Palin Slashed Special Needs Education by 62%

[Guest guest]

I have a severe/profoundly disabled son, So when I heard that we could have

the possibility of a Vice President with a disabled child, I was ecstatic!

But then I started doing my homework and this is what I found.

Also for the mercury groups, Please do your homework on McCain and

Peabody Coal(The largest coal mining in our country) Also check out Palin

and copper mining.

Palin Slashed Special Needs Education by 62%

For those of you who seem so enamored with Gov. Palin, it might be

worth noting that she oversees the budget for the Department of Education

and Early Development Special Schools in Alaska.

These funds provide supplementary educational services to students with

severe disabling conditions and the Alaska Challenge Youth Academy. The

resident school where the child would normally be placed does not have the

resources to provide an adequate educational program. Without the

supplementary services the child's needs would not be met by the local

school district in most cases.

The following programs are included within this component:

Special Education Service Agency (SESA)

The Annual budget for 2007, which preceded Gov. Palin was $8,265,300.

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/...

The Annual budget for 2008, enacted by Gov. Palin is $3,156,000.

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/...

The Annual budget for 2009, enacted by Gov. Palin is $3,156,000.

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/...

This is a cut in special needs services to children in Alaska of

5,109,300 , or 62%.

So, as the Alaska State Budget description states, " Without the

supplementary services the child's needs would not be met by the local

school district in most cases. "

Did 62% of all of the special needs children in Alaska stop having needs

once Gov. Palin took office?

Before we get so excited about Gov. Palin bring her " Reformer " agenda to

Washington, perhaps we should get to know a little more about what exactly

that means to our children, and the opportunities that she would " Reform " .

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/omb/08_OMB/budget/EED/comp2735.pdf

Donna

McCain's website states: " Ensuring … safe and healthy water… is a

patriotic responsibility. "

But his voting record tells a different story...

Clean Water

2005

+ Stormwater Cleanup: McCain voted yes on an amendment that would

include $900 million (over six years) to manage flooding and pollution

caused by runoff from roads and highways in the Transportation Bill.

YES is the pro-environment vote. [Roll Call vote #113, 04/28/05]

2002

- McCain voted yes on the Bingaman-Inhofe amendment that would block

regulation of hydraulic fracturing in the interim, and could result in

a permanent exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act. NO is the pro-

environment vote. [Roll Call #43, S.517, 3/7/02]

1998

- McCain voted no on the Lautenberg amendment that would have provided

room in the federal budget for several environmental initiatives

including the Clean Water Action Plan, and expanded funding for the

Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving Loan Funds. YES is the

pro-environment vote. [4/2/98]

1995

- McCain voted to table the Kohl amendment, which would have exempt

from the bill's requirements new EPA rules to control health risks

from microbes in water. NO is the pro-environment vote. [7/12/95]

1994

- McCain voted no on the motion to table the Gregg amendment, which

would prohibited the EPA from enforcing clean drinking water standards

unless federal taxpayers paid for the cost of compliance. YES is the

pro-environment vote. [5/17/94]

- McCain voted yes to the Wallop amendment, which would have allowed

state governments to choose which clean drinking water standards they

wanted to follow. NO is the pro-environment vote. [5/17/94]

- McCain voted yes to requiring the EPA to produce complex, time-

consuming, expensive studies whenever it proposed to strengthen public

health and environmental protections. NO is the pro-environment

vote. [5/17/94]

1993

- McCain voted no on Sasser's motion to table the Craig amendment,

which would have exacerbated regional differences over the energy tax,

and represented a large added subsidy for hydropower users. YES is

the pro-environment vote. [3/25/93]

1989

- McCain voted no on tabling the Symms amendment, which would have

delayed for one year EPA funds to enforce LUST (leaking underground

storage tanks) financial regulations. YES is the pro-environment

vote. [1989]

1987

+ McCain voted no on the Dole substitute that would have reduced

funding for the Clean Water Act. NO is the pro-environment vote.

[1/21/87]

1985

- McCain voted yes to cutting $6 bill from spending on water

pollution control over five years. NO is the pro-environment vote.

[H.R. 8, 7/23/85]

- McCain voted yes to allow municipalities to set their own standards

for toxic waste in water. NO is the pro-environment vote. [H.R. 8,

7/23/85]