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Snoutport Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-11 01:00 PM
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Rolly: A legislative vendetta against public schools?
A VERY interesting article from Utah. I highly recommend it!

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51504403-76/public-utah-liquor-dinha.html.csp

a snippet:

Bell told the group that ever since voters in 2007 repealed by referendum the legislatively passed voucher bill to use public money to aid in private school tuition costs, a group of lawmakers in his Republican Party has been “hardened against public education.” He said those lawmakers believe in a philosophy of “starving the beast .”
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-11 01:03 PM
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1. NJ Gov Christie tried to "starve the beast" but the Supreme Court
found that he violated the state's Constitution by defunding public education.
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-11 01:17 PM
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2. let's hope there are more courts like that one. n/t
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Snoutport Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-11 07:34 PM
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3. But will they fix it?
Or just figure out another way to kill it?
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