Does House Speaker Nancy Pelosi remember what happened in the 2006 elections? She represents the people’s republic of San Francisco, but she must recall that the rest of California overwhelmingly rejected ex-actor/director Rob Reiner’s government-run universal preschool initiative last June. Yet, at her recent children’s summit, Pelosi ushered in a parade of notables advocating for more government preschool.
Last week the United States Supreme Court ruled that states may enact "paycheck protection" laws requiring unions to obtain the permission of members before using dues for politics. The ruling is expected to provide a major boost to efforts to protect workers from being forced to fund candidates they do not support simply by being a member of a labor union.
Legislators in Georgia are urging Sacramento to follow their lead and become the 15th state to adopt a scholarship program so parents can pick their children’s schools. Georgia became the 14th state to do so when Governor Sonny Perdue signed the statewide Special Needs Scholarship program into law on May 18. More than 4,000 students are expected to participate in the first year alone, using scholarships worth the state’s share of funding for special needs students, about $9,000.
