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Uncle Joe

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5. The Tennessee Republicans in power are disgraceful sellouts to corporate interests over the people.

Reply to HiPointDem (Original post)

Thu Feb 14, 2013, 04:54 PM

Feb 2013

They support "Big Brother" government if it furthers the goal of funneling money from the middle class and poor to the wealthy and powerful.

They're corrupt and that's all they're about.

Thanks for the thread, HiPointDem.

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TN Repugs intro legislation to strip local school boards of power, put all power in hands of state [View all] HiPointDem Feb 2013 OP

elections have consequences eh? nt msongs Feb 2013 #1

democrats are doing more or less the same thing in other states. it's really difficult to know just HiPointDem Feb 2013 #2

Local boards were rubber stamps in MD, well before all the charters got going. ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #3

a local board can be overturned by local initiative and is subject to local input. the meetings & HiPointDem Feb 2013 #4

In MD their scope is limited at the state level ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #6

school boards are elected in maryland. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #7

My point was that centralization of real authority at the state level ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #8

The Tennessee Republicans in power are disgraceful sellouts to corporate interests over the people. Uncle Joe Feb 2013 #5