Greg Abbott’s position on local control is way off base – and hypocritical

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“Our public education system is too centralized. One-size-fits-all solutions are pushed down from the top. We have too many unnecessary, unfunded mandates from Austin that tie the hands of our educators. The state should set high standards, provide the tools for success, then get out of the way.”

Those exact words were written by our incoming governor, Greg Abbott, in a guest column in May for the Waco Tribune. The fundamental message there reflects how Candidate Abbott felt about local control and, as he called it, the need for the state to “get out of the way.” So why is Abbott now reversing his philosophy and declaring that the state should intervene to circumvent local rights to govern how we live?

If Dallas, Houston or Austin wants to regulate the use of plastic bags in grocery stores, that is our business, not the state’s. That is, unless the state also wants to pick up the dime for cleanup of our roadways and waterways every time one of these bags gets discarded by a careless user. It is not enough for Abbott to declare that local ordinances shouldn’t get in the way of the free conduct of business.
http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/greg-abbotts-position-on-local-control-is-way-off-base-and-hypocritical.html/

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1. Texas republicans are very upset at the Houston equal rights ordinance

Greg wants to stop cities like Houston from adopting laws stating that gays have rights

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2. Abbott to return to testing against the spoken and active roll of parents in order to abuse students

teachers and parents who are for schooling for children instead of business interest of Abbott.

http://live.dallasnews.com/Event/Talk_DISD?Page=238
Dallas ISD amends new teacher evaluation, eliminates some exams for elementary students, but for how long?


http://ketr.org/post/abbott-says-education-will-be-top-policy-priority
Abbott plans to instigate or return to more testing to roll back to business donors.

Seems like this bad Abbott apple is already rotten to the core. Who in the Texas Legislature will go along with Abbott? Could it be Senator Konni Burton? It is sad to think that Burton's Education Plan will replace the Education Plan of D-Senator Wendy Davis, District 10; very sad indeed.