Refuting Brownback's claims about education

What do you do when you are the Kansas Governor and:

• You make the largest cut to schools in state history?
• Your “experiment” leaves the Kansas economy lagging the nation?
• You blow a billion dollar hole in the state budget?
• Your political advisers are under investigation by the FBI?
• More than 100 members of your party endorsed your opponent?
• You lose nearly 40% of your primary vote?
• A new poll shows you losing 51% - 41%?

You release a new ad distorting your record, of course.


Click here for the response from the Paul Davis campaign:  The truth about the claims Sam Brownback is making in his new ad, "Record."

... Davis says the number one issue with Kansans has been education

“I’m hearing a great deal of concern about the future of public education. People realize we have traditionally had good schools in Kansas which is a big factor contributing to our quality of life,” Davis says. “People are concerned about cuts to education funding that are happening at the state level.”

This is an excerpt from an editorial in the Scott County Register. The entire article can be found at http://www.scottcountyrecord.com/news/davis-rides-discontent-with-fiscal-experiment.  Scroll over to the right to access the scroll bar for the article.

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