Good luck Bruce. I don't know if you've done a good job or not, and Scott is just spouting the party line, but if you've been in education for 30 plus years you deserve a break. Enjoy your retirement.

Celia, I think you bring up an interesting question about interpretation of the law. Contrary to what this article says, District Attorneys do not "order the arrest" of anyone. Only a judge can sign an arrest warrant. D.A.'s submit a declaration for review and approval by a judge, who then either agrees that the elements of a crime have been shown to exist, or disagrees, and signs, or does not sign, an arrest warrant. In the truancy cases those arrest warrants were signed by Judge Twede, so he must have interpreted the law the same as the D.A. or he wouldn't have signed the warrants, right? Well, this same judge had these parents tossed in jail, then later in court "dismissed" his own charges, claiming the wrong statute was used, and like a coward, blamed it on the D.A.

If I had been the one tossed in jail, I'd be asking the judge some very tough questions about his competence.

I would like to thank Dwayne for his years of service to the county. He will be missed by many, and not missed by those who tend to run afoul of the law. That's the way it is with District Attorneys. It seems what was most damaging to him was the truancy case, and maybe he was fighting a losing battle from the start. As it has always been and will always be, this country is run by the educated, and drained by the uneducated. In the middle are the hard working blue collar families just getting by best they can. The uneducated are unconcerned with their children's school attendance, they scrape by in menial work, or simply bleed California's entitlement system. The educated care, and expect something from their children. It's a culture that begins in the home, and you can't change a culture that has been ingrained in the home, generation after generation. Local school officials know the families involved in these infamous cases, and it's no secret that these children rarely attended school, and their educations suffered greatly for it. That was the choice of the parents. Dwayne Stewart, doing the job he was hired to do, using the means at his disposal, tried to force these parents to get their children to school, for the good of the children, and was castagated for it.

Good luck Bob and Dwayne, and thanks again for your public sevice.

I would like to thank Dwayne for his years of service to the county. He will be missed by many, and not missed by those who tend to run afoul of the law. That's the way it is with District Attorneys. It seems what was most damaging to him was the truancy case, and maybe he was fighting a losing battle from the start. As it has always been and will always be, this country is run by the educated, and drained by the uneducated. In the middle is the hard working blue collar families just getting by best they can. The uneducated are unconcerned with their children's school attendance, they scrape by in menial work, or simply bleed California's entitlement system. The educated care, and expect something from their children. It's a culture that begins in the home, and you can't change a culture that has been ingrained in the home, generation after generation. Local school officials know the families involved in these infamous cases, and it's no secret that these children rarely attended school, and their educations suffered greatly for it. That was the choice of the parents. Dwayne Stewart, doing the job he was hired to do, using the means at his disposal, tried to force these parents to get their children to school, for the good of the children, and was castagated for it.

In the long run, it's the children who will pay most dearly.

Thanks Dwayne and Bob, I wish you the best of luck.

The demise of Corning is not unique to the State of California. Take a moment to read this article from the National Review, and you will have a clearer understanding of what has happened to what was once a beautiful place to live...
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/2553...

Calling Quarne a "man of character" is pushing it, but he's getting a lousy deal on this one. The education system is corrupt and broken in California, and particularly in Glenn County. The Orland Unified School District is run by Special Ed, to the detriment of all other students. Willows has idiots in charge making terrible decisions regarding education and students, and they're all grossly overpaid. Only the smaller rural schools seem to get it. However, Quarne was elected, just like Jerry Brown, Barbara Boxer, Barak Obama and other complete fools were elected, so the "voters" have to live with the consequences. Quarne shouldn't have his pay cut, he should get what his predecessor gets, that's only fair. It's not his fault that he was elected.

This is the kind of thing has has destroyed public education. Backstabbing money grubbing infighting that has nothing to do with educating children. Speaking of those salaries, and the raises, are you kidding me? I bet there's plenty of us wish we made that kind of money, and for doing what, running the public school system into the ground?

Fair enough Dave, no doubt there would be damage done, but to me, downtown Corning has been dead for years, and offers virtually nothing to the everyday needs of the typical consumer. People go to Savemore on one end of town, and Safeway on the other end of town, in a pinch, but for regular bulk shopping or fishing gear or any number of other things people go to Wal Mart, or Winco or Food Max etc. A Wal Mart in town would save us all a lot of driving.

Downtown is already "empty", in a manner of speaking, and although it would hurt the tire shops, Safeway and Savemore are safe because they are convienient. Economics...the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, and Nino, you said it, not me.

Dave, you make sense and good for you for putting it out there, but take a second to proof read your posts, you would come across much better.

My two cents, the Corning downtown looks like little Mexico, and I would very much like to have a Wal Mart in Corning.

People in the grocery store, or in the line at the post office, don't get that. I hear, "Well U of O is in Oregon, so can't you root for the Beavers, the State of Oregon and the Ducks too?" No, I can't. I really don't like Oregon fans, I don't like their school and I can't, under any circumstances, root for the Ducks. You either are a Beaver or a Duck, there can't be any in between or you aren't truly a fan of either. It seems like the hard core fans, of either school, have some sort of connection educationaly in the family somewhere in the past or present, that's what makes a hard core fanatic.