View From Lodi, CA Pittsburgh, PA: Free Lunch Program Moves California One Step Closer To Final Collapse
Since I moved from Lodi to Pittsburgh, PA two years ago, I've been viewing California's social and economic problems from afar. Instead of moving toward meaningful reform, California can't get out of its own way.
Reporter Jennifer Bonnett's recent story chronicles California's continuing death spiral. [Free Lunches Offered for Anyone Under18 in Lodi, by Jennifer Bonnett, Lodi News-Sentinel, July 19, 2010]
Before beginning my analysis, let's be clear about one thing. Regardless of what label is put on any program—state, federal, county or school—taxpayers fund them all.
The Lodi (not free) lunches are distributed at Hale Park and the Washington School, neighborhoods Bonnett described as "lower income" They are also predominantly Hispanic.
