Republican letter to the editor says "ENOUGH!" to education cuts

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This letter will appear in tommorrow's San Jose Mercury News:

Education must be priority in state

I have been a registered Republican my entire adult life. For the most part, I have maintained a moderate to fairly conservative philosophy about social issues, with one exception: children and their needs. I cannot rationalize for one second cutting any more funding to education. These blithering idiots in Sacramento do not get it. Many countries have better education systems than the United States. If we need to raise taxes in California to properly educate our kids and prepare them for the world that awaits them, then so be it. If I can get off my high horse, the idiots in Sacramento can do the same.

Maureen Riley-Behlen

San Jose

"If we need to raise taxes...then so be it." She gets it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican president, signed the bill investing billions into public education post-Sputnik. He'd wake up today and be appalled at the current Republican attitude towards public schools.

[Angry Dragon]

1. K&R

[RC]

2. This might be the start of the turnaround.

I have heard of other self proclaimed Republicans coming to their senses and voicing their criticism of what is happening to this country.