Dear Mr. Governor Brown Sir

   I know you understand the situation our schools are in from your days founding charter schools in Oakland. In fact it was a major selling tool in your bid for re-election. A shining commercial advertisment of how in the trenches you are on this topic. Even better that you had success in an Oakland district. What I don't understand is that now that you've been rewarded with a new fancy seat as governor that you're not trying to fix every district the same. I know, I know these things take time. So, why the budget cuts? How do you fix the  " challenges the educators have, " "improve local control and flexibility", and "increase cal grant funding by 50%"  by taking more money from the schools? All at the same time? Is this 50% increase on top of the funds we had before the cuts or what we have now?
      Children are our future, if we do not educate them then who will? I think if anything we should be trying to come up with more ideas on how to raise money for these important things. Instead we pay people to sit and try to figure out the best way to budget what we have left after their salaries. With the same gusto we use to sell a product or ourselves in an election, we should be out there seeking and creating ways to earn more money. Any good profitable idea will do as long as it works. Isn't that a piece of America's backbone, invention and sales? For what is it worth take a second look at Prop.19...I'm sure there is a benefit in that. Cut it and mold it until it suits everyone...cash flows in, people who don't wish to see it don't have to look in that store, and the possible entire state of California admitting it's use. Aren't taxes on  a full access cards and it's sales enough to get us by just a little?
    If you are not particularly fond of that proposition, it's alright, there are many more. Everyone has an idea or a way of doing things a little bit different but no one ever tries to compromise. It's an all or nothing society with no gray area. Bill Gates, himself, knows that it wasn't just his ideas alone that made him who he is, it was a collaboration.  If you take away money from giving my generation and the next an education, who's tired ideas will you seek?  If those ideas didn't work the first go around what says they will the second or the third time? I hope you see the areas where I could be confused and maybe clear them for me. As well I hope you consider a few of these ideas, it doesn't hurt to look.