[Brilliant]

I might go for the increased funding if he makes it a voucher. But there's not much chance of that.

He says he's going to do it without raising taxes. Uh-huh.

If this is the best he can do, he better resign himself to defeat.

[goldstategop]

He never says how he will pay for the increased salaries without raising taxes. Remember, the ACLU and the Dems successfully throttled private school choice with the connivance of the teachers' unions in Florida. What chutzpah!

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

[Joe Brower]

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[WatchYourself]

Wow, what a BRILLIANT plan. I think Jim first needs to get the teachers to stop having affairs with their students in Florida... that would be good.

[doc30]

Personally, I don't think that will be enough. A freind of my wife's is an elementary school teacher in Citrus County Fl and just took a job offer in rural Georgia where the pay, for the same level of experience and responsibilities is $15K per year greater than what she can earn in FL. It was a no-brainer decision.

[WOSG]

Vouchers!?!? The Democrat teachers unions look at vouchers the way a Vampire looks at garlic and a cross.

No tax increase? Paid for with 'smoke-and-mirrors' instead? well, that's a trusty ol' campaign trick.

[P-40]

the national average.

Shouldn't the pay be based more on the market in which you work? I assume it is more expensive to live in New York City than it is in Dime Box, Texas.

[KingofZion]

How about pay for performance?

No, that would never work, they'd be stuck at minimum wage.

[VeniVidiVici]

Jim Davis? Muppets?

Or maybe just a Democrat sock puppet.

[Dutchgirl]

Is he a member of the Davis family that is simultaneously claiming bankruptcy protection for Winn-Dixie stores while launching a multi bilion dollar real estate deal called "Nocatee?" Yeah, that's the kind of fiscal leadership our public schools need..

[jmaroneps37]

This won't help him one bit. If he isn't already getting every last leftist teacher's vote he ought to dig himself a hole and crawl in.

[summer]

I don't like that this guy talks about Gov Bush's "failed" education programs. That is an outright lie -- Gov Bush did not "fail" in terms of education in this state. Consequently, I am having a difficult time buying into anything else this Jim Davis says, since his opening statement -- about Florida's Favorite Governor -- was completely off the mark, IMO.

Gov Bush has had a lot of success in improving education in this state. That is one of the reasons he was re-elected by such a large margin in 2002. Also, Gov Bush's record of success is not over yet (again, IMO).