[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Whoo, hoo! Thanks for the post and the ping, windchime. A journalist telling the voters the truth. This is so great. There's no excuse for the Gannett-AP cover-up of the "class-size" fraud.

Ms. Marquez is wrong about the $27 billion bill. The Florida Tax Watch, a very independent organization, did an extensive study and found that the cost to Fla. taxpayers would be between $20 - $27 billion. Jeb wasn't lying.

AP, Gannett, McBride and the teacher's unions have been lying about the final cost...claiming that it could cost the taxpayers less than a billion. The Florida press is asking the wrong parties for an explanation.

Incidentally, Bill McBride's wife Alex Sink was the "Chair-Elect" of the Florida Tax Watch, the organization behind this study, in 2000

Official Price Tag on Class Size Initiative - Florida Tax Watch (BAD IDEA, McBride!)

If you want on or off my "'til election day" Fla. Freeper ping list, please ping me.

[JulieRNR21]

It seems to me that Jeb was using 'satire' in his choice of the word 'devious'.....if anyone has been 'devious' i.e. 'secretive' it is McB by refusing to address the horrendous cost of the class size ammendment.

Nice to see the Orlando paper siding with the Governor!

[floriduh voter]

Maybe someone can ask Rossin about the class size amendment cost at the debate this Thursday night. FYI:

There will be a televised debate between Senator Tom Rossin and Frank Brogan on October 10th from 8pm-9pm in Tallahassee.

This debate is sponsored by The Florida Channel and moderated by Beth Switzer.

The following local affiliates agreed to air the debate live: WBCC- Cocoa, WJCT- Jacksonville, WLRN- Miami WMFE- Orlando, WFSG- Panama City, WSRE- Pensacola WFSU- Tallahassee, WEDU- Tampa

The following local affiliates will air the debate at a later time (times noted): WCEU- Daytona Beach (Friday, October 11, 8 p.m.) WGCU- Ft. Myers (Thursday, October 10, 9 p.m.) WUFT- Gainesville (Thursday, October 10, 9 p.m.) WPBT- Miami (Thursday, October 10, 11 p.m.) WUSF- Tampa (Thursday, October 10, 9 p.m.)

If you are outside of these areas, please contact your local Public Broadcasting affiliate (listed below). Let them know this debate is an important part of the political process and it is important that they carry it.

WXEL- West Palm Beach (561.737.8000)

This was copy and paste job. Sorry bout the format but at least we've got the stations, "kinda, sorta" (Jebism).