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Strickland: End Ohio’s Athpartaid Now

April 23, 2007 |

If this was a Republican in office accusations of racism would be offered up. Yet the Rev. Strickland is given a pass as Ohio’s Governor. Why? He is taking away parent’s choice in favor of Teacher Union’s desires to be in control. It truly is a sad day that Strickland wants to keep black children in under performing schools while whites often have greater freedom to pull their children for private schools. From Bizzy Blog’s catch from the Washington Times.

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has some explaining to do. He plans to gut the state’s school-voucher program, ending a two-year statewide experiment building upon 12 years of vouchers in the city of Cleveland.

….. How insulting. The savings: $13 million, in a two-year budget totalling (sic) $52 billion.

The governor should explain why students who happen to live in Akron, Cincinnati, Columbus or Dayton do not deserve the same opportunities as those in Cleveland. They are allowed to continue to participate in the state’s 12-year-old voucher program.

The farce of the “not enough money” line is belied by the size and scope of spending, none of which unduly punishes Mr. Strickland’s allies or deals similar death blows to programs used by groups who vote. Take teachers’ unions. This budget may not be a dream for those union bosses, but it nevertheless contains several hundred million more dollars for public schools — slated to receive a 3 percent annual budget increase. Or seniors. The budget funds burgeoning Medicaid costs. Seniors vote, remember.


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