DC Mayor Adrian Fenty has appointed Allen Y. Lew to run the $2.3 billion modernization effort in District schools. This continues Fenty's efforts to completely change the nature of DC public schools. His flagship initiative has been to try to replace the entire school board with the mayor. This level of control that Fenty wants to exercise over the school district is virtually unheard of, especially in large cities.
There are two main benefits to this policy: nimbleness and accountability. Without having to go through the inherently arduous process of collecting yays and nays from a beaurocratic school board. It also enhances mayoral accountability by making one person ultimately responsible for educational decisions.
The bad side of Fenty's plan is that it is a bit autocratic. He is distancing himself another step away from the Democratic process. His sweeping plans are also quite expensive and their efficacy is yet unproven.
It will be interesting to see if Fenty can turn around the failing DC public school system.
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Thursday, June 14, 2007
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Illegal immigrants face FBI database
The cover of today's Washington Post is reporting that law enforcement officials have started adding outstanding deportation orders to the National Crime Information Center Database. The Department of Homeland Security says that they have found 25,000
The government has a mixed record of criminal databases. Its ill-fated Carnivore program was a dramatic failure, but the NCID has been a great way to catch criminals in casual interactions with the police. An officer performing a traffic stop can search a suspect for warrants.
There is some controversy over this practice, but I say the benefits far outweigh any criticism. It is necessary to treat illegal immigrants as criminals. Not surprisingly there are people who are willing to defend the act of disregarding an immigration order. From the article:
What these criminal apologists fail to realize is that the very act of entering the United States without permission is a violation of criminal law. I salute the government for doing something to enforce this all-to-often violated law of the land.
The government has a mixed record of criminal databases. Its ill-fated Carnivore program was a dramatic failure, but the NCID has been a great way to catch criminals in casual interactions with the police. An officer performing a traffic stop can search a suspect for warrants.
There is some controversy over this practice, but I say the benefits far outweigh any criticism. It is necessary to treat illegal immigrants as criminals. Not surprisingly there are people who are willing to defend the act of disregarding an immigration order. From the article:
Separately, immigrant advocacy organizations are suing the government, saying that it had no legal standing to add administrative records to what has traditionally been a database for criminal warrants. Disregarding a deportation order is a violation of administrative, not criminal, law.
What these criminal apologists fail to realize is that the very act of entering the United States without permission is a violation of criminal law. I salute the government for doing something to enforce this all-to-often violated law of the land.
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