Corbett's Hatred of Public Education Was Evident in His Transition Team

[JPZenger]

http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A88692

Great article that looked at the people Corbett appointed to lead his transition team to develop educational policies for PA. It is the equivalent of Cheney's secret energy task force.

Almost everyone has strong ties to charter schools, for-profit education, private schools, religious schools, tea party groups or libertarian politics, including two of the top lobbyists for charter schools.

There were a couple token members, such as the presidents of two state universities and one community college, but no representatives from public school systems, public school teachers or Penn State. Temple is only representated by a boardmember, not a top administrator. The two historically African-American public colleges are not represented.

City public schools are completely un-represented, although they educate over 25% of school studdents.

The people behind the largest political contribution in Pennsylvania history are also well-represented - in one month, they gave over $3 million to Sen. Williams for a governor race in which he had no chance, just to push privatization of current public school funding.

[PA Democrat]

1. OMG .Tea Party WACKO Ana Puig was on Corbett's transition team

Gov.-elect Tom Corbett won't heed Democrats' calls to get rid of a member of his transition team who has called President Obama a Marxist whose "plan goes beyond communism."

Ana Puig gained prominence in the past two years through a Bucks County Tea Party group she helps lead. Corbett appointed Puig, a Brazilian-born naturalized citizen, as a member of his education committee. In April, she told an Internet radio host that she "completely" agreed with his assertion that liberals are "in alliance with radical Islam."


Read more: Transition team member irks Dems - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/state/s_711850.html#ixzz1GK698Vh5

And here she compares Obama to a "Marxist dictator"

http://washingtonindependent.com/75054/tea-party-convention-speaker-will-explain-how-obama-is-like-a-marxist-dictator

[JPZenger]

2. facebook page opposing corbett's cuts to education

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=157942550929621

[L. Coyote]

3. Charter schools have a very low student test scores!

They are the failing schools.