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PRESS RELEASE
 February 3, 1999
Introducing free-market competition to public education From: Christian Trambley, Deputy Director of Communications To: Friends of EFF The Federalist Society is pleased to present: A Panel Discussion Introducing free-market competition to public education U.S. Supreme Court litigator and nationally recognized school choice advocate Clint Bolick will discuss introducing free-market competition into the public education system in a noontime debate on Tuesday, Feb. 9. The panel discussion, sponsored by the Seattle Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society, includes a diverse panel of state experts on public education. Participating panelists: Clint Bolick, vice president of the Washington D.C.-based Institute for Justice. Bolick’s recently-published book, Transformation (ICS Press, 1998), discusses free-market solutions to public policy dilemmas, including the public school system. John H. Binns Jr. An attorney with the firm of Vandeberg, Johnson and Gandara. Binns has more than two decades experience in school district representation and has been widely recognized as an expert on constitutional issues affecting school choice. He is the author of numerous papers and frequent speaker on legal issues affecting education. Senator Stephen Johnson. Johnson served on the Washington state Senate Education Committee from 1994 to 1998 and was a long-time member of the Kent School Board. He is a leading advocate for charter schools in the Senate. Dwayne Slate of the Washington State School Directors Association. Slate serves as associate executive director in charge of government relations for WSSDA. Who: General public and press are invited What: A panel discussion on free-market competition in public education Where: House Hearing Room A, Washington State Capitol, Olympia When: Noon to 1 p.m., Feb. 9 Cost: Free Event logistics is being provided by the Evergreen Freedom Foundation. Coffee and juice for this brown-bag lunch will be provided free of charge. For more information, please contact Lea Conner at the Evergreen Freedom Foundation at (360) 956-3482. Contact: Marsha Richards, Communications Director, (360) 956-3482
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1 Part Honesty; 2 Parts Arrogance At a March 23, 2005, House Appropriations hearing on a bill to gut the voter-approved I-601 spending limit, Rep. Jim McIntire (D) asked a supporter of I-601’s two-third supermajority requirement for the legislature to raise taxes the following question: "Can you name a time when we [legislators] have actually not just set it [supermajority requirement] aside by majority vote? I mean, this is in many respects a procedural motion that has no bearing. It’s a statutory constraint that cannot constrain any legislature that chooses as a majority to set it aside . . . have we ever used a supermajority [to raise taxes]?" - Rep. Jim McIntire (D - 46) Despite the arrogance of some state officials, Washington's constitution is clear: "All political power is inherent in the people..." |
