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| David Blomstrom |
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| Candidate: Superintendent of Public Instruction |
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| David Blomstrom |
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| Age: 45 |
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| Residence: Seattle |
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| Occupation: |
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Educator, Seattle School District |
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| Education: |
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B.S. in applied ecology, Western Washington University |
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| Endorsements: No response |
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| Campaign Web site: http://www.geobop.com/Education/SPI/ |
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| Campaign theme: Take back OUR schools! |
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| 1. |
Do you support or oppose the proposal to establish charter schools in Washington state? Explain why. |
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Briefly, since the public doesn't seem to give a damn about reforming public education, I'm interested in exploring school choice. But I oppose the "Paul Allen" charter-school bill (I-729), partly because of Paul Allen. |
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How would you use your office, which has no budget authority, to improve public schools? |
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I'd use my office as a bully pulpit for speaking the TRUTH about education, blowing the whistle on corruption and malfeasance and rallying the public. I would NOT cheerlead for corporations and crawl into bed with the WEA, Paul Allen, Gov. Gary Locke and other corrupt elements. |
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Is reform needed in the financing of public schools? If so, what would you propose? |
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Yes! And it MUST start with a MANDATORY independent performance audit of the Seattle School District BEFORE it hits voters with a mega-levy in February 2001. And when the results are in, heads should roll for incidents of corruption and gross malfeasance such an audit would certainly uncover. |
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