Easley, Ballantine outline plans for improving public schools in debate

Wiston-Salem Journal ^ | 10/5/2004 | David Ingram

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Gov. Mike Easley and Republican challenger Patrick Ballantine aggressively attacked each other's integrity and education records during a spirited first debate yesterday, and they outlined rival plans for the state's public schools.

Ballantine touted his 10-year record in the N.C. Senate, including support for teacher pay raises, poor school systems and literacy programs. He criticized Easley for diverting money from the teachers' retirement plan, spending too little on new schools and spending too much on school administrators.

"We need to be first in America in education. We need to challenge ourselves to reach that goal," Ballantine said. "Unfortunately, we aren't having the leadership in the governor's office that we need to get there. We're making some progress, but we're moving at a snail's pace."

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Slam Mike Out of the Park

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Patrick Ballantine MELTS "Tax-Hike-Mike" Easley
Immediately followed by Dick Cheney v. John Edwards
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GREAT QUOTE:

"The Governor's been calling me a liar for a month, and now he's calling me Saddam Hussein. You have to wonder if, you know, he's lost it."

-Patrick Ballantine via Raleigh's 680 WPTF Radio
Their Online Survey, at 1:35 pm Oct. 5th has Patrick at 90 percent
 

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Both candidates position on education can be summed up as thus...

More money, more money, more money, more money, more money