Did TUSD, Huerta break law?

Special legislative panel will call for inquiry to find out
By Howard Fischer And Daniel Scarpinato
CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES ARIZONA DAILY STAR

PHOENIX — A special legislative panel is preparing to seek an Attorney General's Office investigation into whether the Tucson Unified School District and a guest speaker broke state laws against using school resources to influence elections.

The fight all stems from the speech Dolores Huerta made to students at Tucson High Magnet School, 400 N. Second Ave.

Huerta, who helped organize the United Farm Workers Union with César Chávez, spoke not only about labor but also criticized the war in Iraq, extolled Hugo Chavez, the socialist president of Venezuela, and supported gay marriage and abortion rights.

And she also said, "Republicans hate Latinos."

Those comments, and other issues surrounding student walkouts amid national immigration rallies in the following weeks, caused the panel to call on educators to explain how they'd handled things.

To view the segment with Bill O'Reilly, go to Fox News and click on "Factor Exclusive: Migrant activist Dolores Huerta explains her comments about the GOP and Latinos"