By way of One Man’s Trash:
At a recent legislative briefing in Richmond, Speaker Howell was asked about education spending and school choice. Specifically, a person in attendance asked the Speaker to explain why home school and private school parents should continue to support Republicans when Republicans keep cutting them out of school choice tax credits, as the House did earlier this week. Howell’s initial reaction was, ‘Who else are you going to support?’ The Speaker immediately tried to soften his statement, but the damage was done.
Sometimes slips like this happen, and no damage is done. But when parents who send their children to private, parochial, or home schools don’t see any support for their values at the end of the day…
Of course, this is nothing new to the home schooling crowd. It’s rare to find a candidate willing to go to bat for a group that bucks the entire public school estabilshment and their lobbying arm.