I was surprised to find the Cal State University system was in school today, President's Day. But then I thought, I'm working, so I guess it's not that big of a deal. But then I saw this on the Cal State Long Beach website:




Cesar Chavez day will be a holiday at the campus where there are no classes. I also want to point out that Cesar Chavez day is actually on a Saturday, but there are celebrating that Friday. Remind you that this is not a private university, this is a State of California funded university. Without getting into the politics of Cesar Chavez or discussing the merits of what he did, even if the entire country agreed with the outcomes of his efforts, does that mean that we replace the holiday celebrating our founding fathers? We're not even talking about one founding father. Remember how we combined all of them into one holiday? And now it's not even a holiday in exchange for a labor union leader? A leader celebrating rights that would not have existed except for the sacrifice of the founders? Is the State of California joking? Has anyone living in California written their congressman? Mine is Ed Royce and trust me, he's getting a letter, not an email. I handwritten letter.

Labels: politics