Rick Scott following in lockstep with the
GOP's unyielding desire to KILL anything public has signed more
bills into law (Regressive Conservatism laws) to help in the
annihilation of the Public Education System. First expanding the
voucher system which allows more students to flee poor performing
Public Schools and with the help of the government (our tax
money) enter private schools. This is a KILL THE SOCIAL SAFETY
NETS and privatize EVERYTHING, fulfillment for the GOP. Also
passing a bill that will allow any teacher to judge the clothing
of students... Say for instance, some Evangelical Christian
teacher (who has a problem with seeing the SKIN of others) is
appalled by perhaps a bellybutton exposure (or maybe an armpit or
a hint of cleavage) they can now under government law punish the
student and banish him/her to an in-school suspension. Does this
sound like SMALL GOVERNMENT? Small government My Big Fat Foot!
"Heil Hitler". RICK SCOTT SHOULD BE BAKER ACTED! Please
read the article below: thinkingblue
UPDATE] Governor Scott
Approves Voucher Expansions, Baggy Pants Bill
A trio of bills overhauling state voucher programs and a measure
cracking down on baggy pants at public schools were signed into
law by Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday.
Posted: 9:15 PM Jun 4, 2011
Reporter: Danielle Sommerfeld, Brandon Larrabee, The News Service
of Florida
Tallahassee, FL
- A trio of bills overhauling state voucher programs and a
measure cracking down on baggy pants at public schools were
signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday.
The four bills were among 48 measures Scott approved Thursday,
according to an announcement by his office late in the day.
Two of the bills could increase, perhaps by thousands of
students, the number of recipients of taxpayer funds to be put
toward private education.
One of the measures (HB 1329) could add 50,000 to the rolls by
increasing the number of conditions that would qualify a student
for the John McKay scholarship. The scholarship program targets
students with disabilities.
Another (HB 1331) would make it easier for students in poorly
performing schools to take advantage of the Opportunity
Scholarship program. Currently, students are eligible if their
public school has received an “F” in a four-year
period; the new law changes the definition of failing school to
instead include any school that received a “D” or
“F” in the prior year.
In addition, the bill, which already allows students to use the
scholarships at private schools, now permits students in failing
public schools to transfer to a higher-rated public school
anywhere in the state, instead of limiting that choice to
adjacent districts.
Some Democrats at times complained that the measures could make
it more difficult for public schools to improve, but the bills
passed easily through the GOP-dominated Legislature.
Scott also signed a bill (HB 965) tweaking the corporate tax
credit scholarship program. The measure allows companies that
donate to a scholarship organization to claim 100 percent of that
donation as a corporate income tax credit. Current law only
permits a credit of 75 percent of the donation.
And in a victory long sought by Sen. Gary Siplin, D-Orlando,
Scott signed into law a bill (SB 228) that has become known
around the Capitol as the “baggy pants” bill. The new
law requires school boards to adopt dress codes barring clothes
that “expose underwear or body parts in an indecent or
vulgar manner.”
Students could be punished with removal from extracurricular
activities and in-school suspension. Siplin said he pushed the
measure in an effort to make sure students understood how to
dress well and improve their employment prospects after they
graduated.
Note: News Service Reporter Lilly Rockwell contributed to this
report.
Rick Scott One Of The Nastier (Sociopathic) Tea
Party Governors
Regression Comes of Age in the Republican Party I like to consider myself a Progressive
Liberal. That is, someone with core beliefs that the best thing
we can do as a people is see to the weakest of us, and raise them
up. That the best thing we can do as a people is to make health,
wealth and happiness available to the greatest number. That the
best thing we can do as a people is to guarantee that everyone
gets a fair share and a square deal with opportunity for all.
That’s what lies at the core of a Progressive. More or less.
The Republicans, or shall we say now, the conservatives
don’t have a progressive branch unless you consider moderate
Republicans the progressive branch of that party. But now, I
definitely think that a new branch of the Republican Party has
formed this year. A branch that is so anti-progressive that the
only word to describe it is “Regressive.”
Regressive Conservativism has come of age in the Republican
Party.
I became convinced of that this week. Earlier, when conservatives
were railing about the 14th Amendment, a matter of settled law
for 140 plus years, I thought it was just theatrics. Then when
the Bush doctrine of privatizing Medicare and allowing Social
Security to play in the stock market (heck, why not go whole hog
and let them play the ponies? A hit on an exacta, now that’s
a great return on your investment) I thought they were just
trying to impress Wall Street. When the lunatic fringe suggested
that the Department of Education and the Environmental Protection
Agency needed to be abolished, I thought that they were just
catering to the Teabaggers. But then when people railed about
refusing to turn in their census forms because . . . well just
because . . . I thought it was just another way to tell that
Black President they weren’t going to play ball if he
continued to insist on pitching.
But I have been in denial, haven’t I? These people are
serious. This week, the new flavor is abolishing the minimum
wage.
Just now, when the economy needs to get more money into the hands
of people, so they’ll spend it, people are now talking of
putting less money into the hands of people, and actually think
that’s a good idea.
This is just craziness.
All of these ideas, very regressive ideas, are part and parcel of
the new Regressive Wing of the Republican Party.
And I bet they’re not done. In undoing a century and a half
of progress, the Regressives can have a lot on their plate. Areas
for future consideration:
Abolish votes for women.
Abolish the 40 hour work week.
Overturn Child Labor Laws. Make the spoiled brats work in the
mines. It was good enough for my grandfather after all.
Abolish the USDA. It should be up to the meat packing industry to
police itself, and salmonella.
Overturn Roe v. Wade. Make getting an abortion a capital offense.
Reinstitute prayer in public schools.
And last but certainly not least, abolish the two-party system.
One is enough and it’s just too expensive to allow a
dissenting party to run a campaign. As a matter of fact, why not
regress all the way to 1776 and bring back the British Monarchy?
Rick Scott following in lockstep with the
GOP's unyielding desire to KILL anything public has signed more
bills into law (Regressive Conservatism laws) to help in the
annihilation of the Public Education System. First expanding the
voucher system which allows more students to flee poor performing
Public Schools and with the help of the government (our tax
money) enter private schools. This is a KILL THE SOCIAL SAFETY
NETS and privatize EVERYTHING, fulfillment for the GOP. Also
passing a bill that will allow any teacher to judge the clothing
of students... Say for instance, some Evangelical Christian
teacher (who has a problem with seeing the SKIN of others) is
appalled by perhaps a bellybutton exposure (or maybe an armpit or
a hint of cleavage) they can now under government law punish the
student and banish him/her to an in-school suspension. Does this
sound like SMALL GOVERNMENT? Small government My Big Fat Foot!
"Heil Hitler". RICK SCOTT SHOULD BE BAKER ACTED! Please
read the article below: thinkingblue