In this election, vote for education
To the Editor:
I am a 1953 graduate of Waynesville Township High School, received my undergraduate degree from Furman University and two graduate degrees from schools in Texas.
One of my high school classmates told me recently that his granddaughter has just graduated from Furman University and has a teaching job in South Carolina because she could make $10,000 more a year than teaching in North Carolina. This is another example of how the Republicans are destroying the education system in this state since they have taken control of the governor’s job, Senate and House.
Last year they cut education funds $500 million. Our schools are short on textbooks and teachers are leaving the state and our schools, meaning our children and youth are the losers.
When you go to the polls in November, please vote for our children/youth. Vote Democratic! If you are wondering about fracking, check with Oklahoma and West Texas about the hundreds of earthquakes that are occurring since fracking began.
Vote for the Democratic candidates!
Robert G. Fulbright, Ph.D.
Waynesville
