What’s At Stake — Quality Education
The biggest issue in legislative elections is the number one item in the state budget, education. The state House and Senate spend all of our income tax money and millions of sales tax money on education every year.
This year the so-called Parents For Choice In Education, a political action committee funded by out of state millionaires, is working hard to defeat candidates who stand up for public eduation in Utah. PCE wants to siphon off public education money for private corporations to run schools with no accountability to taxpayers.
Private corporations running schools below the college level (where students are adults and can make their own choices) have been a disaster in California and Texas. And in Utah, where we are already dead last in education funding, it could be much worse.
PCE has been sending out attack flyers accusing public school supporters of cheating disabled children and other atrocities. Let’s fight back against the liars.
Now it’s time to reelect Rep. Shurtliff (D-Ogden), Rep. Gowans (D-Tooele), Rep. Morgan (D-Cottonwood), Rep. Moss (D-Millcreek), Rep. Duckworth (D-Magna) and others under attack from out of state millionaires that want to rob our kids of their birthright.
November 7th, 2006 at 6:04 pm
Income and property taxes are spent. Sales tax is for other things.
However, I am glad to see some others here who get it. I’ve never seen such brazen people as the “choice” people. I’d like to see some of them go up to Primary Children’s Hospital and tell parents of those kids there that they need THEM to pay for their “lack” of a personal “choice.”
I’m not some Democrat either, just a ticked off Republican who values education and appreciates good teachers.
November 7th, 2006 at 6:36 pm
Thanks for the comment. It isn’t only Democrats they attack; it’s just that Republicans who value education were attacked in the June primaries.
Local districts spend property tax money and the state spends income tax money on education. But there is a little sales tax money added by the legislature sometimes so each form of taxation pays for a part of education. I just wanted to be complete.