sacramento, CA 95814; (916) 445-2841; Fax (916) 5583160; E-mail: governor@governor.ca.gov. U.S. REPRESENTATIVE — Doug LaMalfa 506 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515, 202-2253076. U.S. SENATORS — Dianne Feinstein (D), One Post Street, Suite 2450, San Francisco, CA 94104; (415) 393-0707. Fax (415) 3930710. Barbara Boxer (D), 1700 Montgomery St., Suite 240, San Francisco, CA 94111; (510) 286-8537. Fax (202) 224-0454. 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They were developed by an organization called Achieve and the National Governors Association (NGA), both of which were generously funded by the Gates Foundation. There was minimal public engagement in the development of the Common Core. Their creation was neither grassroots nor did it emanate from the states. NGA along with Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) are both trade associations and they own the copyright for Common Core. This means that no one except these two groups can change anything about the standards. NGA was primarily responsible for writing the standards. Governor Schwarzenegger signed California on to the standards sight unseen on 1/7/10. CCS draft wasn't released until March 2010. Think about that for a moment, the standards hadn't even been drafted at the time of states signing onto Common Core. There was after all Race to the Top funding, that states would be allowed to compete for if they signed on. The $4.35 billion dollars in Race to the Top funding was included in the 2009 stimulus plan. Federal law prohibits the U.S. Department of Education from prescribing any curriculum, but in this case the Department figured out a clever way to evade the letter of the law. NCLB didn't work, now they are attempting to push yet another curriculum, this one under the radar for the most part. CCS is a one size fits all standard. Children do not learn at the same Commentary May's days are holidays' heydays "We should send your sister a Mothers Day card." "No, we shouldn't." "Why not? She's a mother now?" "Yes, but she's my sister, and your sister-in-law, she's not our mother." "But it's Mothers Day." "No it's Mother's Day, notice the apostrophe when I say it." "What does it matter?" "Because Mother's Day is meant to celebrate your own singularly possessive mother — as I said, notice the apostrophe." "Well I want to do something for my grandmother at least." I have this conversation every May. Actually to think about it I have similar conversations regarding every holiday that falls in this month. It all starts with May 1, May Day. May Day? Isn't that a distress call. This month surely warrants a public outreach campaign. Who actually knows what May Day is? You know who does? Pagans. Yes they used to celebrate spring on May 1. We know May as the time to celebrate the beginning of summer, but we'll get to Memorial Day in a bit. Other countries in the world use May Day as their version of our Labor Day. But that wouldn't work for us, because we need Labor Day — the de facto end of summer — to bookend Memorial Day. More on that holiday later. A handful of days into the month we come across Cinco de Mayo, a day the historical significance and meaning or which gets butchered constantly. That should come as no surprise since historians still can't agree on what each side was trying to gain from the battle the holiday commemorates. On the third Saturday of the month is Armed Forces Day. This holiday gets overlooked every year because Memorial Day follows roughly a week later. And it's on that day every year I become annoyed when a segment of America celebrates the military in general under the guise of barbecues, cold beer There's no reason I can't and recreational activities. thank a veteran for serIt's not combining vice on Mother's Day the holiday with the or tell my Mom I love start of summer I her on Memorial Day. protest, but those that It seems all these foist the true meaning holidays that sprinkle of Memorial Day onto our calendar are nothevery veteran they ing more than red encounter. lights — checkpoints Veterans have their to remind us that we own day, Nov. 11, it's shouldn't go more called Veterans Day. than 365 days without Notice the lack of an remembering how apostrophe — feel free much our mothers, to celebrate them all. Rich veterans, blessings Just don't celebrate and our country mean all veterans on Memorto us. ial Day, a day marked "Hey honey, have to remember just those veterans who died while in ser- you thought about what you want to get your dad for Father's vice of the Armed Forces. Wait a minute, did I just write Day?" Yeah, what every father don't celebrate all veterans just because the day is marked as wants from his son — a cold beer and a handshake. I realize Memorial Day? I guess I did, in the same now I needn't wait until June to fashion I argue with my wife give it to him. every year we shouldn't celeRich Greene can be reached brate my sister being a mother on the second Sunday in May at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailynews.co because she's not our mother. See what this month does to m except on federally marked me? Veterans and mothers holidays. In that case leave a message. should be applauded every day. Greene