Betsy Butler: Teachers Union Help Not Enough? - LA School Report

Is Betsy Butler Haunted By Her Stance On School Perverts?
Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, and Assemblywoman Betsy Butler, D- Marina del Rey, look over the vote sheet of Butlers farm workers safety bill, that failed to get enough votes on the initial roll call, in the Assembly, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 in Sacramento, Calif. The bill, AB2346, which would allow farm workers to sue employers who repeatedly fail to comply with mandatory requirements for shade and drinking water, eventually was approved and sent to the governor.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, and Assemblywoman Betsy Butler, D- Marina del Rey, look over the vote sheet of Butlers farm workers safety bill, that failed to get enough votes on the initial roll call, in the Assembly, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 in Sacramento, Calif. The bill, AB2346, which would allow farm workers to sue employers who repeatedly fail to comply with mandatory requirements for shade and drinking water, eventually was approved and sent to the governor.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

In a race that is still considered too close to call, Assemblywoman Betsy Butler is trailing her upstart opponent, Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom, by just over 200 votes in Assembly District 50, which covers one of the wealthiest areas of the city from Beverly Hills to the ocean.

In the end, the narrow margin may well hinge on a highly sensitive issue for the teachers union - the dismissal process - as well as a boatload of last minute independent expenditure money.

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