Saturday, April 5, 2008

Trying to Kill the School Board Bill:UPDATED

I've taken this from The Dagger comment board and the article I previously linked to:

It looks like Del. Sheila Hixson is holding up SB 306, the blended school board bill. It was not on the voting list today and may not be on the list tomorrow (Saturday).
THERE IS NO REASON FOR DELAY EXCEPT TO KILL THIS BILL
Hixson told her committee that she would not play games. Please call her office and ask her to keep her word. Call today and tomorrow (Saturday) 1-800-492-7122. Ask for the House Ways & Means Committee. Tell the staff you are calling to ask Chairwoman Hixson to move SB 306, which had a hearing on April 2nd and is word for word the same as HB 779 which the committee passed last week.


I just called. Why are legislators from other counties in the state involved in what happens in Harford County? Why are others allowed to vote for their school boards but we're not!
Here's the original link
UPDATE: They killed it.They left it to die. Thank you Mary Dulaney James for ignoring your constituents, and who, unable to find anyone to publicly speak against the bill, used backroom tactics.
And thank you also Harford County Board of Education, for your part in squelching our chance to have a say in what happens in our schools. Oh, but thanks for giving us the opportunity to vote on the name of the new Vale Road school -- for giving us a say in what really matters!

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