[PAA-Discuss] School closings, NAACP and KPFT Election

[Randy Scott]

I'll vote in favor of both.

AS regards the school situation - I think it would help if we could get enough people talking
about the fact that the anti-tax anarchists have had an agenda for many decades to totally
dismantle the entire public school system. This is part of the Grover Norquist cult's agenda, not
only to get rid of all taxes but to return working-class Americans to feudalism.

If a few thousand people could be convinced to sing from the same hymnal it *should* be
embarassingly easy to paint the Norquist cult as "racist" since the deletion of the education
system would do so much to increase the gap between white & black citizens, and that's not
counting the deliberate damage to the rest of the middle class. Add in the fact that their "plan"
to replace public education is to support parochial schools for the children of those who attend
politically correct churches and the seperation of church & state will be gone, which turns us
into a theocracy.

Unfortunately, no one outside the Religious Wrong-wing can be convinced to use talking points.

Randy



--- lluted at airmail.net wrote:

> Dear PAAers,
> 
> Due to No Child Left Behind Rules three schools in HISD are facing closure
> this year. I am working on creating a meeting to prevent this from
> happening. Many groups will be contacted. So far the NAACP and the Green
> Party are interested. I hope the members of PAA are too. Please contact me
> if you wish to weigh in on this issue at a big meeting.
> 
> The NAACP is holding a fund rasining march on Labor Day at 9am starting
> from their hqs and want comunity involvement for a small ($25 I think) to
> large fee. I hope the PAA will support this march. Fran Gentry, the local
> NAACP president is on person to contact but first I hope you'll weigh-in
> with your support. Please let this list know that you support PAA
> involvement.
> 
> KPFT elections are upon us. The Greens decided last night to investigate
> hosting a candidates forum with the support of other organizations. I hope
> PAA will provide this support. The person to contact is KPFT Elections
> Director, Tucker Bradley. She has a committee but can make unilateral
> decisions. To this list, please say YEA or nea to the idea of co-hosting
> such an event.
> 
> --Ted Weisgal
> 
> 
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