Pants on Fire, Pants on Fire. I call Pants on Fire for Carol Taylor and her PANTS advocacy group for their mock indignation at Sen. Chip Rogers’ background as (gasp) an actor.
She calls Rogers an “unacceptable role model” for having been a television actor about 15 years ago. His radio and TV background have been known to his constituents.
I’m sure she rushed right to the media when other actors took to public service, like Gov. Schwarzenegger who “terminated” many bad guys. Did President Reagan also “display extraordinary poor judgment” for being an actor?
Then Ms. Taylor says several times the issue for her group is school funding, not charter schools although they attack charter school funding on the web.
She is fully aware that the State QBE formula developed in the ’80s moves money to poorer counties. Our delegation cannot arbitrarily increase Cherokee’s funding particularly during lean economic times.
Rogers was recently lauded by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, chairman for the Foundation for Excellence in Education for pushing for laws approving “customized digital learning” which gives more families educational choices. The use of modern technology makes life easier for many disadvantaged children.
Ms. Taylor also attacks legislators who do not have children in public schools. We have to tell Ms. Taylor that there are many legislators under the Golden Dome who do not have children in public school.
Like many citizens of Cherokee County our children have graduated or possibly attended private school. It does not make one unable to study school policies or pay the substantial school taxes.
Lastly, Ms. Taylor talks about moving here from DeKalb County.
As a newcomer, she may be part of the problem why our schools are overcrowded.
In the words of the very school board she supports, “If you don’t like it, you can move.”
Helmut Baxter
Holly Springs
Your children's success happens all the time with children that attend public schools. This shouldn't be an either/or situation. People who support public schools believe there should be school choice. Unfortunately, school choice means funding is being taken away from public schools. By the choices Rogers is making, it is obvious that he does not support public schools. I've got a solution to the problems in the public schools: get as much governmental control out of the schools as possible, allow teachers to do their jobs and get control of the classroom, and hold PARENTS accountable for their part in their child's education. Unless and until this happens, NOTHING is going to change.
I find your attack on Mrs. Taylor irresponsible. All parents and citizens in our county, no matter how long they have lived here, should be concerned about the ethical behavior of Chip Rogers and his disregard for our public schools. No one is arbitrarily asking for funds only for Cherokee County. We are asking our legislatures to fund all public schools throughout the state. When they approved a budget that used tax payer money to spend $19,000,000 on “Go Fish Georgia”, and approved this past session a budget using tax payer money to help fund a new football stadium, but they cannot fully fund public schools, there is a problem. As you mentioned, we are in “lean economic times”, so why fund programs that are not necessary during these lean economic times? Take a good look at those approving our state budget and then try to convince yourself that Chip, Charlise, Calvin, and Sean are looking out for what is best for the citizens of Cherokee County. You might just find that they serve the best interest of the lobbyists who are allowed to give any amount of money to our delegates in gifts…dinners, tickets to sporting events/concerts, gift cards, hunting trips, etc. Is that ethical????
MicroChip Rogers was not merely a paid actor. He was actively involved in touting sports for quite a long time. I'm sorry if you can't bring yourself to acknowledge that your Golden Boy is really a tarnished Copper Kid.