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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> According to the Lewiston
Tribune this morning, the Idaho Republicans fired Gary Schroeder. He
no longer is the chair of the Senate Education Committee. He is now
chairing some committee that deals with safer subjects, like fish and game
fees.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Schroeder had been a hassle and
a pain to the Republicans for a while, with his concerns for public
education. He has been replaced with a much better team player who will
not complain about charter schools sucking the K-12 system dry.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Even ignoring the weirdness of
the Republican dictatorial politics in this situation, this latest effort at
cleansing the Republicans of anyone vaguely moderate brings to my mind the
campaign rhetoric from the last season.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The Republican candidates kept
pounding out that mantra: Republicans can better protect public education in
Idaho because they have a place at the table with the dominant party.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Maybe not so. Schroeder
just lost his big place at the table. Trail never had one. These
guys are already marginalized and they keep getting bumped into a smaller and
smaller margin.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Explain it to me again....how
does any voter support public education and the UI by voting
Republican?</FONT></DIV>
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