Bill…Are you online, what do you think about this???

Good point, great ad. Thanks to Americans for Prosperity for getting out this important message.

Jo, is this a joke? When I hit your link it invites me to meet sexy girls. What is going on?

It is no suprise to see some of the schools that keep wasting money on items and then crying they need more money are big donors on the list. Then they waste thousands trying PR tricks to put another tax increase on the ballot.
We must demand accountablity from our schools, more money does not mean a better education, but wise spending on needed items to improve fundamentals will help.
Just look how much money the city of St. Louis spends on a per student basis!!!

The ‘Youtube’ link tells me nothing. If the state schools involved are soaking the taxpayer, why did Governor Blunt commit to increase school funding every year he serves as governor?

http://www.gov.mo.gov/cgi-bin/coranto/viewnews.cgi?id=EEllukkEyACblSpIFz&style=Default+News+Style&tmpl=newsitem

As for APF, I have to hand it to Tim Phillips for living up to the organizations principles with his $184,000.00 + compensation

The more that is done to hold these districts accountable to the taxpayer, the better. Good ad.

#6: The school boards are directly accountable to the voters, and there’s usually a surplus of candidates on the ballot. Vote them out, or run yourself.

Too true, Ron2, but the frustrating part is finding out if your school board is still involved. Have they voted on joining an appeal? Have they pulled out? Hard to tell at times. How can school boards be directly accountable to the voters if we have no idea what they’re doing and when?

And, monsignor skippy points out that Blunt (and some legislators if you look at today’s news) have proposed major increases in ed. funding…yes, they have the authority to do that–the court doesn’t. The literal definition of “soaked” in this case is “spent education money (taxpayer money) to sue taxpayers to demand that taxpayers pay more money.” Do you feel like you’re in a Joseph Heller novel yet?

As usual - Skippy gets confused. Read the court decision. The Governor and legislature are doing their jobs funding schools.

The commercial was well done. Obviously the schools are spending “precious” dollars on lawyers instead of kids even as they get more money. Wouldn’t think that was too hard to understand even for Skippy - but apparently I am wrong.

#9, Why don’t you try making a real argument instead of resorting to belittlement? I don’t think you can-and I don’t think you will respond with one. If you repond with more of the same, I’m done.