Those years of service are valued, and he's accomplished a lot in our district.

That conversation was to promote an understanding between the two groups that were at odds with one another. At no time did anyone at the school make a blanket statement about not speaking Spanish. This is not something we take lightly.

It's a personnel issue and we really can't comment on that. The board acted on his termination (Tuesday) night.

He could have been a much more wealthy person had he not been in public service.

When the business interests... pushed through the first installment of civil service reform in 1883, they expected that they would be able to control both political parties equally.

One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others