Did that Democrat say he is for school vouchers?
by jonpelto
One of the more incredible comments at a recent debate among the candidates running in Bridgeport’s September 4th special election to select a democratically elected board of education came from Democrat Kenneth Moales, who is also an incumbent on the Bridgeport’s illegal Board of Education.
According to the Connecticut Post, Moales “supports school vouchers, and said they are neither anti-union nor anti-public schools.”
Ah…. False on both points Mr. Moales.
People support vouchers for a number of reasons. In fact, many people support vouchers exactly because they are anti-public schools (and anti-union).
As Diane Ravitch, the nation’s leading voice on behalf of public education recently wrote,