http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/63267
“Obama Excludes Private and Catholic School Children From Easter Egg Roll Ticket Giveaway”
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer
SNIPPET: “Robert Brannum’s 17-year-old son Nicholas attends St. John’s College High School, a Catholic school in the District. Brannum told CNSNews.com he believes the 3,000 tickets reserved for public school students should be available to all students.
“The White House is a public building,” Brannum said. “The tickets are essentially being paid for with public dollars. So it should be open to everyone, not just going to select categories of students.”
Brannum said he not only supports D.C. public schools, he attended and taught at those schools. But, he added, “There are students in the District of Columbia who attend private schools, parochial schools, or even (are) home schooled, and their parents pay taxes and they should be able to participate in some of the benefits of being citizens of the District of Columbia.””
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“This is What Change Looks Like”
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BarackObamadotcom — March 30, 2010 — To the untold numbers who knocked on doors and made phone calls, who organized and mobilized out of a firm conviction that change in this country comes not from the top down, but from the bottom up — this moment is possible because of you.
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