Talk:James Sohn

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LAUSD is the 2nd largest school district in the US. It has the largest bond program in the US. James Sohn is in charge of the bond program. There are numerous reports and articles written regarding him and the program. This is all tax payer money. Federal (President Obama) Stimulus money is also used in the bond program.

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_16558790 - This article shows a investigative report of $65 million in irregularities at the program.

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_16451761 - The city of Los Angeles audited LAUSD bond program regarding its consultant use.

http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_12041414 - More issues regarding the bond program.

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_14833889?source=rss - Attempted purging of files by LAUSD bond program.

There also are successes to this, such as removing all schools from year round track to traditional 2-semester. http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_13047286

These pro's and cons are significant and will be placed in under James Sohn, as well as Ramon Cortines (Superintendent) and the Board Members.

The initial section of James Sohn was just the first part regarding the largest school construction program in the country.

Teamster complaints are also valid since they are a union and are always featured in most newspaper articles and other news regarding the construction program in LAUSD.

I will add more citations and expand the article very soon.

(Atlantic911 (talk) 14:38, 16 November 2010 (UTC))[reply]

Alternatively, a new wiki page that discusses the construction program within LAUSD itself could be used. Lots of press releases, newspaper and television discussions regarding it. The individuals in charge of the program all interlink of course. Very expensive. Lots of success and lots of failures, including the Belmont fiasco. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/3/prweb355443.htm (Atlantic911 (talk) 14:53, 16 November 2010 (UTC))[reply]

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In my opinion, this article is far from neutral. It's pretty close to name and shame, and the long, long swaths of text that repeat way too much from the LA Times do not help. Atlantic911 is kindly requested not to remove this text but to let others judge this--though the history of this young article shows already that non-neutral editors are itching to insert their own POV. Drmies (talk) 05:59, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Newspaper[edit]

Everything stated on this article is factually researched and reported from numerous newspapers. The audits it references are real. There is actually a new newspaper article that isn't in Wikipedia yet that is AGAIN negative to James Sohn. That article deals with safety issues (lack of inspectors). Actually, this was complained about by Teamster union officials who allege that the prior layoffs done were excessive. According to the new article, it appears so. While it looks bad on James Sohn, the fact is thats how it works. If there is tons of negative publicity, that is his fault, including the Board and Superintendent. Some people just have lots of bad (but factually correct) press. This person is also in charge of the largest, or one of the largest, school construction programs in the U.S. I've tried looking for positive articles but there really isn't any. The only one is probably the solar panel article and even that is not noteworthy. Atlantic911 (talk) 14:52, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

With respect and a measure of sanity, newspapers are in the business of selling news papers. "Facts" are those that are actually true both in context and in substance. Instead of wasting everyones time quoting news papers, maybe we should do some actual research and cite those. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Facilities001 (talk • contribs) 07:14, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I can personally vouch that much of the information in the newspaper is correct. It is true though that news media does cherry pick and embellish certain things. Nevertheless, the information cited and researched by the news articles are true. Atlantic911 (talk) 02:41, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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