They own the local politicians … that much we already knew. Now the sprawling educrat establishment in Spartanburg, S.C. is getting some love from the city’s “conservative” mainstream media.
Once among the state’s most forward-thinking editorial boards, the opinion-makers at The Spartanburg Herald-Journal are now inexplicably ripping into a market-based parental choice plan, arguing that state [...]
Spartanburg SC: Axis Of (Educrat) Evil
Spartanburg Schools: Not All That
The academic prowess of Spartanburg County’s public schools has been lauded of late by local “Republican” lawmakers as a way of justifying their ongoing special interest-driven betrayal of parents.
According to these legislators, Spartanburg doesn’t need parental choice because it’s schools are among South Carolina’s finest.
The only problem? That’s not saying much. Also, Spartanburg’s public schools [...]
Spartanburg Six: Destined For Defeat?
Scrolling through Sunday’s editions of The Spartanburg Herald-Journal did our hearts good.
Why? Because several weeks after a group of Spartanburg county “Republicans” chose to put the financial interests of our state’s failed status quo above the academic interests of South Carolina school children, the pressure they are facing over this deplorable vote isn’t relenting.
If anything, [...]
The “Spartanburg Six”
By “The Voice” || A powerful letter to the editor was published in Sunday’s Spartanburg Herald Journal.
It asked the question: Why did six Republicans lawmakers from Spartanburg County vote against school choice?
After all, school choice has long been a cornerstone of the state’s Republican Party platform, and popular with Republican voters and politicians across the [...]
SC: Where One Size (Still) Fits All
By one vote, South Carolina’s “Republican-controlled” House of Representatives killed a universal school choice bill that would have provided expanded academic options for all parents and a lifeline for more than 100,000 children trapped in failing public schools.
The debate took less than half an hour – which is interesting when you consider that lawmakers spent [...]
Leaders Join Reformers On Key Transparency Legislation
The Speaker of the S.C. House of Representatives and Majority Leader of the State Senate have joined fiscal conservative reformers in supporting a key transparency initiative – the creation of an online checkbook that would track all taxpayer expenditures over $100.
House Speaker Bobby Harrell and Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler have signed on as co-sponsors [...]
