It’s a day that ends in Y, so it’s time for another round of arguments from the dueling preschool measures on the fall ballot!
At issue this week: accusations that the union-backed campaign competing with the city’s publicly funded pre-K proposal would end up costing taxpayers upwards of $100 million per year in new unfunded mandates. The union campaign, of course, calls bullshit. And naturally, it’s all becoming fodder for campaign fliers.
Some quick background, in case you’re not familiar: Both the city and a campaign led by unions representing child-care workers and teachers will have measures before city voters in November. The union-backed measure, Proposition 1A, improves working conditions in the child-care industry by creating a training institute and raising workers’ pay, while the city-hall-supported measure, Proposition 1B, gets the beginning of a potential universal pre-K program off the ground. You can’t vote yes on both measures—gotta pick one or the other—so stakes are high…