"Sloganeering is used by people who are afraid their point of view is not as valid as they want it to be. I think the truth straight up is much better."
Dear Republican Friend,
Last month the Republican-led legislature and Governor Jon Huntsman passed important school choice legislation. This legislation empowered parents over liberal unions and education bureaucrats, providing a critical catalyst to reform public education.
Not surprisingly, this effort to empower parents has struck great fear in the hearts of those who have controlled public education for decades. Led by the liberal teachers union and quickly joined by their key allies, the Democratic Party and education bureaucrats, these special interests have launched a petition drive to put this important legislation on hold for two years.
We need your help to stop the Democratic Party's latest power grab to take away parents' rights to choose the best schools for their children. As almost never before we need the support of Republican's like you to ensure that Democrats cannot overturn the law to serve the interests of the liberal teachers unions.
Liberal Democrats want to stop any meaningful education reform. It was not enough that the Legislature gave them the biggest budget increase in history, almost $500 million for a total budget of $3.5 billion. The school choice program, (budgeted for just $9 million) represents a threat to their monopoly power and so they are using every tool to stop it. Their agenda: higher taxes, unchecked spending, and a blank check with no accountability.
Now, the liberal special interests and their union financial supporters are trying to overturn the law. And they are going to the state ballot to do it. We have to stop them!
They are currently circulating petitions to try to overturn the law. Their petition drive will be bankrolled by the very liberal National Education Association (NEA) teachers' union - the very same liberal union that tries to force its liberal social values into our schools and that has spent millions to elect liberal politicians like John Kerry and Al Gore.
Republicans must not sign these petitions! Republicans must also be aware that it is very likely that some school bureaucrats will attempt to use taxpayer dollars - including school property and school resources - to support their petition drive. If you find evidence of this abuse of taxpayer dollars, please contact Parents for Choice in Education at (801) 532-1448 or info@choiceineducation.org immediately!
The liberal union petition drive is nothing more than a desperate attempt to maintain power while denying parents any meaningful ability to direct the education of their children.
Please distribute the enclosed flyer to neighbors and anywhere you see the petition being circulated. You can also print additional copies at www.choiceineducation.org.
Your help to preserve school choice in Utah is urgently needed. Thank you for your support of giving parents the right to choose the best education for their children.
Sincerely,
Doug Holmes
Chairman
I will be dissecting this letter over the next few days. You all come back now ya hear!
Not surprisingly, this effort to empower parents has struck great fear in the hearts of those who have controlled public education for decades. Led by the liberal teachers union and quickly joined by their key allies, the Democratic Party and education bureaucrats, these special interests have launched a petition drive to put this important legislation on hold for two years.
We need your help to stop the Democratic Party's latest power grab to take away parents' rights to choose the best schools for their children. As almost never before we need the support of Republican's like you to ensure that Democrats cannot overturn the law to serve the interests of the liberal teachers unions.
Liberal Democrats want to stop any meaningful education reform. It was not enough that the Legislature gave them the biggest budget increase in history, almost $500 million for a total budget of $3.5 billion. The school choice program, (budgeted for just $9 million) represents a threat to their monopoly power and so they are using every tool to stop it. Their agenda: higher taxes, unchecked spending, and a blank check with no accountability.
Now, the liberal special interests and their union financial supporters are trying to overturn the law. And they are going to the state ballot to do it. We have to stop them!
They are currently circulating petitions to try to overturn the law. Their petition drive will be bankrolled by the very liberal National Education Association (NEA) teachers' union - the very same liberal union that tries to force its liberal social values into our schools and that has spent millions to elect liberal politicians like John Kerry and Al Gore.
Republicans must not sign these petitions! Republicans must also be aware that it is very likely that some school bureaucrats will attempt to use taxpayer dollars - including school property and school resources - to support their petition drive. If you find evidence of this abuse of taxpayer dollars, please contact Parents for Choice in Education at (801) 532-1448 or info@choiceineducation.org immediately!
The liberal union petition drive is nothing more than a desperate attempt to maintain power while denying parents any meaningful ability to direct the education of their children.
Please distribute the enclosed flyer to neighbors and anywhere you see the petition being circulated. You can also print additional copies at www.choiceineducation.org.
Your help to preserve school choice in Utah is urgently needed. Thank you for your support of giving parents the right to choose the best education for their children.
Sincerely,
Doug Holmes
Chairman
I will be dissecting this letter over the next few days. You all come back now ya hear!
