{"id":375,"date":"2012-10-27T10:15:34","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T14:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/vote-no-on-the-charter-school-amendment-teresa-lawrence-for-ga-house-district-174-aauw-2012-10-24.html"},"modified":"2012-10-27T10:15:34","modified_gmt":"2012-10-27T14:15:34","slug":"vote-no-on-the-charter-school-amendment-teresa-lawrence-for-ga-house-district-174-aauw-2012-10-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/vote-no-on-the-charter-school-amendment-teresa-lawrence-for-ga-house-district-174-aauw-2012-10-24.html","title":{"rendered":"Vote No on the charter school amendment &mdash;Teresa Lawrence for GA House District 174 @ AAUW 2012-10-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7e1sedUmH7U\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017c32da39d5970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017c32da39d5970b-pi.jpg\"  alt=\"Teresa Lawrence for Georgia House district 174 @ AAUW 2012-10-24\"  \/><\/a>\nTeresa Lawrence, running for statehouse district 174,\nsays vote No on the charter school amendment.\nShe was asked about it\nat the AAUW Political Forum at Valdosta High School Wednesday, and\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7e1sedUmH7U\">\nanswered:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7e1sedUmH7U\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"390\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<small>\nVote No on the charter school amendment \u2014Teresa Lawrence for GA House District 174\n<br \/>\nPolitical Forum, Deborah Van Petten, President (AAUW), Dr. Jim Peterson, Moderator\n<br \/>\nVideo by John S. Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),\n<br \/>\nValdosta High School, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 24 October 2012.\n<\/small>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nI believe we should vote no for the charter school amendment.\nWe have a means of passing it at the local level\nto approve charter schools now, and I don&#8217;t believe\nwe need to give that decision over to the state level.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/03\/stop-the-privatization-of-public-education-in-georgia-fannie-jackson.html\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017744a29f00970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017744a29f00970d-pi.jpg\"  alt=\"Ellis Black\" width=\"55\" height=\"82\"  \/><\/a>\nTeresa Lawrence&#8217;s opponent, the incumbent Ellis Black,\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/videos-of-candidates-aauw-2012-10-24.html\">\ndid not show up at any of the four local candidate forums\nin Lowndes County.<\/a>\nHowever, he voted both for\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/03\/stop-the-privatization-of-public-education-in-georgia-fannie-jackson.html\">\nHR 1162 that put the referendum on the ballog<\/a>\nand for\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/09\/public-schools-to-be-treated-less-favorably-than-charter-schools.html\">\nHB 797 that will suck up more money per pupil for charter schools<\/a> than\nfor public schools, taking the extra out of our local tax dollars.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe know where Teresa Lawrence for district 174 stands: against the charter school amendment.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teresa Lawrence, running for statehouse district 174, says vote No on the charter school amendment. 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