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Sibley jabs at Anderson on $50k donation from private-school voucher advocate
Jonathan Sibley’s campaign sent out the following press release yesterday, criticizing Charles “Doc” Anderson for accepting a $50,000 campaign contribution from private-school voucher advocate Jim Leininger.
The donation, given two days after the publication of a Tribune-Herald story in which Sibley criticized Anderson’s support of vouchers, was reported on Anderson’s eight-day out campaign finance report filed on Monday. It’s the largest single contribution Anderson has received during the current election.
Here’s the rest of the release:
The last minute contribution is further proof of Doc Anderson’s support for taking taxpayer money from public schools to fund private school vouchers. Jonathan Sibley adamantly opposes vouchers, and is supported by numerous members of the McLennan County education community including local superintendents and teachers. Dr. Mike Moses, the former Texas Commissioner of Education under George Bush, has also endorsed Jonathan.
“Doc Anderson’s support from wealthy voucher advocate Jim Leininger is further proof that a vote for Doc Anderson is a voted AGAINST our public schools and superintendents,” said Sibley. “Doc has been bought and paid for by the voucher special interests, and cannot possibly expect our families to trust him when it comes to providing sound public education for our children.”
The $50,000 from Leininger was the largest contribution on Doc’s report, and the largest he has received in this election. Doc Anderson also received $10,000 from Texans for Jobs & Opportunity Build a Secure Future, a PAC funded by Republican House Speaker Tom Craddick. Craddick has also used this PAC to contribute money to Democrats throughout the state who are facing primary challenges because of their allegiance to Craddick. Last week, Jonathan withdrew his support for Tom Craddick for Speaker, citing his opposition to Craddick’s assertion of ‘Absolute Authority’, and the fact that Republicans have lost 11 seats in the Texas Legislature under Craddick’s leadership. Doc Anderson has publicly defended Tom Craddick.
“As your state representative, I will put the families of McLennan County first, not the special interests and political power grabs like my opponent,” said Sibley.
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By Harry Long
February 28, 2008 8:43 AM | Link to this
Mike Moses endorses Sibley, What a suprise!
He is no longer the Sec. of Education, he is vendor seeking to do business with the State of Texas!
That is like pigs being in favor of MUD! No suprise here. Let’s talk about who thought of themself as a lobbyist last year and even registered as one. No we are talking about who is taking care of who!
By Kyle
March 1, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this
This is not the column for this question, but where on your newspaper is the updated poll from states that have all ready voted??? I am asking for a “one-click” button. Thank you, and God bless!!!
By Janet Reno
March 1, 2008 12:09 PM | Link to this
Obama’s efforts to connect to the Republican Party, specifically Bush, and Dick Chaney, of the Halliburton Company, dates back to the Presidents Grandfather, Prescott Bush, and indeed Chaney was once an executive officer of Halliburton.
The American military pounds Iraq with Artillary, bombs, and the like, destroying large sections of cities, and infra-structures, then Halliburton comes in to rebuild. Halliburton and Halliburton associated companies have raked in ten’s of billions.
Obama is just like the BIG HALIBURTAN. Haliburton has contracted to build detention centers in the U.S. similiar to the one in Quantanammo Bay, Cuba. Halliburton does nothing to earn the Two Dollars for each meal an American Serviceman in Iraq eats.
http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/
Halliburton was scheduled to take control of the Dubai Ports in The United Arab Emiirate. The deal was canceled when Bush was unable to affect the transfer of the American Ports.
Now we see what some might suspect as similiar financial escapading from the Democrats.
Two years ago, Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity gave a $50 million contract to a start-up security company - Companion- owned by now-indicted businessman (TONY REZKO) Tony Rezko and a onetime Chicago cop, Daniel T. Frawley, to train Iraqi power-plant guards in the United States. An Iraqi leadership change left the deal in limbo. Now the company, Companion Security, is working to revive its contract. Involved along with Antoin “Tony” Rezco, long time friend and neighbor of Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama, and former cop Daniel T. Frawley, is Aiham Alsammarae. Alsammarae was accused of financial corruption by Iraqi authorities and jailed in Iraq last year before escaping and returning here.
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OBAM YOU’RE NO JFK — “GLORK” Obama looks like Alfred E. Newman: “Tales Calculated To Drive You.” He is a MUSLIM “Glork” He’s MAD!!! Alfred E. Neuman is the fictional mascot of Mad. The face had drifted through American pictography for decades before being claimed by Mad editor Harvey Kurtzman after he spotted it on the bulletin board in the office of Ballantine Books editor Bernard Shir-Cliff, later a contributor to various magazines created by Kurtzman. Obama needs to disclose why he is a MUSLIM “PATWANG-FWEEE” and stop suppoting our intervention in IRAQ. It’s time to introduce this false, fake “GLORK” Xerox - X box Obama and invite the self-indicting thief plagiarizing pipsqueke Xerox - X box to meet the Buffalo “GAZOWNT-GAZIKKA” Police Department Buffalo Creek. http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/