Bill Ritter to cut education spending by 5%

[sniper7]

Governor Ritter (D) wants to cut education in Colorado. Article 23 says there must be an increase in education spending each year. Colorado is growing as a state, making classroom sizes larger, yet he wants to cut the budget by 5%. On top of that, state employees will also see smaller paychecks...that would be our teachers (you can only hope your union fights to keep your pay the same next year).
read the article:
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_13734032?source=rss

Oh, and do you remember how he wanted to provide FREE, yes FREE college to ILLEGAL immigrants just earlier this year. So let me get this right...we are going to cut our education system by 5% for all of our tax paying citizens, whose children attend our public schools. They will have higher class sizes, reduced amount of teachers, cut back on fundings meaning less supplies, less books, less field trips, less sports, less band (shcools will have to decide where to cut back), yet Bill Ritter wants to hand over our hard earned dollars to the hands of ILLEGAL immigrants so they can get a college education. tell me the sense in that. I see none.

So how is it that Bill Ritter can raise the cost of our gas tax, raise the cost of the registration fees WE pay each year on our vehicles (all of which he told us would stop any cuts from being made) as well as making state employees taking mandatory furlough days (He has done all the above this year).
Yet Barack Obama wants to see our school system go to a year long schedule. (I hope our teachers enjoyed getting paid the same or less for 2 extra months of work).

Next year Bill Ritter is running for office (2010). I hope you make the right move and vote him out of office. He is going to destroy this state. Education should be on the top priority for any elected offical because that is what keeps our country going strong and moving forward. How could we possibly move forward with renewable energy if we lacked the education to develop such technology.

It is time for change. Bill Ritter needs to be replaced from the Governors office of Colorado.

[Batteriesnare]

Ritter needs to be removed.

It angers me when he opens his mouth.

I fear that music in schools will soon become extinct, which is a tragedy. As a music student myself, I can't imagine where I would be if I hadn't received my musical start within the public school system. Several of my collegiate peers studying to become music educators are also infuriated with Ritter's initiatives. If developing individuals are not given the opportunity to express themselves artistically, be it music, art, theatre, or whatever, how can any government leader expect the following generations to be anything but systematic robots. In the mathematic world, 2+2 will always sum to the same amount. However, in the arts literally any outcome is possible, given the proper amount of creativity. It is that creative ability that needs to be cultivated, especially in younger generations in order to develop "outside the box" thinkers to solve upcoming issues. I can't recall a time when a comprehension of mathematics had a similar effect.

[XJ]

Ritter needs to be removed.

In the mathematic world, 2+2 will always sum to the same amount.

we're talking about the public schools here, the correct answer to 2+2 is whatever boosts their self-esteem and reduces gender bias.

[Batteriesnare]

we're talking about the public schools here, the correct answer to 2+2 is whatever boosts their self-esteem and reduces gender bias.

True....




Damn.

[Irving]

I don't like Ritter and will vote him out. There was some news special on the stuff he said he was going to do, but apparently hasn't (like he said he was cutting state jobs, but then they hired more people instead) on I think channel 7. I missed it though, did anyone else see it?

[GreenScoutII]

Well, in tough economic times, cuts have to be made.. I understand this, but I don't think education is the place to make those cuts unless they want to eliminate unneccessary administration costs.

I think that an investment in the education of young people can pay dividends far beyond the initial expense. I tend to think an individual with greater education is less likely to need public assistance later in life and is also less likely to be incarcerated. That said, the performance of our public school system needs to improve dramatically. That though is probably a subject for a different thread

[Irving]

If I were in his position, I'd make as many cuts as possible. No one would ever vote for me, because I'd put a lot of state employees our of work. State programs are for when there is a surplus of money in my opinion. If you are having a "budget shortfall" then it is time to start cutting stuff until you at least break even.

[Mtn.man]

He's a Dumb Shit.....

[Batteriesnare]

He's a Dumb Shit.....

Yeah, pretty much.

[Marlin]

He's a Dumb Shit.....

Can't improve on this...