D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty deals with the political fallout of teacher layoffs. The Virginia gubernatorial candidates look for "job references" as they angle for the state's top political job. And some Maryland politicians give up pay in solidarity with furloughed state workers. Join us for our weekly review of the politics, policies, and personalities of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.
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The Politics Hour
Listen Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 at 12:06 p.m. in Education, Politics, The Politics Hour, Virginia Elections
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Guests
Tom Sherwood
Resident Analyst; NBC 4 reporter; and Columnist for the Current Newspapers
Cathy Lanier
Chief, Metropolitan Police Department
Andy Harris
Member, Maryland State Senate, R- Baltimore and Harford Counties
Kevin Chavous
Former D.C. Council Member (D-Ward 7), and Chairman of the Committee on Education, Libraries, and Recreation; Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal; Board Member, DC Children First
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Comments
Hey! Guys!
Do your homework.
Most of the demonstrators for vouchers were either not DC residents, but from Catholic or formerly Catholic schools, from Catholic schools which released and bussed them all because the program is in their economic interest.
Those of us who try to keep our kids in DC schools, who've gone to meetings --- back to those Council Chairs David Clarke and John Wilson, taking our children in strollers to hearings to midnight -- for over 25 years have learned that we have to be selective about meetings.
We've supplied the Council with info, compiled reports (have you seen the one for SHAPPE?) and tried to be disciplined and productive about how we respond.
It would be good if the media took the time to look at that work. Thanks.
PS: Former Councilman Chavous is making his living off his past failings to help the schools when he was in charge. Our sons were in elementary school together. I couldn't even get him to respond to a phone call about a simple issue at Thomson Elementary School.