By Jim Willis on Sep 18, 2009 in Education | 0 Comments
What Happens When Democrats are Put in Charge of Education: ???
What, you can’t read the last few words of that headline? If you’re a student in Binghamton City Schools you can! Let me explain.
From a recent story in the Press & Sun-Bulletin: (http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20090914/NEWS01/909140384/1006/)
–Binghamton students from kindergarten through 12th grade will soon be studying Mandarin Chinese [...]
By Jim Willis on Jan 18, 2009 in Education, Government & Politics, Pres Barack Obama | 3 Comments
Let the indoctrination begin! Tuesday is not only Inauguration Day, it’s Indoctrination Day for all good little comrades in Greater Binghamton as we install FDR2, the man who will attempt to cement America as a socialist state. One of the main reasons such a travesty is happening (that a socialist is being inaugurated as President) [...]
By Jim Willis on Oct 27, 2008 in Education, Government & Politics, Taxes & Spending | 0 Comments
Here we go again with the continuing lie from our public schools, this time pedaled by the administration at the Susquehanna Valley School District (SV), that “the state” and other nebulous entities will pay almost all of the proposed $27.3 million price tag to renovate four school buildings. Read about it here: SV residents will [...]
By Jim Willis on May 29, 2008 in Education, Government & Politics, Taxes & Spending | 1 Comment
Taxpayers from the Maine-Endwell School District are being shaken down to pay for new construction at the M-E school to the tune of $59.6 million. Yes, you read that right–nearly 60 MILLION DOLLARS. The money will be spent upgrading four school buildings, a bus garage, and building a brand new 8-lane swimming pool. Let’s hope [...]
By Jim Willis on May 28, 2008 in Education, Government & Politics, Taxes & Spending | 1 Comment
Out come the obligatory “the sky has now officially fallen” stories for the poor, deprived children of the Chenango Valley Central School District. I can see it now, these poor kids will become waifs by this time next year. (Violins please.) The cause of this calamity? Those greedy taxpayers who voted down the CV budget [...]
By Jim Willis on May 27, 2008 in Education, Government & Politics, Society & Culture, This Site | 1 Comment
If you read this blog on a regular basis, I would like to point out a little feature in the middle of the page (just to the right of my articles) called Blogroll. That’s a fancy name for “list of links to other sites.” Most of the links are to other blogs that I read. [...]
By Jim Willis on May 19, 2008 in Education, Government & Politics, Taxes & Spending | 2 Comments
One of the biggest threats to the economic future of our state and our country are teachers’ unions. Let’s just be honest about this, shall we? The unions are responsible for continually draining money out of your pockets. Some of that money goes to teachers, and I certainly don’t begrudge them a pay increase here [...]