Op-Ed: Why Justin Simmons Cannot fix our Schools or Relieve our Property Taxes
An Op-Ed from Kevin Deely, Democratic candidate for the 131st legislative district.
It has become quite clear that Rep. Simmons would like the voters to forget about his vote in Harrisburg that gutted our public education system. Simmons’ recent commercials and pieces of mail would like us to believe school funding is higher now than any other time in Pennsylvania history. He even uses such an outlandish claim as a pillar of his campaign platform. However, parents, administrators, and students know this claim simply is not true. To the contrary, Simmons voted for legislation that cut funding to our public schools by nearly $1 billion and taxpayers certainly know that our legislature has made no real progress in achieving property tax relief. Why has Justin Simmons not kept his promises? For the same reason he has not been…
Tom Williams
2:14 pm on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Tanya, I never asked you to "shut up" and I certainly did not say anything about birth control. (Deflecting) I merely asked that you stay on topic for the sake of a coherent conversation. Sorry to burst your bubble, but your assertion regarding special interest groups receiving taxpayer money is misleading. I never said they did. Did you even read the Op-Ed before you decided to comment? Again, … more ›