tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395150359773904403.post4731089571098586047..comments2019-11-10T17:09:49.648-07:00Comments on Accountability: Are vouchers "welfare for the rich"?Referendum Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972187764951632626noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395150359773904403.post-10399673192593003772007-11-01T14:47:00.000-06:002007-11-01T14:47:00.000-06:00This ad from an out-of-state consulting firm was f...This ad from an out-of-state consulting firm was found on a conservative youth blog back east:<BR/>http://apologiesdemanded.blogspot.com/2007/09/get-paid-helping-conservatives-campaign.html<BR/><BR/>First, the voucher advocates claim to be the ones doing the referendum. Huh?<BR/><BR/>Look at the bottom about the New Mexico consultants sending the email. I would bet this level of service cost at least half a million dollars: <BR/><BR/>Quote<BR/>Typically, Gordian Strategies is retained by corporations, associations or political committees to elect candidates, gain voter approval of ballot measures, and influence and motivate public and community leader opinion.<BR/><BR/>http://www.gordianstrategies.com/about.html<BR/><BR/>Add in the $6,000 pay per head, room, board, and plane tickets of various out-of-state, right-wing college kids and you've got yourself an expensive bill that doesn't have to be reported in Utah campaign reports. It was just a private transaction for services in New Mexico...UtahTeacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161171487351224481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395150359773904403.post-86974852939767438182007-10-31T08:42:00.000-06:002007-10-31T08:42:00.000-06:00Have you learned any more details about the electi...Have you learned any more details about the election workers that PCE is bringing here from other states? They're knocking on doors already.<BR/><BR/>One told me their next stop is California when they leave Utah. It sounded like it's a company of election workers that is hired to travel from place to place, and there are busloads of them.<BR/><BR/>The one who talked to me said that PCE was paying for their hotel stay while they're here. It was a nice person but you could tell he wasn't from here and couldn't answer all of the questions about the issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395150359773904403.post-15859847793395560132007-10-31T07:10:00.000-06:002007-10-31T07:10:00.000-06:00My friend, Bonnie, had this recent experience...I ...My friend, Bonnie, had this recent experience...<BR/><BR/>I just received another call from a group that assumes my ethnic <BR/>origin is Hispanic. (I get a lot of those, along with an incredible <BR/>amount of mail written in Spanish). <BR/><BR/>This call was from "Hispanic School Choice". A least this group <BR/>representative spoke to me in English. She urged me to support <BR/>Hispanic school choice. <BR/><BR/>When I asked for more details about what that was, she stammered and <BR/>flipped through several papers, and then asked again, "Will you vote <BR/>for Hispanic school choice?" I asked her if Hispanic school choice <BR/>was on the ballot. She said they are trying to get it on the ballot <BR/>in Texas, but they need Utah to pass it first. <BR/><BR/>I then stated that to the best of my knowledge, Hispanic school <BR/>choice is not a ballot question in Utah. Then there was more paper <BR/>rustling, and she finally said, "we would like you to vote for school <BR/>choice vouchers." I then asked if I voted for "school choice <BR/>vouchers" would that help Hispanics? She said, "yes, we need to have <BR/>school choice vouchers for Hispanics". I asked if my vote would help <BR/>Sudanese students. She said, "oh yes, all Hispanics". I hung up. <BR/><BR/>Bonnie FernandezAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com