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When the Same Old Thing Doesn't Work

9/9/2012

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Carol Tempel knows what works and what doesn't.  She has run a successful small business, and she has been a top school administrator right here in Charleston.  Now she wants to put her talents to work for a greater goal -- she wants to change the downward spiral of education, jobs and quality of life in Charleston and in South Carolina.


Her opponent, Peter McCoy, doesn't just follow the Tea Party dictum of cut taxes and services, he doesn't just believe that less government is ALWAYS better government, he has worked in Columbia for nearly two years to cut services to hard working South Carolinians.  His latest scheme is to give back $280 to families with school-aged children and tell them, "Good luck finding a quality education with that."


Carol knows that when public education is done right, it is the best value democracy can offer.  But when our legislators chop at our education funds year after year, we are left with fewer teachers, larger classes, buildings falling into disrepair, school programs that have fallen behind for want of supplies and technology.


Yet Peter McCoy continues to believe that if we just chop a little more off, the problem will fix itself.


It hasn't happened yet, and it's not going to.


So give your support and your vote to Carol Tempel for South Carolina House #115.
Carol Tempel
Petition Candidate
SC House 115
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That Same Old Song

8/19/2012

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It may well be that Peter McCoy, that cute young lawyer who narrowly beat Anne Peterson Hutto in 2010, thanks to a third party candidate, seems to be a bit worried about the upcoming election.


Why do I say that?  Because he has called his opponent, Carol Tempel, his "extreme left opponent."


I don't think so.  Carol represents moderate, sensible views on education, jobs, taxation, and women's rights.


It seems to me that someone who wants to drain the already depleted state education budget in order to offer a big $280 tax deduction to apply to private school tuition is the real extremist.


McCoy also is in favor of further cutting the budget when it comes to jobs -- that's right, jobs like teachers, policemen, and firefighters.


Meanwhile, he throws his support behind privatizing services like schools.  You know what that means, right?  It means paying a private company more money to do a job less efficiently than good government can do.


Carol believes that good public education has always been within our grasp, but it will take our representatives in Columbia working for the people, and not corporate interests, to create a policy that taxes wisely, and spends just as wisely -- less waste, more spent on the ground, in the schools, on the streets.


If you believe more money should go to prisons than public schools, Peter McCoy is your guy.  If you want to see our schools shine, then throw your support behind Carol Tempel.


As for calling Carol his "extreme left opponent", it's not just fear talking, it's that Same Old Song.






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