tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post2465502880145684948..comments2024-02-24T19:49:45.687-05:00Comments on Schools Matter: Take Action Now Against Mike Pence's Public Education Power GrabJames Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-32557723505641181462013-10-21T11:36:35.572-04:002013-10-21T11:36:35.572-04:00We can't allow this slippery slope to erode de...We can't allow this slippery slope to erode democratic representation continue. If this power grab in education is successful, then it will happen in other agencies. As a parent who chooses public schools for my children, my choice is basically being spit upon. Mrs. K. Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986000219179513412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-81379108457813965902013-10-15T17:45:17.253-04:002013-10-15T17:45:17.253-04:00Candidate Mike Pence was for smaller, leaner gover...Candidate Mike Pence was for smaller, leaner government.<br /><br />But GOVERNOR Mike Pence created a duplicate Board of Education, <br />a duplicative bureaucracy to usurp Dept. of Ed. authority, and new expenditures - <br />all to ignore and circumvent the voters' choice of State Supt. This is a wasteful, <br />expensive power grab.<br /><br />If the legislature doesn't stop this useless extravagance, then voters need to elect <br />legislators who will. Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577161172897247371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-34420865263408419782013-10-01T20:12:44.520-04:002013-10-01T20:12:44.520-04:00What is happening in Indiana in terms of the Gover...What is happening in Indiana in terms of the Governor's power grab over publicly elected officials is a precursor of things to come. It must be be defeated, and Indiana citizens have the power to do it, as you have so ably pointed out.James Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.com