1. Glenda Ritz, a Democrat, was elected in 2012 to be Indiana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction. She was a huge underdog.
At some point, someone in the nat'l media will discover the name Glenda Ritz. Trump praises dictators, but Pence actually behaved like one.
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2. But she defeated the incumbent because a majority of Hoosiers, both progressive and conservative, supported her.
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3. Specifically, they supported her willingness to challenge Republican proposals that would destroy public education in Indiana.
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4. Ritz was the first Democrat to serve as Superintendent in 40 years. Governor Mike Pence was elected during the same election.
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5. One of his first acts as governor was to remove Ritz from the union-centered Educational Employment Relations Board.
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6. GOP-controlled House Education Committee then proposed a bill to "strip the superintendent’s position as chair of the State Board of Ed."
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7. The bill allowed Republican Gov. Mike Pence’s 10 appointees to the 11-member board to elect their own chair.
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8. In other words, as soon as a Democrat was elected to an influential state position, the Republican governor and legislature set to...
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@Shakestweetz@tonemeis This episode sounds like what the Michigan governor did to cities and elected governments—Flint, for example. - その他の返信を表示
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@ergoking@Shakestweetz@tonemeis don't forget Scott Walker
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@Shakestweetz Oh, and Pence tried starting state-run news service -- then pleaded ignorance when it was ridiculedhttp://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2015/01/29/pence-ditches-state-run-news-site-plan-after-uproar/22530263/ … - その他の返信を表示
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@notgoingpro@CrookedVinny@Shakestweetz@indystar Aww, The Pence Pravda!
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@Shakestweetz@Uroosa I've gotten to spend a little time with Glenda Ritz. Boy did he mess with the wronng woman there. Put her on CNN -
@scalex_cycler@Shakestweetz she's everything
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@Shakestweetz is 100% on the money. This is a big deal here; anti-Pence/Holcomb (more often now just pro-Gregg) signage references Ritz. -
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@Shakestweetz Same trick been used historically in Southern jurisdictions when African Americans been elected: strip their offices of power.
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