Dear Editor:
I have an unwanted intruder that keeps coming into my house
on my I pad. His name is Scott Walker. I’ve tried to block him many times, but
he keeps coming back.
I can’t believe a word he says. Even a conservative magazine
like Forbes said the way he figures job creation; he should have no trouble
changing water into wine. He also received a liar liar, pants on fire for
truthful and honest job numbers.
When he became governor, he said he would put signs at the
border of all the neighboring states, inviting visitors to come to Wisconsin
and enjoy the fruits of eliminating labor negotiations and championing the
trickle-down theory of economics. How has that worked out for him? He is now 46th
in job creation in the nation and dead last in the Midwest job creations.
He has taken money from the school lunch program and Meals
on Wheels. Of this he is most proud.
He has defunded public schools in order to give the money to
his favorite charter school programs. Most of the charter schools are religious
school. So we are using public money to finance religious education. You might
ask Walker which religion gets the most public money for schools and then ask
him what religion he belongs to. I suspect those who complain the loudest about
prayer in school will think this is great. Now they can teach the entire Bible
in schools. I suspect the same people will be the first to complain when the
first charter Muslim school starts teaching the Koran, using their tax money.
The whole premise of his antiunion teacher program was to evaluate teachers and
give the best teachers the most money. Most people would agree with this except
there is no real way to evaluate teachers fairly. Taking money away from
schools that have the hardest job of teaching is counterproductive.
Some time ago Wisconsin was rated number two in high school
graduations in the nation. Therefore these teachers should be paid the second
highest in the nation by these evaluation standards.
This is certainly a better indication of successful
Wisconsin teachers than some politician pointing fingers at teachers who are in
the most challenging schools and telling them they have to show much more
success.
So how do I keep this unwanted intruder out of my home? I
know there is a freedom of speech amendment but there is also a privacy
amendment and I consider my I pad my own private space that should not be
readily available for political invasion.
Francis Peterson,
Spooner, WI 54801
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