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Ring of Honor [32958]
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Speaking of serious election questions. For you Georgians,
Nov 5, 2012, 11:18 AM
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Yea or Nay on creating another state bureaucracy that can overrule local school boards on charter schools?
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Letterman [295]
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Nay***
Nov 5, 2012, 11:38 AM
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Orange Blooded [3821]
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Nay
Nov 5, 2012, 11:39 AM
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There is already a mechanism in place to approve Charter schools.
You get denied by local school board you can appeal to the state.
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Ring of Honor [32958]
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I'm having a hard time finding a rationale for adding
Nov 5, 2012, 12:01 PM
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yet another commission as well.
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Rock Defender [54]
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I stopped at "save tax revenue" and voted yes.
Nov 5, 2012, 11:39 AM
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good thing my vote doesn't count.
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Ring of Honor [32958]
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Yes, adding yet another government commission
Nov 5, 2012, 11:57 AM
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should save lots of tax revenue.
Wut?
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Orange Blooded [3396]
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Great question. I'm thinking no for 3 reasons:
Nov 5, 2012, 11:41 AM
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Reason 1: I'm just plain confused. Since I'm not certain what the result will be, I'm voting against constitutional amendment. Essentially, my vote will be that the pro-amendment folks haven't made their case.
Reason 2: There are already more than 100 charter schools in the state. What's the advantage of setting up an extra layer of government to expedite the approval process?
Reason 3: Local property tax money should be allocated, locally. That's kind of the point of it.
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Oculus Spirit [83625]
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I'm voting yes...
Nov 5, 2012, 12:06 PM
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I think the bureaucrats who control what the teachers do in the classroom could use some competition.
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All-In [31938]
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Issue is a little complicated, but I voted No.....
Nov 5, 2012, 12:15 PM
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The petitioner already can appeal to the State School Superintendent. At the same time there is also some issues on funding control that I was unclear on.
Basically, based on the parts I was clear on, I voted no. For the funding parts, the assembly proponents have to do a better job making the case for this change to get a yes vote from me.
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Ring of Honor [32958]
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Yeah, I'm having trouble justifying yet another gov't
Nov 5, 2012, 12:33 PM
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entity on the payroll to merely be there to overrule the local entity. Especially when the state entity will be political appointees vs. someone a little more accountable to the voter and taxpayer.
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Orange Blooded [2455]
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Nay
Nov 5, 2012, 3:46 PM
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No thanks. For a red state, I'm always surprised to see this kind of thing.
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