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    Tag: Rep. Joel Johnson

    Urgent Action Alert: House Republicans Wavering on Critical School Choice Legislation?


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Mon Feb 13, 2012 at 05:01:52 PM EST
    Tags: Rep. Kevin Daley, Rep. Jeff Farrington, Rep. Frank Foster, Rep. Kurt Heise, Rep. Holly Hughes, Rep. Nancy Jenkins, Rep. Joel Johnson, Rep. Matt Lori, Rep. Peter MacGregor, Rep. Ed McBroom, Rep. Rick Olson, Rep. Peter Pettalia, Rep. Bruce Rendon, Rep. Bill Rogers, Rep. Sharon Tyler, Rep. Dale Zorn, Schools, School Choice, SB619, Education Reform, Michigan, Senate, Legislature (all tags)

    Parents across Michigan won a pretty big victory last year when the Republican majority in the state House and Senate successfully passed a package of legislation that expanded educational opportunities for Michigan kids.

    The various bills lifted the arbitrary cap on charter schools and empowered parents to pursue the education choices that work best for their kids.  As you probably know, two-thirds of the state's charter schools, most in urban districts like Flint, Grand Rapids, Lansing and - of course - Detroit, have waiting lists a mile long as parents demand more choices and better results for their children.

    Despite the major advances and the fact that lawmakers listened to parents late last year, 2012 is an election year and some members of the state House Republican majority are worried about raising the ire of the MEA and their teacher union cronies.

    Keep reading.  (below the fold)

    (17 comments, 600 words in story) Full Story

    The Great Uniter


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Thu Jun 09, 2011 at 03:04:56 PM EST
    Tags: Recalls now at 15, The Named, Gov. Rick Snyder, Speaker Jase Bolger, Sen. Majority Leader Richardville, Rep. Kurt Damrow, Rep. Joel Johnson, Rep. Al Pscholka, Sen. John Moolenaar, Sen. Mike Nofs, Sen. Howard Walker (all tags)

    Boy, if it wasn't just yesterday I wrote about the problems the MI-GOP is having with their flagship figurehead.

    Snyder told reporters on Wednesday the wave of recalls is "part of democracy."

    "The big question is, most of us were elected just last November," he said. "As a practical matter, to be recalling people ... I know in my case I'm just following through on what I said I was going to do."

    Sorta sounds like an Obama you got what you voted for, doesn't it?  The funny thing is that during the Primary and General elections when on the rare occasion that the dark horse Yobbite candidate Snyder spoke, he's pretty much still telling you the truth.  Y'all bought into his Centrist Tripartisan Corporatism, so what's the problem now?  Yessiree, you've got your big government, labor unions as embolden as they've ever been, and the private sector business and citizens still forced to cater to the aforementioned.  Recipe for success?  Ohio and Wisconsin didn't think so, and there's little on the recall front going on there.  Heck, in Wisconsin the only real goings on is they're recalling {gasp} their Democrats!

    So, Governor Snyder, Speaker Bolger, Sen. Leader Richardville, and MI-GOP Chairman, how's that leaving the hammer in the unions hands working out for ya?

    (2 comments, 827 words in story) Full Story

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