Rex right choice for governor 9/1/2009 12:32 AM Your recent editorial criticizing Education Superintendent Jim Rex for considering a run for Governor while serving in his current office is off the mark. In fact, running for governor is the single most important service Dr. Rex could offer to the people of South Carolina.
For nearly seven years, South Carolina has suffered under a governor who cares nothing at all about public schools, who does not recognize that strong public schools are the backbone of our state's economy, whose only education initiative is to drain money from public schools through private school vouchers.
The damage of these lost years is clear and substantial. The needs of public schools have been ignored while we have bickered over vouchers. Economic development has come to a standstill, leaving us with the fourth highest unemployment rate in the nation.
All of the Republican candidates for governor have pledged to continue Governor Sanford's push for private school vouchers. South Carolina cannot afford four more years without an education advocate in our state's top office.
Jim Rex is a leader in the tradition of South Carolina's finest governors - experienced, mature, capable and fully committed to strengthening our schools and our state. If he chooses to run, he will have this voter's full support.
Clay LeTindal
Aiken
Notice about comments:
AikenStandard.com is pleased to offer readers the ability to comment on stories. We expect our readers to engage in lively, yet civil discourse. AikenStandard.com does not edit user submitted statements and we cannot promise that readers will not occasionally find offensive or inaccurate comments posted in the comments area. Responsibility for the statements posted lies with the person submitting the comment, not AikenStandard.com. If you find a comment that is objectionable, please click "report abuse" and we will review it for possible removal. Please be reminded, however, that in accordance with our Terms of Use and federal law, we are under no obligation to remove any third party comments posted on our website.
Posted by: j. Paine On: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 7:33 PM
Comment Title:
Jim Rex has done absolutely nothing for education. He should resign if he wants to run for governors. Just goes to show you how important his job is for state education. Rex only won the election due to his high turn out of education bureaucrats and we have plenty is Aiken county school system. He can not win the governors race because people are tried of his support for our top heavy inefficient, uneducated educational system that has failed 2/3 of the children in this county. While Mr. Rex has continued to spend taxpayers money pay for people in that do nothing to enchance the educational basics. His main goal has been to organized special interests groups that feed at the taxpayers tough while living in this ivory towers complaining about lack of higher taxes.
Report Abuse
Posted by: On: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 1:20 PM
Comment Title:
Jim Rex and those who think he has done or will do anything to reform the waste and bureaucracy in education are delusional.
Report Abuse
