Is Rob Reiner An Ethical Advocate of Preschool ?

The Sacramento Bee reports on the Rob Reiner's promotion of preschool:

To most Californians, the ads may seem like little more than public service announcements encouraging parents to send their young children to preschool. And those in charge of the state-funded $18 million media campaign say that's exactly what they are.


But to opponents of actor-director Rob Reiner's pending $2.3 billion universal preschool initiative, the spots feel more like taxpayer-financed political advocacy that primes voters for the June election.

They criticize the fact that Reiner chairs the state commission paying for the ads and also leads the initiative campaign that may benefit by its message.

"It's a matter of sheer common sense - this is an expenditure of taxpayer dollars promoting preschool," said Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. "It's clearly connected to the pending initiative, and as a matter of ethics it crosses the line. Whether it crosses the legal line remains to be seen."

In Reiner's world the ends justify the means.Anyway, there's no word yet on whether Reiner sends his kids to non-magnet public schools.