He made a deal with the devil (the legislature) and got burnt. You pass my bill (word is that it was the school voucher program. Hard to belive that he almost trashed his career over 1,500 kids going to private versus public school) and I won't veto your pay raise.
Art
I know this if OT but you brought it up. That whole voucher crap is one of the most retarded things as of yet. The City Wide Access crap completely screwed what N.O. had for decent public schools now they are trying to kill a private education. Now i was publicly educated, in what used to be known as a Magnet School, Karr and Franklin were the only 2 in the city i think, which meant you had to test to get in, all be it was not a hard test. But i managed a 30 on my ACT's and a 99% on my ASVAB. Now the CWA took away any testing and any fool can get in. I've visited my old high school from time to time, and now its just over run with a pitiful student body. I really feel for the students who want to be there. Same will happen with private schools. They will let in the trash that is there with no intention to learn and the rest of the student body will suffer.
These are the same morons who can not pass the LEAP test. If you have never seen this test its an utter joke. You could guess or draw pictures on the scantron and still pass. Are there some exceptions? Sure there are but i bet 1 in a 1000 of those exceptions would get a voucher.
Sorry for the rant dont even get me started on scholarships for 40k going to 1.2 gpa students and 3.5 + gpa students being forced to go to state or other local universities because their parents are not tards drawing welfare and foodstamps.
--Richie