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Vote No on the charter school amendment —Teresa Lawrence for GA House District 174 @ AAUW 2012-10-24


Teresa Lawrence for Georgia House district 174 @ AAUW 2012-10-24
Teresa Lawrence, running for statehouse district 174,
says vote No on the charter school amendment.
She was asked about it
at the AAUW Political Forum at Valdosta High School Wednesday, and

answered:


Vote No on the charter school amendment —Teresa Lawrence for GA House District 174

Political Forum, Deborah Van Petten, President (AAUW), Dr. Jim Peterson, Moderator

Video by John S. Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),

Valdosta High School, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 24 October 2012.

I believe we should vote no for the charter school amendment.
We have a means of passing it at the local level
to approve charter schools now, and I don’t believe
we need to give that decision over to the state level.


Ellis Black
Teresa Lawrence’s opponent, the incumbent Ellis Black,

did not show up at any of the four local candidate forums
in Lowndes County.
However, he voted both for

HR 1162 that put the referendum on the ballog
and for

HB 797 that will suck up more money per pupil for charter schools than
for public schools, taking the extra out of our local tax dollars.

We know where Teresa Lawrence for district 174 stands: against the charter school amendment.

-jsq

Videos of candidates @ AAUW 2012-10-24


Welcome
After the fourth and final candidates forum,

moderated for AAUW by Dr. Jim Peterson last night at VHS,
the statehouse candidate attendance report card is:

Incumbents:
Ellis Black (R 174) 0 of 4, Amy Carter (R 175) 1 of 4, and Tim Golden (R Sen-8) 1 of 4.

Challengers: Teresa Lawrence (D 174) 4 of 4, JC Cunningham (D 175) 4 of 4, and
Bikram Mohanty (D Sen-8) 4 of 4.

Open seat 177: J. Glenn Gregory (R) 4 of 4, Dexter Sharper (D) 4 of 4.

Local candidates: 4 of 4 for every one of them,

Gretchen Quarterman (D) and Bill Slaughter (R) for Lowndes County Chairman,

Chris Prine (D) and J.D. Yeager (R) for Lowndes County Sheriff,

John Gates (R)
and
Demarcus Marshall (D)
for Lowndes County Commission District 4,

Justin Cabral (R)
and
Jason Cain (D)
for Solicitor General.

Here are

videos of the entire forum.


Candidates Forum at VHS by AAUW, Deb Van Petten President,

Videos by John S. Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 24 October 2012.

Videos of the previous 3 forums:

Continue reading →

Candidates ready @ AAUW 2012-10-24

Here’s a picture of candidates waiting to speak at last night’s
AUUW forum.
None of the incumbent state legislators showed up.
All of the challengers did,
along with all the candidates for local offices.


Front row: John Gates,
J. Glenn Gregory, Gretchen Quarterman, Teresa Lawrence, J.D.
Yeager, Justin Cabral
Second row: Dexter Sharper, Demarcus Marshall, Bill Slaughter,
Chris Prine, Jason Cain
Third row: Bikram Mohanty, J.C. Cunningham, AAUW organizer
Missing: Tim Golden, Amy Carter, Ellis Black
Picture by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge
Exchange
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 24 October 2012

The videos should be up later today. are up now.

-jsq

Candidates again tonight @ AAUW 2012-10-24

Will any of our incumbent state legislators show up this time?
Their challengers have spoken every time.

AAUW logo
7PM tonight is the last time to see all the local candidates in one place:
Wednesday 24 October 2012,
Performing Arts Center, Valdosta High School, 3101 North Forrest Street, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia,

AAUW presents a Political Forum.
This one, unlike some previous ones, is advertised on the sponsoring
organization’s website
(although oddly not on its
facebook page)
and
in the VDT calendar.

So far, Ellis Black (R 174) 0 of 3, Amy Carter (R 175), 1 of 3, and Tim Golden (R Sen-8) 1 of 3.
Challengers Teresa Lawrence (D 174), JC Cunningham (D 175), and
Bikram Mohanty (D Sen-8) all spoke at 3 of 3.
Videos of the previous forums:


Candidates at 30 Club forum at Serenity Church

Candidates at Homebuilders Association Forum at Rainwater Conference Center

Meet the Candidates by Chamber of Commerce at VSU


vote
Don’t forget

to vote,
today, tomorrow, Saturday, or on that great election day, November 6th 2012.

-jsq