By Their Fruits We Shall Know Them?
Remember last year when six targeted legislative districts held by Democrats were besieged with dozens of identical mailings accusing the incumbents of all sorts of legislative sins and moral lapses?
And remember how the mailings purportedly were paid for by the Utah Republican Party and there was no mention on any of the mailings about vouchers? And remember how months after the election, in which every one of the targeted Democrats won anyway, newly installed Republican Chairman Enid Greene was pestering the pro-voucher group, Parents for Choice in Education, to pay the party the boatloads of money it promised to donate?
And remember how it came out that contractors for pro-voucher forces were responsible for preparing the one-size-fits-all mailers, even though the candidates the mailers supported would not acknowledge they had a relationship with the pro-voucher groups?
And remember how former State Republican executive director Jeff Hartley, who was at the party when the mailings went out under the GOP banner, later was fired by Greene over budget issues and now is helping to run the referendum campaign for the pro-voucher folks? Well, here is an interesting postscript.
Two of the candidates who benefited from the generic mailings blasting their Democratic opponents were Robyn Bagley, who lost to Rep. Karen Morgan, D-Cottonwood Heights, and Sandy Thackery, who lost to Rep. Carol Spackman Moss, D-Holladay.
At the time of the election, Bagley would not answer Tribune reporters' questions about vouchers, or even whether she favored or opposed them. Thackery actually said at a candidate forum at Olympus High School she was not in favor of vouchers.
Now, a year later, we see that Bagley is on the board of directors of Parents for Choice in Education. And Thackery wrote a letter to the editor in The Tribune last week blasting public education advocates urging voters to vote for vouchers.
Imagine that.
Cheers, Paul Rolly
And remember how the mailings purportedly were paid for by the Utah Republican Party and there was no mention on any of the mailings about vouchers? And remember how months after the election, in which every one of the targeted Democrats won anyway, newly installed Republican Chairman Enid Greene was pestering the pro-voucher group, Parents for Choice in Education, to pay the party the boatloads of money it promised to donate?
And remember how it came out that contractors for pro-voucher forces were responsible for preparing the one-size-fits-all mailers, even though the candidates the mailers supported would not acknowledge they had a relationship with the pro-voucher groups?
And remember how former State Republican executive director Jeff Hartley, who was at the party when the mailings went out under the GOP banner, later was fired by Greene over budget issues and now is helping to run the referendum campaign for the pro-voucher folks? Well, here is an interesting postscript.
Two of the candidates who benefited from the generic mailings blasting their Democratic opponents were Robyn Bagley, who lost to Rep. Karen Morgan, D-Cottonwood Heights, and Sandy Thackery, who lost to Rep. Carol Spackman Moss, D-Holladay.
At the time of the election, Bagley would not answer Tribune reporters' questions about vouchers, or even whether she favored or opposed them. Thackery actually said at a candidate forum at Olympus High School she was not in favor of vouchers.
Now, a year later, we see that Bagley is on the board of directors of Parents for Choice in Education. And Thackery wrote a letter to the editor in The Tribune last week blasting public education advocates urging voters to vote for vouchers.
Imagine that.
Cheers, Paul Rolly
12:14 PM
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4 Comments:
Looks like it goes both ways here Paul
Why don't you dig into this a little?
http://politicalspyglass.blogspot.com/2007/10/no-clean-hands-here-teachers-exposed.html
Mark
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Wow. Every new revelation about PCE, their history, and those they associate with (no offense Mark), I am more and more disgusted.
When did Utah's political discourse become so tainted with hubris and lack of vision? Perhaps it's time for a purge.
Jason, Purge who? PCE are not elected officials. Are you saying that any elected official who supports choice in education should be removed from office? Well I guess your can start with the Governor, Senate President, Speaker of the House Curtis. What you need to do is create a list of elected officials who support choice. Then honestly say who is going to "purge" them
Mark
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