By Rick Henderson Assets Class Dismissed. Teachers' unions start losing their aura of invincibility. Oregon enacts a bill ending tenure for public elementary and high school educators. And reports from the National Education Association's annual meeting in Atlanta suggest that union officials might back away from tenure if teachers get more say over curricula, books, and budgets. Last year Congress phased out most crop subsidies.
Next year look for a serious assault on farm price supports.
Reformers also hope to abolish the Market Access Program, which gives American food makers tax dollars to advertise overseas. A deadlocked Federal Communications Commission fails to authorize a formal investigation into the effects of TV liquor advertising on children. Liabilities Base Closing. Run ads in major newspapers and magazines featuring Mel Gibson and a tie-in to his new movie Conspiracy Theory . That's how the EarthJustice Legal Defense Fund attacked the proposed nuclear waste disposal facility in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.