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PRESS RELEASE September 29, 2003 Marysville students want to be back in class Students in Marysville made it clear at a press conference this morning that the 27-day teachers' strike is harmful to their education and their future goals and they want to be back in class. "Students are tired of being the pawn in this conflict," said Marsha Richards, Communications Director for the Evergreen Freedom Foundation. "They believe negotiations can continue without shutting down their classrooms. It's not their fight and they shouldn't be the casualties." At students' request, the Evergreen Freedom Foundation provided information about education funding and the school district budget last week, a fact that clearly angered the teachers' union. Among other charges, a union member claimed EFF was manipulating the students. "These young people are smart and capable of forming their own opinions about information given to them. Union officials obviously consider access to information a threat instead of a part of intellectual freedom," said Richards. "Anyone who has talked with those students knows they have not been manipulated. They should be free to get facts from any source they desire, with no fear of retribution." Click here to read EFF's brief handout with facts about the Marysville teachers' strike. 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..." |
