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UNION-TRIBUNE EDITORIAL
3 for school board

Reff, Acle and Whitehurst-Payne deserve vote

The San Diego Unified School District has undergone a dramatic transformation during the six years since former U.S Attorney Alan Bersin was hired as superintendent. Bersin's bold reform program, the Blueprint for Student Success, is hailed by many as visionary, while critics complain its implementation has been arbitrary.

Thousands of ballot boxes began arriving in Kabul this week – some by taxis, some by helicopters, some even by donkeys – following the first democratic election in Afghanistan's long and troubled history.

For much of this election year, George W. Bush has been under attack not only from John Kerry and his fellow Democrats, but also from the preponderantly liberal "mainstream" media. In just the past month, CBS News has aired a scurrilous report, based on likely fraudulent documents, abetted by discredited sources, casting aspersions upon Bush's Vietnam-era service in the Texas Air National Guard.