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North Texas are choosing Huguley Place Retirement
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The Dallas Morning News “Scorecard” recently gave thumbs-up to
Madison, Wisconsin, school officials. The officials have refused to renew an
existing $300,000 distribution contract with Coca-Cola.
I too want to applaud the Madison school officials. The only people that
should have any impact on our schools are the communities which con-
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HIGHLIGHTS
Compiled by Ed Sterling
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Texas Attorney General John tribute to them.
ComI alone with the tmeye This is hard to justify. Three hundred thousand dollars could provide for
general of 47 states and th manyesdsgorne aassercookcersnoreanaepin ‘
District of Columbia, entered into When you allow a profit making machine, such as Coca-Cola, into the
----------- . an $8.25 million settlement with sanctuaries that are suppose to provide an education to our children, you
in 1998-99. The Legislature cut off Time Inc., one of the largest allow them to shape the sanctuary. The last thing we need is to subject our
funding for the program in Janu- sweepstakes mailers. children to blatant marketing ploys . L : not
ary, after an earlier state audit Th COflemen poiree poctihi- Children can not discern what marketingispositiveand what 1S; not.
showed low performance.
State to Appeal Medicaid Ruling
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Nationally, scores averaged 505
in verbal and 514 in math in 2000.
Texas Education Commissioner
Jim Nelson said he suspects the
rapid rise in the number of stu-
dents taking the test accounts for
the scores remaining about the
same.
Non-Emergency Number Debuts
The Texas Department of Pub-
lic Safety and six wireless carri-
ers have created *DPS, a statewide
wireless phone number for Texans
to use when reporting non-life-
threatening situations on Texas
roads and highways.
Customers of ALLTEL, Nextel,
I am not a native Texan, since I have only lived here for the past twen- g-I , Southwestern Bell Wireless, GTE
ty-five years plus another six years in the late fifties and early sixties. The AUbllN lexas P wireless, Houston Cellular and
natives still refer to me as a Yankee. A term I do not resent because my ot Economic Development s
Yankee upbringing has instilled in me an independence and conservatism “Smart Jobs” program trained one- Verizon wireless can oia
that a few native Texans do not have. As a consequence, they subscribe to third as many workers and created
every criticism and denunciation that the national liberal media comes up one-third as many jobs as prom-
with. At best it is disloyalty if not actual treason. . gAt1. 1 QOS and 1998 the
A couple of articles that I have recently read illustrate my point. The 1sed between 1995 and 1998, the
first is by Dianne Stewart, who may or may not be from Texas. She is the state auditor said in a report re-
executive director of the center for Public Policy Priorities, a nonprofit, leased last week.
nonpartisan research organization in Austin. A statement of fact in her arti- Awarding and distributing
cle,4 almost 3.5 million Texans live in poverty. First I question the accura- finds became the main focus of
cy of her figures but assuming that they are absolute, what is wrong with Ins1Ocam thlan 19945 Ot
poverty? A persons worth should not be judged by the amount of money he the Posram created in 199 , so
has. Some of the finest people in this country came from ta background of training and job creation objec-
poverty! Another statement, “a third of TExas Children are hungry or at risk tives were not achieved.
of hunger.” This is not a true statement in fact it is so illogical that it makes "As a result, participants did not
every other statement in her article suspect. What this statement means is receive the type and quantity of not meant to replace 911 as an
thamneyeungchorohr belleteThat' If sherenreennt many hungry Chif training needed to prepare them emergency number, the DPS said,
dren in the state, a lot of it is the result of parental neglect. for new or better jobs and to pro-
The other article was by Marian Blake. I do not have her credentials vide Texas employers with a more
because she writes s column just like I do. her exegesis was that the Bush highly skilled workforce,” the re-
Theme of “compassionate conservatism” was a cliche. She too adopted a port said.
