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  1. 101
    Name: Estelle Prinsloo on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  2. 102
    Name: Ann Sutherlin on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
    Comments: There is nothing so vital to our country and to our children's future than adequate education funding. Those with the responsibility must respond with courage.
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  3. 103
    Name: Bitty Butler on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  4. 104
    Name: Lauren Hatcher on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
    Comments: Our children are our future- ALL children deserve a good education - not just the children of those who can afford to go to private school.
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  5. 105
    Name: Michelle Arden on Jun 1, 2003
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  6. 106
    Name: Melisssa Sparling on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  7. 107
    Name: Josh Holliday on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  8. 108
    Name: Iona Yanutola on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
    Comments: Mr. Sanford, I have watched the South Carolina legislature dismantle public education in this state for 12 years in the form of unfunded mandates, money shifted from EIA to cover noneducation costs, inadequate per pupil spending and other political shell games. I have listened to the double talk by the politicians to explain their bumbling, and in some cases, malicious refusal to adequately fund my children's education. I have volunteered in the Fort Mill school district for 13 years and have seen first hand how the teachers often have to buy supplies out of their own pockets, how teachers are afraid to use paper because there is a limited supply, how teachers sometimes have to beg the principal to somehow find money to buy schoolbooks because the state does not furnish enough. And now, in Fort Mill, when we are expecting 500 new students next year and need 20 new teachers to handle the growth, the politicians are at it again. Not only do they refuse to provide adequate money from the state, but they are now refusing to let our school board raise the millage rate to compensate for their cowardly inability to support the schools. In particular, Becky Richardson, Herb Kirsch, Dewitt McGraw, and Greg Dellany have voted to table a bill that had already passed the York County Legislative Delegation that would have enabled the Fort Mill School Board to raise the millage rate. It was a sneaky, underhanded political trick and our kids will suffer for it. Please have the courage to fight for adequate educational funding. America will not work if the populace is not educated. The reality is that education takes money, and if that means raising taxes then so be it. I am a tax preparer. This year I prepared over 400 tax returns, and I see exactly who pays taxes in this state and who doesn't. South Carolina citizens pay taxes based on their federal taxable income, so the elderly already get a break there because their standard deduction is greater. Then the state lets them take a sizable retirement and/or age 65 and older deduction, and they are further able to apply for a homestead exemption to avoid or greatly decrease property taxes. So when politicians say their older constituants are complaining about paying too many taxes, in most cases they are not paying them in South Carolina. It takes money to run a society.I don't like paying Social Security taxes either, but that is what we must do to help our elderly citizens. And all citizens, in turn, must help educate the population. Please have the courage to stand up for this very obvious truth. Iona Yanutola
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  9. 109
    Name: Patrick Sudduth on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  10. 110
    Name: Anne Snider on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
    Comments: It is appalling that SC continues to grossly underfund the schools--money for college scholarship is wasted if the students don't receive a good primary and secondary education!
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  11. 111
    Name: Christie Hodge on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  12. 112
    Name: Nick Infinger on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  13. 113
    Name: Leah Corde on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  14. 114
    Name: Leslie Fournet on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
    Comments: South Carolina is known as having low scores in education. We are trying to turn that around.
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  15. 115
    Name: Kathy Mckee on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  16. 116
    Name: Daniel Denney on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  17. 117
    Name: Charles Saylors on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
    Comments: Ours schools and school programs can not continue to show success with lower funding.
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  18. 118
    Name: Jeremy Denney on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  19. 119
    Name: Beth Chapin on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  20. 120
    Name: Dennis Deaton on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  21. 121
    Name: James Denney on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  22. 122
    Name: Jane Cherry on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  23. 123
    Name: Patricia Celley on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
    Comments: I will be voting according to your actions in this area.
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  24. 124
    Name: Randy Grantham on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  25. 125
    Name: James O'Connor on Jun 1, 2003
    State: SC
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    Comments: The legislature should fund the priority services to an appropriate level, however necessary.
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  26. 126
    Name: Amy Spragins on Jun 2, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  27. 127
    Name: Sandy Poole on Jun 2, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  28. 128
    Name: Dennis Triplett on Jun 2, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  29. 129
    Name: Amy Maziarz on Jun 2, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  30. 130
    Name: Amy Rybarczyk on Jun 2, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  31. 131
    Name: Eric Snider on Jun 2, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
    Comments: As a former college-level educator, I see the effects of lack of funding in the formational years. I now work in Georgia, while living in SC, and can observe daily the benefits that Georgia families see with the increased funding and consideration given to elementary and secondary education there. I will give serious consideration to leaving this state in the future if our leaders do not set out a positive and pro-active strategy- complete with the funding required- to educate our young. In short, I will not want to be part of a state that does not value its future.
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  32. 132
    Name: Tiffany Deaton on Jun 2, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
    Comments: The "education" lottery is obviously going somewhere other than the public schools. This is disgustng! My vote depends GREATLY on your actions in this matter!
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  33. 133
    Name: Clifton Roach on Jun 2, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  34. 134
    Name: Dawn Jacob on Jun 2, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
    Comments: Please, I urge you to think of our children and stop taking the necessary funding away from our schools. They are our future and you were elected to help them...not harm them.
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  35. 135
    Name: Suzanne Datko on Jun 2, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  36. 136
    Name: Robert Datko on Jun 2, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  37. 137
    Name: Janice Wheeler on Jun 3, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  38. 138
    Name: Debi Bush on Jun 3, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  39. 139
    Name: Staci Bryant on Jun 3, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  40. 140
    Name: Billy Bush on Jun 3, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
    Comments: Please support public Ed.
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  41. 141
    Name: Derek Bush on Jun 3, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
    Comments: Public Education has the single most impact on our quality of life.
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  42. 142
    Name: Lori Norton on Jun 3, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
    Comments: I am a teacher, but first and foremost, I am a parent who is concerned about the learning environment my child will be faced with. No one in Columbia seems to care at all about public education. Our legislators have no problem passing legislation which costs money and doesn't involve lowering class sizes or anything else that actually helps student learning. My child was in a kindergarten class with 27 students and because of budget cuts, those classes will rise to 35 next year. How much learning do you think will take place Where is the money to carry out your legislation I'll tell you. It comes from firing those who are doing the educating. Testing will not bring about higher standards. Good teachers with moderate sized classes will improve education. Put the money where we need it. I teach history and unfortunately I see South Carolina heading for the "Dark Ages" because of the lack of desire to support public education.
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  43. 143
    Name: Wilson Fort on Jun 3, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  44. 144
    Name: Karen Willis on Jun 4, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  45. 145
    Name: Mary "Kay" Wessinger on Jun 4, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  46. 146
    Name: Charlotte Paris on Jun 4, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  47. 147
    Name: Gail Collins on Jun 5, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  48. 148
    Name: Mary Freeman on Jun 6, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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  49. 149
    Name: Alan Howell on Jun 9, 2003
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  50. 150
    Name: Anne Glaze on Jun 11, 2003
    State: SC
    Country: US
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