Science teacher Dana Johnsen from the Oak Grove School District in San Jose celebrates with colleagues after battle with billionaires nets educators the winners!

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Under pressure from California’s political watchdog, the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), an Arizona Political Action Committee (Super-PAC) has admitted that it took $11 million from another super-pac, effectively “laundering” the money that it then contributed in an effort to defeat Proposition 30, the governor’s school revenue measure, and to pass Proposition 32, the Special Exemptions Act that would help wealthy special interests increase their political power.

The truth is, if Proposition 30 fails, the state will have to slash schools and other programs that voters care deeply about. It would leave the state with an $8.5-billion hole in its budget - almost twice as large a gap as the alternative cuts floated by GOP leaders.The best way to avoid that is to pass Proposition 30. (Photo by Lenny Ignelzi / Associated Press / October 23, 2012)

1. Write a Letter to the Editor
2. Call 30 people in the state to vote for Prop 30
3. Before school, place Prop 30 signs at the corners of the school ground- public property
4. Put a sign in your car
5. Write everyone on your email list
6. Change your Facebook picture to Yes on 30
7. Tweet using #yeson30 – let’s get it trending
8. Phone bank your own family…tell them about the importance of passing Prop 30
9. Ask your local coffee shop, restaurant, grocery if you can put up a Yes on 30 sign

Governor Jerry Brown said it's simple: "'Yes' means money into schools. 'No' means money out of schools. It's pretty simple: third-grade arithmetic."  California State University officials are watching the ballot measure closely. If it fails, the CSU budget would be cut by $250 million.

Do we really think things will get better in this state with fewer graduates from the University of California and the California State University systems? Do we really think California's future will be brighter if our K-12 schools don't have the money to produce high school graduates?  Critics of Prop. 30 have said Brown is only offering scare tactics about the future of school funding to get the measure passed. They have not read - or choose to ignore for political purposes - the language in the state budget.