Okay wait ... another Democratic politician wants you to forget his support for corporate charter schools .. Greg Stanton
I have personally watched and testified against this mayor (Stanton) of Phoenix and his council as they doled out approximately a quarter of a billion dollars in sweet tax free bonding to corporate charter schools since he has been elected ... now that he's starting his re-election efforts in ernest ....he tries to play both sides of the fence by publicly helping our public schools beg for funding that they shouldn't have to beg for in 21st century America.
You may ask ... how was he (Stanton) was instrumental in doling out this approx. quarter of a billion dollars in tax free bonding with the backing of our city of Phoenix to corporate charter schools? It is a so called independent Straw Man organization called the "Industrial Development Authority" of Phoenix through which this money was funneled .
In fact ... it (the I.D.A.) is so independent that it still has to go to the mayor of Phoenix and his council to get their voting approval. I have seen them approve funding for corporate charter schools within gated communities while funding for our public schools go lacking as Arizona sinks almost to the bottom of the United States in funding for its students.
Now, Greg (Stanton)is trying to be the ultimate politician by first appealing to the Rupert Murdoch people who believe in privatizing our schools while now ... (you guessed it) going around looking hat in hand, to look like the "nice guy" who favors public education by being its main begger in order to get his approval ratings up and support for himsel. You can bet that many of our local democratic chairs will probably start getting requests for his supporters to speak. I guess ... unless there is a democratic or progressive challenger we won't have much choice because I sure don't want an openly right wing fascist like Gullet to get in ... on the other hand ... what's worse an openly right wing Ayn Rand Fascist running for mayor or a person that uses his democratic position to help right wingers like Ayn Rand privatize our public schools ? Yes, I will vote for him if he is the only democrat or Progressive in his future campaigns but ... somebody needs to step up and keep him honest from the Democratic/Progressive side.
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Remember, he has to do a better job even though ... that won't make up for the approx. quarter of a billion dollars that he has already given out to corporate charter schools with Phoenix'x name on it.
Leonard Clark
citizen of Phoenix12-2-14
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