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The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger,
We are members of the March 4 Education; a grassroots
movement of parents, students teachers and community members concerned
with the sad state of our educational system in California. We are in the
middle of our 70 mile march from San Pablo to Sacramento.
We are writing to you from a church in Dixon, where we
are staying tonight on the road. It is imperative that you meet with the
people who you represent. On Friday, April 16th, from 1 to 3 pm, we have
a hearing room at the State Capital that Senator Tom Torlakson has arranged
for us to meet in.
We have been in contact with your office since March 25th.
We are aware that you are on vacation and want you to know that we feel
that education is an important enough issue that we have dedicated our
vacation time to walk to Sacramento to meet with you. We ask you to make
our children a priority and meet with us.
Sincerely,
March 4 Education Committee
510.828.3535 |
The marchers attempted to speak
with the Governor and learned that he was vacationing at the Four Seasons
Hotel in Maui.
There is no vacation for education!
After marching 70 long miles, over the course of 8 days, students, parents,
taxpayers and citizens demanded a meeting with the Governor.
The Governor returned from his vacation
and received students from a well-dressed school district the same day
of our rally at the Capitol, but he would not meet with the marchers or
any marcher representatives. Instead, he sent his Assistant for Constituent
Affairs to meet with one of us, who then promised an answer
to our three demands by 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 21, 2004. That day came
and went with no phone call from Sacramento. On April 22, Assistant for
Constituent Affairs Brian Jones called, but had nothing to offer. |
