FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2012
Volume 11 Issue 226
Santa Monica Daily Press
IT’S ALL SMOKE AND MIRRORS SEE PAGE 4
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THE RAISING FUNDS ISSUE
$385M school bond set for November ballot Money raised would be used to repair aging facilities across district BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD Daily Press Staff Writer
Daniel Archuleta daniela@smdp.com OLD? Samohi is among the aging campuses.
MALIBU The Board of Education voted 6-1 Wednesday to place a $385 million bond measure on the Nov. 6 ballot amid concerns
that the move could hurt efforts to raise money to pay teachers in the future. The bond would be used to cover a portion of what officials estimate to be $932 million worth of need across the district, specifically upgrading classrooms and
installing safety devices like fire alarms and sprinklers. If approved, it would cost property owners $185 per year on average. Renters would SEE BOND PAGE 8
Nurses union gives Gov. Brown’s tax initiative $1 million JULIET WILLIAMS Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. The politically influential California Nurses Association on Thursday announced its support for Gov. Jerry Brown’s November tax initiative and handed over a $1 million contribution to his campaign. Brown’s initiative would temporarily raise the state sales tax by a half cent for five years and increase income taxes for people who make more than $250,000 a year for seven years to help balance the state budget. The Democratic governor told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that the nurses’ support is critical because the union can mobilize thousands of nurses for the campaign. “The activism of the nurses will be very crucial to a victory in November,” he said. The union was a strong supporter of Brown in his 2010 gubernatorial race, staging animated rallies in which people dressed as royalty mocked his wealthy Republican opponent, Meg Whitman. Recent revelations that the state Department of Parks and Recreation had underreported the amount of money in two of its special funds by nearly $54 million should not affect the fate of the tax initiative, Brown said. He had the same opinion of the news that the state Legislature had granted generous pay raises to more than 1,000 staffers. He said the initiative stands on its own merits. SEE NURSES PAGE 9
DRUMMER BOY
Daniel Archuleta daniela@smdp.com Angelo Figueroa plays the drums on the Third Street Promenade on Thursday. He was accompanied by his dad, Arnold, as the two drew a crowd.
Missing teen found sleeping in parking structure BY KEVIN HERRERA Editor in Chief
DOWNTOWN A teenager from Tennessee who had been missing for more than a month was found safe and unharmed
Wednesday sleeping inside a car parked in a Downtown parking structure, police said. Hunter Barnes, 17, was last seen on the morning of June 13 at a federal credit union in Maryville, Tenn. withdrawing $1,800. His family organized a walk and T-shirts were
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sold to raise money for a search, according to Knoxnews.com. No word yet as to why Barnes drove out to California in a white Mazda Protégé. SEE TEEN PAGE 9
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