Faso Presses Issue of Charter Schools, Saying Spitzer Failed To Take a Stand - June 27, 2006 - The New York Sun
The Republican Party’s candidate for governor of New York, John Faso, is faulting his Democratic opponent, Eliot Spitzer, for not taking a more vocal stand in favor of charter schools.

Mr. Faso, a former assemblyman running on a conservative platform, is accusing New York’s attorney general of being missing in action at a critical point for the charter school movement - when lawmakers last week were considering a bill backed by Governor Pataki that would have more than doubled the number of such schools allowed in the state.

“He’s been rather quiescent,” Mr. Faso told The New York Sun. “He himself said you don’t accomplish anything by whispering. Those who care about academic achievement in the state should be out there beating the drums supporting charter schools.”

A measure to raise the cap on the schools was supported by the Republican-controlled Senate but died in the Democrat-led Assembly, which rejected a last-minute deal by the governor that would have provided a lucrative early retirement package for public teachers and an extra $96 million for welfare-to-work programs in exchange for support of the bill.

Lawmakers have attempted to bypass the deal by submitting to the governor a separate retirement package for teachers 55 and older and with 25 years of service that isn’t linked to charter schools. Mr. Pataki can veto the measure.

By rejecting an expansion of charter schools before they adjourned for the year, lawmakers handed the contentious issue to the next governor.

Once again the Democrat assembly proved my point, they are all about the teachers unions and against the education of our children. Look at the dollars just flying around, those are our tax dollars.

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