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BILL SIMON'S WINNING NUMBERS (HEADLINES YOU WON'T SEE IN CA PAPERS)
American Prowler ^ | 5/2/02 | George Neumayr

Posted on 05/02/2002 3:04:05 AM PDT by Elkiejg

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More blatent media bias exposed. CA teachers may be getting smart after all!!
1 posted on 05/02/2002 3:04:05 AM PDT by Elkiejg
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To: Elkiejg
Sounds as if the good people of California are about to have a "temper tantrum" just like we all did in 1994! :-)
2 posted on 05/02/2002 3:12:51 AM PDT by SubMareener
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To: Elkiejg
"CA teachers may be getting smart after all!!"

That will occur when hell is declared frozen!

3 posted on 05/02/2002 3:23:39 AM PDT by dalereed
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To: grampadave;ernest_at_the_beach
ping
4 posted on 05/02/2002 3:40:24 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Elkiejg
It is not clear from the story if the Encinitas women had even heard Simon mention the abortion issue. But Finnegan managed to goad one woman into saying, "I don't care to listen any longer. I don't think I could vote for this man."

TRANSLATION: "I'll say whatever you want me to say if you'll shut up and quit bothering me."

5 posted on 05/02/2002 3:45:05 AM PDT by ABG(anybody but Gore)
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To: *CalGov2002
 
6 posted on 05/02/2002 4:19:17 AM PDT by heleny
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To: dalereed
You are correct. The teachers unions in California are like premium grade breakfast cereal -- more nuts and flakes than any other brand.

The "California Teachers Poll" that showed Simon ahead of Davis was not a poll OF teachers, but a poll PAID FOR my teachers. The stongest ally that Grayout Davis has, the strongest ally that any fire-breathing leftist Democrat in the country has, is the teachers unions. The unions know that left-Democrats will protect them from three evils: 1) requiring them to know how to read and write, 2) finding out whether their students can actually read and write, and 3) earning the salaries they are paid, much less the increases they demand for doing poorer and poorer work.

The purpose of the poll was not to find out what most California teachers think. It was to find out how much they have their work cut out for them in trying to sell this bill of goods (Davis) to the California voters, one more time.

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7 posted on 05/02/2002 5:06:02 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob
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To: Elkiejg
The Only Poll That Counts Is...(well you know the rest of this)
8 posted on 05/02/2002 5:16:01 AM PDT by GuillermoX
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To: Elkiejg
Starla Adkins finish his news story with an ominous warning to Simon. "Stay out of my womb," she said. "That's what I like to tell a lot of these political men."

What are you? A one person abortion factory? Gotta have the right to murder as many babies as possible.

9 posted on 05/02/2002 5:25:25 AM PDT by Brett66
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To: Elkiejg
I just hope that Simon's handlers aren't letting him down... The same night that Gray Davis signed the bills authorizing the study of paying slave reparations in California, the media asked Simon's camp if they'd have done the same if he were governor...

... Simon's people said 'We'll have to get back to you on that'.

I don't know what Simon personally would have said, but his political handlers are dingbats.

10 posted on 05/02/2002 5:27:57 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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---Unrelated to the above article---
I heard late last night on KNX1070 (radio in LA) that because of the projected budget deficit, there may not be enough money for a state takeover of the failing public schools. California now has only nine "failing schools" because the threshold for "failing" was lowered to save money.

As part of Davis' plans to improve schools last year, a lot of money was thrown at the underperforming (bottom 1/3 or 1/4 of) schools with the requirement that the ones that continued to "fail" would be taken over by California.

Because of the earlier, smaller projections for the budget deficit, the threshold for "failing" was lowered. Therefore, a much reduced number of schools -- only 9 -- qualified for the state-mandated takeover. The rest of the previously-failing schools, whether they improved or regressed compared to past scores, are now "passing" schools.

Now that the budget deficit projection has ballooned, there might be insufficient funds for the nine failing schools to be taken over by the state. So, perhaps nothing will happen to them yet.



If anyone has seen a news article about this, please post it to calgov2002. It's not on the radio anymore. Thanks!

The news media keep parroting Davis' optimistic claim that he has raised test scores. If that were so true, then
(1)why would the state need to lower the threshold for failing?
(2)why will we likely get a slate of education bonds on the November ballot?

According to the rosy picture Davis paints about test scores and smaller classrooms class sizes, there should be no failing schools, and all the higher test scores would have lifted the "failing" schools into true success instead of an artificial "pass" created by a lower pass/fail threshold.

11 posted on 05/02/2002 5:42:49 AM PDT by heleny
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To: ElkGroveDan; ErnestattheBeach; Gophack
Ping for Simon...
12 posted on 05/02/2002 6:08:58 AM PDT by eureka!
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This Field Poll was not restricted to likely voters. And yet even this dubious poll bodes ill for Davis, as 57% of voters indicated they would not vote for his re-election.

This is so true ... and you don't see Davis talking about these numbers either! Did you see the women vote? 43% Davis. Not what I would call a "pro-choice" mandate. Maybe the women aren't as pro-abortion as Davis thinks? He is SO rapidly pro-abort that I think even many so-called "pro-choicers" are turned off by him.

Go Simon!

13 posted on 05/02/2002 6:55:31 AM PDT by Gophack
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To: The KG9 Kid
I just hope that Simon's handlers aren't letting him down...

They must be doing something right to be leading in so many polls. Whether that translates into a win in Nov remains to be seen.

14 posted on 05/02/2002 6:59:46 AM PDT by Coop
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To: Gophack
Yep. Anecdotally, die hard 'Rats I know detest the man. As long as Simon has a positive message (letting others to the attacks), he has a great chance. GoSimonGo....
15 posted on 05/02/2002 7:00:23 AM PDT by eureka!
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To: Elkiejg
First of all, if the study was done by the teachers union, I can't help but think they tried as hard as they could to show Davis in the lead. I suppose Simons numbers are much higher than they'll admit. Simon wants more charter schools.
I heard Simon on the Ingham show yesterday. He sounds pretty wise right now. Let's hope if (when) he wins he doesn't morph into some other type of demon like many politicians do when they recieve their gift of power.
16 posted on 05/02/2002 7:17:58 AM PDT by concerned about politics
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To: Brett66
Starla Adkins finish his news story with an ominous warning to Simon. "Stay out of my womb," she said. "That's what I like to tell a lot of these political men."

if she would tell more of her dates to stay out of her womb, she wouldn't have to worry about telling it to those political men.

17 posted on 05/02/2002 7:19:19 AM PDT by jz638
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To: Elkiejg
Encinitas, a GOP-majority town...

Is Encinitas really a GOP town? If so, things have changed in the 20 years since I lived in North County.

18 posted on 05/02/2002 7:38:19 AM PDT by TankerKC
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To: Elkiejg
If I had the capital, I'd start up new newspapers in key cities all across the country like Los Angeles and stock them with an editorial board that would have a conservative slant. The Chicago Tribune always used to be that way until they got bought out. Now they're just like any other lefty paper.
19 posted on 05/02/2002 7:42:31 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
If I had the capital, I'd start up new newspapers in key cities all across the country like Los Angeles and stock them with an editorial board that would have a conservative slant. The Chicago Tribune always used to be that way until they got bought out. Now they're just like any other lefty paper.

I think that you would have a lot of takers right here at FR that would be willing to contribute to such a venture.

20 posted on 05/02/2002 8:29:22 AM PDT by P8riot
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