Republican Leader: "Education is not a Priority"
Well, we know why Lt. Gov David Dewhurst, Governor Rick Perry and Speaker Tom Craddick (of Midland), our Republican leaders in the state of Texas have now failed three times in making school finance reform a reality under the dome in Austin.
According to Tarrant County Republican Chairwoman Pat Carlson in the Fort Worth Star Telegram, "School finance wasn't necessarily a priority of the conservative movement."
Yes, you heard it here! Despite our Govenor calling school finance an emergency in January, he won't be signing a school finance bill at a school, similar to signing an abortion bill at a church.
An emergency? Not for the conservative movement. This same bowel movement put redistricting as a priority in 2003 and surely had their other priorities flushed down the toilet in 2004 and 2005 when they couldn't agree on school finance reform or deal with state-approved tuition revenue bonds.
But, wait. Speaker Craddick explains it all commenting recently that "all the education groups were against us". Against you? All the education groups? Of course the are against you. They know more about education than you and your buddies under the dome. Even former school administrators on the Republican side of the aisle were against you because they know education. If these individuals are against you, don't you think they understand that your solution is not good enough?
As Sam Rayburn once said, thanks to Rep. Garnet Coleman (D-Houston) for sharing this, "You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too". Perhaps Speaker Craddick can follow those who know and learn something.
Hopefully the conservative movement learns something soon because these "representatives" have refused to do their job. Instead, they continue to point fingers and have decided to pass the task on to the Texas Supreme Court. Let's all jump for joy! The Supreme Court of our state will take a long time to iron out things, possibly a year.
Perhaps by the time that year is up, more and more students who continue to suffer in an underfunded public school system would fail TAKS three times, not allowing them to advance. Perhaps our legislators can learn a thing or two about failing three times, as they already have failed Texas school children three times since 2003.
According to Tarrant County Republican Chairwoman Pat Carlson in the Fort Worth Star Telegram, "School finance wasn't necessarily a priority of the conservative movement."
Yes, you heard it here! Despite our Govenor calling school finance an emergency in January, he won't be signing a school finance bill at a school, similar to signing an abortion bill at a church.
An emergency? Not for the conservative movement. This same bowel movement put redistricting as a priority in 2003 and surely had their other priorities flushed down the toilet in 2004 and 2005 when they couldn't agree on school finance reform or deal with state-approved tuition revenue bonds.
But, wait. Speaker Craddick explains it all commenting recently that "all the education groups were against us". Against you? All the education groups? Of course the are against you. They know more about education than you and your buddies under the dome. Even former school administrators on the Republican side of the aisle were against you because they know education. If these individuals are against you, don't you think they understand that your solution is not good enough?
As Sam Rayburn once said, thanks to Rep. Garnet Coleman (D-Houston) for sharing this, "You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too". Perhaps Speaker Craddick can follow those who know and learn something.
Hopefully the conservative movement learns something soon because these "representatives" have refused to do their job. Instead, they continue to point fingers and have decided to pass the task on to the Texas Supreme Court. Let's all jump for joy! The Supreme Court of our state will take a long time to iron out things, possibly a year.
Perhaps by the time that year is up, more and more students who continue to suffer in an underfunded public school system would fail TAKS three times, not allowing them to advance. Perhaps our legislators can learn a thing or two about failing three times, as they already have failed Texas school children three times since 2003.
posted by Jason Plotkin | 7:20 AM
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