[Vision2020] Melaleuca boss uses Romney to back Luna overhaul

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of KHQ at:

http://tinyurl.com/cmo8v8c

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Melaleuca boss uses Romney to back Luna overhaul


BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Eastern Idaho businessman Frank VanderSloot is employing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to criticize unions and promote Tom Luna's education overhaul at the ballot box on Nov. 6.

VanderSloot, an overhaul supporter, is paying for TV commercials showing Romney criticizing the teachers union.

The National Education Association gave nearly $1.1 million to the campaign against Luna's education changes, which include limiting union bargaining power and requiring online classes.

The VanderSloot-backed campaign commercial uses Romney, who is popular in Idaho, to suggest unions oppose the overhaul because it erodes their power.

In the 30-second commercial, video footage from Romney taken from C-SPAN shows him describing the union as an organization that's lost its way by opposing changes to the nation's education system.

VanderSloot owns Melaleuca, a direct-marketing home health products company.

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Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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