Parcel tax defeat a call for reform

Column: Mike Stryer, Daily News WHY would so many LAUSD teachers - who theoretically stood to gain so much from the proposed Measure E parcel tax - celebrate its decisive defeat last week? For the simple reason that many teachers, together with large numbers of voters, no longer will tolerate the continued financial mismanagement by Los Angeles Unified School District. Voters have clearly communicated that LAUSD should not ask for more money until it implements meaningful financial reform...