Choices

Congratulations to the Utahns for Public Schools political information committee on their success in gaining 130,000 signatures from Utahns who feel the School Voucher program passed by the legislature should be voted upon by the public. This grass roots, all volunteer group has passed the first hurdle the legislature placed in their path on the road to undoing the voucher bill. It seems to me that when the legislative body which is supposed to represent the people of the state puts roadblocks up to impede the democratic will of those people then maybe it’s time for new members of the legislative body.

Along those tines, I would like to paraphrase Mr. Lewis Black again, as I ask the internet commentator to the article in the Salt Lake Tribune this morning regarding this issue when he stated he was sure the measure would be passed in a referendum vote. “Where do you go to get the drugs which make you so delusional?” A vote on this issue will surely come down on the side of not spending taxpayer monies on private schools.

To the Parents for Choice in Education, the political action committee on the other side of this issue, you already have a choice. You can have your children attend public schools or send them to private ones. The choice is yours. The rest of us ARE NOT going to pay for your choice. Your arrogance in suggesting we do is staggering.

During my life I have made a number of choices that have had some high costs associated with the consequences of those choices. I have never asked any of you Parents for Choice in Education to help pay for any of my choices. Where do you find the nerve?