At the national

level the GOP advocates choice in education and the Democratic Party opposes

it; but, of all the private and public choice initiatives which have been

created and funded, about two-thirds were created and funded by politicians

and individuals who identify themselves as Democrat.

Here in Fayette

County the only BOE member who clearly supports choice in education is

Terri Smith. Ms. Smith powerfully answered the Education Litmus Test by

stating she'd send the child to the educationally superior school for

$5,000/year. Powers and Littlefield are openly and courageously opposed

to choice in education; and while I respect them much more than Ms. Riley,

et al, we need to get them out of office and replace them with BOE members

who put children first and bureaucracy a distant fourth or fifth.

Finally, I

found it most ironic that Ms. Riley wrote about Fayette County's RiNO

because Riley, Smola, Apking, Gatlin and Key seem so cozy and seem to

be marching to orders from the same NEA, AFT, Clintonista playbook, I

suggest we call them "Riley's RiNos."

Bill Bryan

Peachtree

City