Californai Gov. Gavin Newsom’s approval rating is in slipping into precarious territory, no one — even his spin doctors — would disagree with that. But are we headed to a repeat of 2003 when Gov. Gray Davis was ousted by Hollywood hero turned populist politician Arnold Schwarzengegger? As my colleague Joe Garofoli noted in his always on-point insights, the differences are far more significant than the comparisons. Perhaps the No. 1 issue: Who in California could approach Schwarzenegger’s near-100% approval ratings and ability to connect with everyday voters?
Great point — and I’ll explore the recall issue further in my Sunday column. Are we headed to an era of perpetual recalls in this deeply polarized society?
What we’re saying in editorials
Too fast, too soon? “The gathering evidence that California’s holiday season stay-at-home orders turned back its worst surge of coronavirus infections yet raises more questions about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to rescind the restrictions last week.” Read our editorial
Relief is the priority: In the interest of unity, the willfully misunderstood buzzword of the moment, President Biden is right to hear out the Republican senators offering a counter-proposal to his pandemic relief plan. But let’s not get carried away. Read our editorial
S.F. School board gone rogue: “The San Francisco Board of Education seems to be going out of its way to undermine the reputation and appeal of the city’s public schools. Next step for its the tone-deaf, homework-deficient elected members: basing admission to Lowell High School, nationally recognized for its academic excellence, on a random lottery instead of grades and test scores.” Read our editorial
Guest opinions
Rev. Amos C. Brown: “Students who have been admitted selectively to Lowell also enter with a sense of entitlement — not so subtly encouraged by the school system, parents and alumni — that leads them to believe that increased diversity somehow “lowers the bar.” Perhaps part of the anti-racism lesson should have been listening to Amanda Gorman deliver a powerful poem at the Biden-Harris inauguration.” Read his piece
Karen J. Hanrahan: “No lasting recovery from the pandemic is possible without addressing the extreme inequities festering in America. We need a response of epic scale to tackle the deepening inequality tearing at the fabric of our democracy.” Read her piece
Kirk Jenkins: Counsel to former President Donald Trump will argue in the upcoming impeachment trial that an impeachment trial of a former president is unconstitutional. They are mistaken. Read his piece
Letter of the Week
Gene Schnair of San Francisco offered this thought on the recall of San Francisco’s school board:
While the school board is preoccupied with recalling names of schools and changing rigorous admissions standards (Lowell High School) while children are challenged with remote learning, a great lesson in civic education would be a recall of the school board. No more homework is required, all the facts are already known, that the board is tone-deaf to fair and open public debate and rigorous historical analysis. Why wait for the next election? Start a recall now!
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