From Brake over at Accountability, sounds like bad news.
Maybe I’m psychic. Maybe I’m just a pessimist. Maybe I could see the train coming down the railroad track because, like so many other public school advocates, I was standing on the track when it hit us. Without any interviews, without any time for public input to his office, without meeting with public school advocates, Governor Huntsman just gave voucher supporters their revenge on those who resoundingly turned down vouchers in Utah. I told you so.
Only three days ago, the list of state school board candidates was whittled down to three for each district (and perhaps I shouldn’t say whittled because it was a block vote clear cut) and then submitted to Governor Huntsman for further action. Members of the education community requested a visit with the governor to talk to him about the Nominating Committee’s decisions and urge him to offer voters a true choice of candidates in each district, but there wasn’t time for a meeting. There wasn’t time for Huntsman to interview the candidates for himself. There wasn’t time for public comment or even a letter to the editor. The only time I’ve seen government move this quickly was when there was something to hide.
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Voucher pushers were not happy with Governor Huntsman’s lukewarm efforts to support them back during Referendum One. But now, in an election year, he will redeem himself by handing over the State School Board, the group that should be the watchdogs for our public schools. Voucher lovers will get their revenge and the Governor will get those lobbyist campaign donations he wants. Everyone wins, right? Yeah, right.
You ought to read the rest HERE
Thank you for linking back to Accountability to help get the word out. I don’t know what good it will do now, what’s done is done. Many in the education commmunity have been trying to bring awareness to this issue since April but nobody seemed to care. Our biggest fears have manifested themselves. I wish I was still the conspiracy theorist that everyone thought I was. Now there’s just the conspiracy itself that we’re all left to live with.
Now that this one is done, can I just take a moment to warn everyone about the Treasurer race? Same thing going on here; there are people who would like to destroy what has become a great asset to our children, that being the Permanent School Fund. Watch closely. I’ll be writing more about it in the coming weeks.