Gloves Off
Things are heating up in the charter school bill race.
To bring you up-to-date, both the House and the Senate bills failed to make it out of committee. The heads of those committees, Sharon Tomiko Santos and Rosemary McAuliffe, held them back. (Tomiko Santos said on KUOW the House bill did not have the votes to make it out of committee.) This, of course, did not sit well with its sponsors (and, of course, the Times, LEV, Stand, etc.)
Now, reportedly, what has happened is some back-door dealing over the various teacher assessment bills and the charter bills. Publicola puts it all together in their report. From the Tacoma News Tribune:
After a weekend of negotiations managed by Gov. Chris Gregoire, a deal has been reached on competing
To bring you up-to-date, both the House and the Senate bills failed to make it out of committee. The heads of those committees, Sharon Tomiko Santos and Rosemary McAuliffe, held them back. (Tomiko Santos said on KUOW the House bill did not have the votes to make it out of committee.) This, of course, did not sit well with its sponsors (and, of course, the Times, LEV, Stand, etc.)
Now, reportedly, what has happened is some back-door dealing over the various teacher assessment bills and the charter bills. Publicola puts it all together in their report. From the Tacoma News Tribune:
After a weekend of negotiations managed by Gov. Chris Gregoire, a deal has been reached on competing
