Gov. Barnes' reform should include school vouchers

Gov.

Barnes' reform should include school vouchers

Gov. Barnes, today I

spoke with a nice lady in your office named Cindy Thomas.

She was kind enough to hear my public school horror

story. I will spare you the details of that and simply

state that something must be done about public education.

I am not in a political

party but vote for common sense, logic and people who

appear to be honest. In my opinion, generally speaking,

the conservative thought process is more in tune with

reality so I therefore generally vote for conservatives

(and this generally means Republicans).

With your stance on

education reform you have got my attention and will get

my vote (should you choose to run again). You will be the

first Democrat I have voted for since Jimmy Carter ran

for president. The reason? It appears you have common

sense, logic and appear to be honest.

The problems in public

education run deep. Very deep. You are taking some bold

and very necessary first steps. The government forces our

money from us to educate our children in a way

"they" think is appropriate. This leads me to

my point: Vouchers.

If they are going to force

our money from us to "educate" our children,

doesn't it make common sense and isn't it logical to let

us choose how our own children are being

"educated"? Honestly.

Please, allow school

vouchers as part of the bill under consideration. Is it

too much to ask that we have a say in how our kids are

brought up? Is it too much too ask that we get to spend

our own money?

Governments can lean either

toward a free market or toward socialism. This country

was built on the free market concept. What does common

sense and logic tell us about our choices in this

situation?

Jim Papac

Peachtree City