[Vision2020] Stop Misleading Electorate

[Glenn Schwaller]

Well . . .. I'm going to venture a guess here (then do some digging so
don't be getting yer knickers in a twist) but I suspect, as many of
you "progressives" have spouted on here RE: University of Idaho, maybe
one needs to "look at the top".   Funny how you don't seem to think
that pertains to K-12 schools.

GS

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
> Courtesy of the "Letters" section of today's (May 21, 2010) Moscow-Pullman
> Daily News with a VERY special thanks to Tom Brandt.
>
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>
> Stop misleading electorate
>
> By golly, it must be campaign time again. The old whipping boy has been
> trotted out into public square for his bi-annual flogging. That's right,
> it's those evil public schools ruining our country once again.
>
> Of course, our new local political wannabes have jumped up on the
> bandwagon. "We are spending a lot on education, but we're not getting much
> as a return," said David Klingenberg in his candidate bio. Ike Young
> one-upped Klingenberg by stating "There (are) vast amounts of money wasted
> in our public schools."
>
> Really? When was the last time either of you spent any amount of quality
> time in any school? I teach at Moscow High School, and I would love to
> have you come into my room and show me some of the "vast amounts of money"
> I'm wasting.
>
> It certainly can't be our building. The main part was built in the 1930s.
> How about our books? Nope. I don't even have enough books (which are six
> years old) for all of my students in one course. I have barely enough
> books for the second course (also six years old), and my statistics books
> are copyrighted 1999, many of them having lost their covers some time ago.
>
> How about the furniture? I've got a random assortment of three different
> styles of desks. Don't know how old they are, but they are functional.
> Incidentally, there was no furniture budget last year and there won't be
> one next year.
>
> We turn off our computers and peripherals at night to save electricity,
> and I even use chalk, partly because I like it, but also because it's a
> lot cheaper than markers.
>
> So, Klingenberg and Young, show me where my waste is. If you don't have
> any specific suggestions, stop misleading the electorate and find out what
> is really going on.
>
> Tom Brandt, Moscow
>
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>
> If anybody knows Mr. Brandt's email address, please pass it on to me, ok?
> I'd like to buy him a beer.
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>
> - Unknown
>
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