EBR Voters to Rolfe McCollister: Sit Down and SHUT UP by: ryan Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 13:42:09 PM CDT I am elated to report that East Baton Rouge voters passed all 3 of the public school sales tax renewals by comfortable margins, despite the campaign waged against it by Rolfe McCollister, the publisher of the Baton Rouge Business Report. Here are the final results for all three measures: Proposition Votes For (%) Votes Against (%) Proposition 1 29,090 (64.39%) 16,083 (35.61%) Proposition 2 27,938 (62.32%) 16,886 (37.68%) Proposition 3 28,832 (64.19%) 16,079 (35.81%) ryan :: EBR Voters to Rolfe McCollister: Sit Down and SHUT UP Tags: louisiana, 2008, Rolfe McCollister, Public Education, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish School System, School Reform, School Funding, Baton Rouge Business Report, (All Tags) Print Friendly View Send As Email EBR Voters to Rolfe McCollister: Sit Down and SHUT UP | 3 comments by: you @ soon To post this comment click here: Otherwise click cancel. You must enter a subject for your comment This is somewhat heartening. . . . (0.00 / 0) I think that voters are starting to realize that public schools have a real public benefit that extends further than the education provided to an individual student.  I hope that the legislature understands this when they debate the private school tax credit.  Such a credit is akin to saying, my neighborhood is a private gated community so I want a credit for the amount of money that would have been spent maintaining the road in front of my house. This is a myopic view that stems from ingrorance.  I hope our legislature has more foresight than this. by: wojeaux @ Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 19:31:07 PM UTC by: you @ soon To post this comment click here: Otherwise click cancel. You must enter a subject for your comment I agree ... (0.00 / 0) But I don't have much faith in our Legislature, not after allowing $49.95 lobbyist specials.   "I was against NAFTA and CAFTA, and I'll be against SHAFTA." by: ryan @ Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 00:32:24 AM UTC [ Parent ] by: you @ soon To post this comment click here: Otherwise click cancel. You must enter a subject for your comment Let me go ahead and repeat myself... (0.00 / 0) My wife and I were freaked out by the possibility that EBR would vote down the tax renewal. As I've said before, we're positively giddy about the prospect of sending our (pending) child(ren? maybe?) to Westdale or BRCVPA, or the new Dufrocq. Although we're devout Roman Catholics (okay, my wife much more so than myself), and have no problem with sending our younguns to Catholic schools, we still feel that the EBR public schools are well worth supporting. Heck, it'd be heartbreaking if our kids didn't make it into one of those stellar programs. The gifted and talented programs, along with the magnet schools are amazing, and compete at a statewide and national level. Are we prepared to kill that just to spite some poor people? Let me say it again: Baton Rouge High and McKinley High (put together) produce more National Merit Semifinalists than all of the private schools in EBR. Combined. by: Matt D @ Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 04:25:02 AM UTC [ Parent ] by: you @ soon To post this comment click here: Otherwise click cancel. You must enter a subject for your comment EBR Voters to Rolfe McCollister: Sit Down and SHUT UP | 3 comments

ADVERTISING Inform. Engage. Mobilize. We need your support to keep the Kingfish going -- please donate today! NATIONAL BLOGS DailyKos Media Matters OpenLeft Political Wire Talking Points Memo Vet Voice Wonkette LOUISIANA BLOGS Acadiana and SW LA Dems Bayou St. John David CenLamar democrat2democrat Humid Beings The Lens Liberty and Justice for All Library Chronicles Yat Pundit Your Right Hand Thief Know Louisiana blogs that ought to be here? Contact me DEMS, ALLIES, ORGS Calcasieu Parish Democrats Lafayette Democrats L.E.A.N. L.L.B.C. Louisiana Democrats Louisiana Progress Initiative New Leaders Council Orleans Democrats NEWS SITES Advocate Lafayette Independent Times Picayune Shreveport Times Town Talk News Star Gambit Weekly Jim Brown Vermilion Today Know Louisiana news sites that ought to be here? Contact me MEDIA The Worst Forgotten Crimes No BP Bailout Confronting Vitter Doing a Vitter CONNECT

MENU New here? Join us! Login Username: Password: Forgot username/password? About The Daily Kingfish join our list * indicates required Email Address * First Name Last Name City, State * Interested in... Periodic Updates Breaking Stories Progressive Orgs Providing Feedback Getting Involved Close WEB 2.0 Subscribe to the Kingfish Feed!