Breakfast to Celebrate Milton Freidman!

Our friends Linda and Debbie and Americans for Prosperity invite us to a Breakfast to Celebrate Milton Freidman’s Birthday! (click here for Facebook page and let them know you’re in!) As you will see in the video below, among Freidman’s many accomplishments was bringing the school choice viewpoint forward. I’m pleased to see that our [...]

July 11, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Doug Brannon gets a fact check

Last Friday night Doug Brannon spent some time here on the Spartanburg Tea Party blog making some points about the school choice bill in the comment section. Well great! It’s a start! It would have been a bit more relevant had Doug chosen to debate these points among his peers on the House floor, but [...]

June 15, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Hey Spartanburg Six … THIS is what debate looks like!

We’ve had some comments recently on the blogs talking about school choice, some concerned citizens making some points and raising some questions and I thought … what a Great Opportunity to showcase what a debate on the school choice issue looks like! Well, WOULD have looked like had not the Spartanburg Six tabled the bill, [...]

June 14, 2011  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

The Spartanburg Six Garner More Attention

The Voice for School Choice has examined in more depth the “NO” vote on the school choice debate last week by the Spartanburg Six: Rita Allison, Doug Brannon, Derham Cole, Mike Forrester, Steve Parker and Eddie Tallon. This article gives some explanation as to why six Republicans would vote against a solid Republican platform issue, [...]

June 1, 2011  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Educational Mediocrity … Letter to the Editor!

David Petty made his views known in today’s Letters to the Editor section! I traveled to the Statehouse for the first time on May 25, hoping to get a glimpse of the “good ol’ boys” in action as they voted on a bill that would allow parents to choose which school best suits their child. [...]

June 1, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Letter to the Editor “The Spartanburg Six”

I was fortunate to have a letter to the editor published in Sunday’s paper, click here to read online. When you hear the names Olympia Snowe or Susan Collins, what is your response? For many, our eyes narrow and our jaws clench as we remember the times these Republicans have voted with the Obama Democrats, [...]

May 31, 2011  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Tax Credits let people use THEIR OWN $ for educational freedom

The Voice for School Choice presents a guest column by James C. Carper, a professor in the USC Department of Educational Studies. Here’s some of what Carper writes: Education tax credits are no different than the more than three dozen other tax credits available to South Carolinians — offsetting taxes for purchases ranging from child [...]

May 23, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

School Choice. A Decision Irrespective of the Money.

Jeffrey Betsch with a post at Stuffed Suits writes about school choice from a perspective not often identified as a major consideration. The education establishment does NOT want this discussed, your legislators seldom … ever? … consider Jeffrey’s family’s situation when considering whether voting for or against school choice will enhance or detract from their [...]

May 20, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Kerry Wood “On the Radar” with Bill Frady 7 AM Friday

Kerry Wood, who has been great about helping us understand the education issues and the school choice bill here in Spartanburg, will be “On the Radar” with Bill Frady at 7 AM Friday May 20. Tune in on your computer and have a listen … here’s the scoop: Tomorrow on the show, Kerry Woods comes [...]

May 19, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

School Choice Bill Heads for the Floor!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Neil Mellen South Carolinians for Responsible Government (SCRG) A bill designed to help parents choose independent schools for their children was voted out favorably from a House Committee today in Columbia. Now it’s headed to the floor of the state legislature for a roll call vote. The proposal offers tax credits [...]

May 12, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments