Morning News on Lakusta's bandwagon
In the post below you'll see a link to the Star-Telegram's endorsement of Anne Lakusta. They picked Lakusta over Tan Parker because of her experience as a public servant.
This morning, the Dallas Morning News endorsed Lakusta too, but the News' editorial takes a much harder tack, chiding Parker for his unwillingness to provide extra funds for the state's schools.
Here's the link (registration may be required):
District 63: Dallas Morning News endorsement
Read my initial post on this race. Education is a major issue for me in this race. I think Tan ought to reconsider where he stands.
posted by Chip Mahaney @ 7:15 AM
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I disagree. Tan has taken a bold (and potentially unpopular) position on school finance reform. It's what he believes needs to be done. Why should he change his position to something he doesn't believe in?
I think his arguments make a lot of sense. We've added billions to school funding in the past few years and have little to show for it. Schools spend almost half their money on administrative costs and need to spend a lot more in the classroom.
It's hard to argue we should spend more on education when the Denton ISD is laying off teachers but building a $20 million football stadium. It's hard to push for a funding increase when the Dallas schools spent millions on perks like car allowances for hundreds of administrators.
But you know, that's stuff that you people in the media don't cover very well. Yeah, you'll mention it once or twice when someone complains, but that's it.
Yet, if some business does something wrong, look out! You'll spend hours telling us how evil big business is. You just never like to talk about the evils of big government. Tan does -- and you don't like him for it.
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