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12 March 2008
District 281 has a legislative action committee. This should surprise no one. Every school district has some sort of lobby mechanism at the state. It’s the insurance policy they pay for! Besides, almost half of the legislature is composed of teachers, administrators or former teacher’s union members. They will always give an audience to local districts.
Since their last referendum failed to convince the voters of District 281 to throw more money at education, they have gone to a higher authority – their duly elected, bought-and-paid for goons, er, representatives at the state.
Working in concert with Sandra Peterson and Ann Rest, District 281 has helped introduced legislation that would allow local districts to sponsor a referendum during primary elections. Superintendent Stan Mack and Bob Wittman of District 281 testified on behalf of the bill, which would give districts the ability to pepper their districts with a revolving door of referenda – without having to incur the added expense of a special election - until the voters get it right. (And force opposition groups to absorb added time and personal, not taxpayer, expense in defeating them).
The bill, sponsored by Rest, passed the Senate.
UPDATE: I’m still sitting here waiting patiently for a legislator to introduce a bill authorizing tuition tax credits or vouchers.
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