tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480995.post110013246708467809..comments2023-07-16T09:43:40.228-04:00Comments on The Conversation: Leave the poor boy aloneJonathan Pottshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433924194960127561noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480995.post-1100283908527157982004-11-12T13:25:00.000-05:002004-11-12T13:25:00.000-05:00True, we can never know what a Kerry presidency wo...True, we can never know what a Kerry presidency would be like. I hope Bush's second term won't make me long to find out.Jonathan Pottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433924194960127561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480995.post-1100278981437017662004-11-12T12:03:00.000-05:002004-11-12T12:03:00.000-05:00You're wrong about Kerry not because of any electi...You're wrong about Kerry not because of any election prediction, but because you think he would've made a better president. You can't be proved wrong because he wasn't elected. By proposing a shadow office of a Kerry presidency is inherently unfair to Bush, who stole the election fair and square.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480995.post-1100225329277974742004-11-11T21:08:00.000-05:002004-11-11T21:08:00.000-05:00I never said Kerry would win. I merely said we wou...I never said Kerry would win. I merely said we would be better off if he did. And I'll wait to be proven wrong.Jonathan Pottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433924194960127561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480995.post-1100219222206679132004-11-11T19:27:00.000-05:002004-11-11T19:27:00.000-05:00Pennsylvania people are cheap, too:
www.catalogue...Pennsylvania people are cheap, too:<br /><br />www.catalogueforphilanthropy.org/cfp/db/generosity.php?year=2004Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480995.post-1100218319197745632004-11-11T19:11:00.000-05:002004-11-11T19:11:00.000-05:00Don't get a big head about it. You're still wrong...Don't get a big head about it. You're still wrong about Iraq and Kerry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480995.post-1100214538581340812004-11-11T18:08:00.000-05:002004-11-11T18:08:00.000-05:00I'm blushing.I'm blushing.Jonathan Pottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433924194960127561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480995.post-1100214145189261102004-11-11T18:02:00.000-05:002004-11-11T18:02:00.000-05:00To those who don't know, J Potts was one of the be...To those who don't know, J Potts was one of the best education reporters this city ever produced. He speaks with some authority here, and he's giving you a pretty good insight into how this "story" arose, and who benefits from its airing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480995.post-1100180580338489542004-11-11T08:43:00.000-05:002004-11-11T08:43:00.000-05:00The point is that he is not being given any privil...The point is that he is not being given any privileges that would not be enjoyed by any other Penn Hills taxpayer who chose to enroll their children in a cyber charter school. I happen to know that he is an advocate of homeschooling, and a lot of homeschoolers have chosen cyber schools. This has raised the ire of a lot of school districts, who previously bore no responsibility for the costs of educating those children. <br /><br />Now, none of this is to say that there aren't problems with the charter school law and the way they are funded. But that's another issue. He's just a convenient poster boy for Penn Hills.Jonathan Pottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433924194960127561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480995.post-1100143194334518162004-11-10T22:19:00.000-05:002004-11-10T22:19:00.000-05:00I'd have to respectfully disagree.
The fact that ...I'd have to respectfully disagree.<br /><br />The fact that his primary residence in Penn Hills is a small 2 bedroom home with a millage of $2000 a year and the fact that taxpayers in Penn Hills are paying over $100,000 for only a small segment of the Santorum clan is a major factor driving this. <br /><br />With seven kids and his salary he has been able to purchase a lovely home (a $400,000 McMansion by the way) in Herndon Va to raise them in and your gonna tell the mechanic and secretary in Penn Hills that he raises them in a 2 bedroom house on the weekend that he rarely visits?<br /><br />Yes, he should not be attacked for raising his family in Virginia to be closer to him but the fact that he is also residing in Fairfax County, which has one of the best public school systems in the nation, makes it even more sickening to make Penn Hills pay for the tab if you ask me.<br /><br />Still that being said, it doesn’t help when you can compare him to Congressman Doyle who lives in a small apartment complex that is shared with other congressmen and comes home to his family on the weekends. When you can compare his stance to former Congressman Coyne who stayed in a small one bedroom place and came home to take care of his mother in Oakland on the weekends.<br /><br />It’s all about image and the picture doesn’t look good for Rick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com