Here’s what I wrote to Dwayne Bohac – State Representative for District 138.
Mr. Bohac,
I believe education should be untouchable in our state and national budgets. Our classrooms are already overcrowded, our teachers are already overpaid/overworked, and we hold up the TAKS test as the icon of education at the expense of $90 billion dollars in state money. I will GLADLY pay a higher tax in order to keep education at the forefront of government spending in Texas. I will GLADLY pay to drive on roads other than the Beltway if that toll goes toward education. I will GLADLY contribute more to my son’s PTO at Birkes elementary so that more government funding can go directly to the teachers. What will you do?
I challenge you and other state law makers to stand guard and fight when the governor threatens money allocated for our children’s educations. I take seriously my responsibility to teach my sons at home just as much as they’re taught in school. But not every child has parents who put a premium on education. So I ask you to be the adult in that child’s life who takes it seriously. I challenge you to fight – even if it risks your political capital – on behalf of those children who are a failing grade away from crime and poverty. If you are really dedicated, as your website says, to reducing crime with common sense tactics, then prevent crime before it starts by giving teachers and schools the money they need to really educate our children.
I look forward to hearing that our representatives in Houston are fighting for schools, fighting for teachers, and fighting for our children.
After doing a Google search to find Mr. Bohac, I stumbled upon an article that says he’s apparently under investigation for voter fraud. Fantastic!
Did you really tell him that teachers are overpaid? So you are to blame for cuts!
Ah crap, I meant to say underpaid. My bad.