I'm talking about the $7 billion bond that the LAUSD is seeking at the November 4th ballot. Beyond the obvious fact that the last round of bond money has produced improperly designed schools with price tags ranging between $600 and $767 a square foot, union-only labor deals are insuring that the jobs created by the work are going to an elite group of overpaid Caucasian workers, many of which drive in from outside the district.

Former Daily News editor Ron Kaye has been a leading critic of the bond money and the district in general and filed a new blog post on the subject this morning. The report included these facts:

LAUSD has put in $450 million for charter schools despite fighting them every inch of the way and making them go to court to get the money mandated by state law. And the charters still don't support the bond.

There's $1.8 billion to rebuild brand-new massive schools into smaller academies where kids might actually learn -- a goal long sought by genuine reformers but resisted by LAUSD -- and nobody is lining up to cheer.

Green Dot Charters led by Steve Barr supports the spending plan as it's written but doesn't trust the bureaucrats to deliver on its promise.

The California Charter School Association, which can build classroom space 33 percent cheaper than LAUSD and thus get more bang for the buck, has withheld support, saying it has "concerns about the effectiveness" of the plan and wants the district to embrace a broad policy that recognizes charters' ability to create more seats cheaper and faster.

Read the whole thing here.