Psycho Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 NONE OF OUR WARD 3 CANDIDATES CAN FIX OUR SCHOOLS POSTED AT THE MAIL @ DCWATCH DC Watch is read by 15,000 voters twice a week. Dear Gary and Dorothy, In (Themail) dated August 20, 2006, Pat Bitando made a very interesting point about the ward 3 race which I am one of the candidates. Mrs. Bitando pointed out: “We have all of the candidates in Ward 3 saying what they will do with the schools, when our Home Rule Charter puts the schools primarily in the hands of the Board of Education.” In other words, none of us can really affect what happens to our schools and even the one elected, is limited only to matters of funding not actual policy making. Yet, my rivals like Bill Rice, Robert Gordon, Mary Cheh and two others have sunk a lot of money into campaign literature telling voters what they will do for our schools if elected, but failed to put a disclaimer at the bottom of their campaign literature stating that they would like to do the following but cannot do such because the DC Home Rule Act does not afford them as a member of our city council with that power. Are all of these claims of what “they” will do misleading voters, fraud or what? My campaign website on the school issue says: “Turning over total control of our schools to the DC City Council by seeking an amendment to the "DC Hole Rule Act" and build new schools not poorly remodeled ones. Also adding teacher aides in all classrooms, after school study halls with tutors, and a parent/teacher program to encourage and teach parents to give one hour a day to their childrens' home work studies. If my rivals did not know their limitations as to what they could or could not do about our schools if elected, and they have purposely mislead voters, how much misleading will they do to the ward 3 voters if elected? Sincerely, Jonathan R. Rees Candidate, Ward 3 City Council http://www.rees2006.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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