stance that poverty was inherently wrong. There is no way that poverty can , awarded gee millinn
or will ever be eliminated. She deplored the slum conditions found on . 1 he state awarded $55 million
Rosedale Street in Ft. Worth. The neighborhood is overrun with individuals in Smart Job money to companies
that have resigned from the human race. Every night there are shootings; 1nne ™ h T 1 x “ S
there is drug selling and drunks on every corner. Is it the obligation of gov-
ernment to finance the rehabilitation of people who are obviously content
with their lifestyle? I think not. They have made some bad choices but there
is a way out if they are willing to make the effort. She blamed the education
system and perhaps she was right. The education system has gone down hill
ever since Jimmy Carter named the first secretary of education. Education is
too important to trust to a government agency that is in the pocket of the ficiently improved access to medi-
NEA. Is it not interesting that many of the academic awards are now being cal dental and other services un-
won by students who have been home schooled? Public schools are missing der a 1 996 agreement affecting
There may be some merit in these criticisms, but they give comfort tot more than 1 million needy chil-
the liberals whose goal is socialism. You can bet that most if not all of them dren, U.S. District Judge William
will show up in the debates that will be held later this year. Gore who has Wayne Justice of Austin ruled
not had an original idea in over twenty years will mouth them. Aug 14
sweepstakes mailers.
The settlement requires restitu- Lasttingi want is for my child to be a zombie to marketing monsters that
tion to consumers and changes in invade their educational space.
sweepstakes advertising. if you have beverage machines in your hallways, you give the child the
The settlement also requires impression that the best and most viable choice is the product in that
that all Time sweepstakes mailings machine. Not milk, not juice, not water but COKE. , Th •
. 1 , • Texas State law has recognized that this may be a problem. I heir
provide a clear and conspicuous resoiveisto have the machines turned off at lunchtime. This is a start, but
Sweepstakes Facts disclosure to not the end
consumers. It is not just coke machines, it is also score boards, team uniforms,
The Sweepstakes Facts will in- shoes, Taco Bell lunches, etc... Where do we allow it to end?
elude statements including: There is a viable solution to corporate invasion. , ,
• Riln0 will not heln the con In the same piece in the Dallas Morning Newspaper was a thumbs up
Buying will not help the con- for Educating Executives.” The Dallas Chamber of Commerce pitched on
Justice ordered the state to live sumer win the sweepstakes; Thursday, September 31st, for local businesses to get involved with the their
up to the agreement and submit a * The consumer has not yet local schools. Businesses in the area provide the majority of the tax base for
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Texas now has the highest Aithugh ou exchange one business for the next, a local business has more
the ruling. prison population of any state. At at stake when it comes to investing in our children’s future. They are direct-
“We believe that neither the law the, end of last year, Texas had ly impacted by our children’s development. They are not only their future
nor the facts sunnort Judge 163,190 prisoners, edging ahead work force, but also their future consumers. . ,
Justice’s decision „Pd Andrea of California, which had 163,067. Replace distant, non-conscienceconglomeratesw ithlocaltbusiness rive
-uSu-eS-e-Son, Sdid Anared ’ ’ a personal stake to subsidize the needs of our children, nave businesses give
Horton, a spokeswoman for Attor- In general population, however, their time, their financial sponsorship of activities, and their good will to the
ney General John Cornyn. California’s 32 million dwarfs school districts as active participants.
SAT Scores Hover in 2000 Texas’ 20 million. Businesses can lead programs that would benefit both the student and
Texas students performed about • About 120 earthquakes (some the community. This could be as simple as a local nurseryateachngeoimnt
the same on the Scholastic Apti- recently in the Texas Panhandle) how to plant trees to something as complex as providing career developmen
tude Test this year as last year. have rattled Texas since the 1840s, sempmscai business taking a more active role is a more valuable contribu-
According to results released by but typical residential property in- tion because of the very nature of being local. Both the business and student
The College Board, Texas students surance in Texas does not cover body has something to gain, and the community benefits in the end
who took the verbal skills porton earthquake damage. The Texas Not to discount a great truth, that many businesses do go the extra mile
Ak q AT ra Poon Denartment of Insurance suggests when it involves financial contributions. What I am proposing is a more
of the SAT in 2000 averaged 493 Department 01 Insurance suggests when i . of personal interaction, a synergy of communi-
and 500 in the math portion. that those interested in obtaining ^™chool district.
Last year, Texas test-takers av- earthquake coverage contact a lo- That doesn’t involve a Coke and a smile._
eraged 494 in verbal and 499 in cal insurance agent who can help
math. get them in touch with a “surplus
lines” broker.
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