The slightly-cranky voice navigating the world of educational “reform” while trying to still pursue the mission of providing quality education.
Source: CURMUDGUCATION: TX: Senator Ambushed by Students
TX: Senator Ambushed by Students
While the senator might have gotten just a bit over-salty with the students, his spokesman spun Huffine’s behavior as nobly passionate:
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While the policy was right, Senator Huffines’ tone and delivery today did not live up to the level of civil discourse that he always expects of himself and others. Senator Huffines is unapologetic in his support for education choice, because it’s a policy that supports students. He will not hide from passionate or heated debate on the issue. Where other politicians might have run, Don Huffines stayed and endured the ambush-style attack, then calmly answered more questions for 15 more minutes, including questions from students.
Yes, just like an ambush. You have to watch those wily middle school students. No doubt many students at Richardson are on that protestor payroll, raking in $1,500 a week to complain about GOP policies (and making more money than their teachers in the process, which means the all-powerful teachers union must be really falling down on the job– honestly, it’s a wonder that many of these global liberal conspiracies don’t fall apart more often).
What did this terrible ambush entail?
One students pointed out that that Huffines’ proposed voucher for students would not cover the cost of many of the higher-priced private schools.
Replied Huffines, “It doesn’t pay for all their education does it? The $5,000 won’t pay for it. So it doesn’t pay for it. So you’re saying that OK, since we’re not giving them enough money to pay for all their education then screw ‘em they can’t go to private school?” Huffines said. “Do you want me to give them $15,000, is that what you want? So they can all go to Hockaday, they can all go to Saint Mark. You want me to give them a full tuition? That is the most selfish thing I’ve ever heard!”
A parent questioned the use of public tax dollars for a private school.
Responded the senator, “What makes you think it’s your money? They’re the taxpayers. It’s the businesses. They’re the taxpayers. Sixty-two percent of all property tax is paid by business.”
You can see Huffines on a video taken by one of the parents and posted at this news outlet. He paces back and forth, talks angrily, stabs forcefully at the table top with a finger.
Huffines is a real-estate developer who won office in 2014. He has received 100% ratings from Americans for Prosperity Texas, Texas Values, and Texas Eagle Forum, and his stated goal is to “achieve unimaginable prosperity through limited government so we may cherish our liberty that God alone has bestowed upon us.” Nowhere on his website is there anything about hectoring children who dare to ambush him with ideas that disagree with his own.
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