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By Dr. Harry Tennant
Saturday, April 23, 2011 In The News: Praying For Rain Instead Of School Finance And Funding Solutions Just about every time I read about the Governor of the 'Great State of Texas', I am amazed at the double-speak and disingenuous nature of his dialogue. It reminds me of a catch phrase on ESPN for athletes who do bone-headed things: "COME ON MAN!" The LA Times op-ed piece below exposes his double-speak of anti-federalism versus his tendency to take federal funds as readily as any other politician. Not addressed in this article---but something most of us educators recognize--- is his double-speak about supporting education but doing little to prove it. Please lead and pray for us on education financing. It is now raining some in Texas...and I'm sure it will rain a bunch more here before school finance is fundamentally addressed. Here are a few quotes from the article you can access in its entirety by clicking the image below: ..."You'll recall that Texas' governor has, on more than one occasion in recent years, flirted with the notion that the state should secede from the Union. Speaking to a Texas "tea party" rally in 2009, for example, Perry said: "We've got a great Union. There's absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what might come out of that. But Texas is a very unique place, and we're pretty independent to boot." ..."A lot of it is in his book, "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America From Washington."..."Turns out, though, that Perry is -– as they say in Texas -– all hat and no cattle."
Where's the beef?!?!
Posted at 10:24 AM Keywords: In The News , Budget Cuts , Budget , Texas , School Finance 0 Comments |
