A Letter from Maria

There are groups who believe we can better educate our children. This group will support politicians who support their ideas. However, State Rep, Maria Chappelle...... wants to make a political issue out of our kids future:

Dear University City Residents,
As many of you know, I have taken the lead in the Missouri House to ensure our schools districts are safe from special interest groups, such as Wal-Mart, Overstock.com, Alliance for School Choice and the group, which funded Matt Blunt in his campaign against Claire McCaskill, All Children Matter.

From many of my newsletters I have stated the funding stream that right-wing Republicans have used to take democratic seats in the house and senate. I have stated in previous newsletters which legislators have also been swept by these out-of-state special interests, such as Ted Hoskins, democrat from the 80th Legislative district, who has received over $13,000 from All Children Matter-MO PAC directly into his legislative account.

Well, I am sad to say, that Mayor Adams has taken money directly from the sponsor of House Bill1783, Ted Hoskins, which is a state-tax credit voucher bill which will take $40 MILLION dollars from Missouri's Education Budget.

In his last financial disclosure, Ted Hoskins not only maxed out on the Adams campaign, but just this week he PAID for an AD in the Citizen Journal. The School Voucher proponents are BUYING off our local officials AND WE CAN NOT LET THAT HAPPEN!

Take a look at your Citizen Journal again, look at the bottom of the page as it reads "Paid for by 80th Legislative District committee." This is Ted Hoskins committee, which received thousands of dollars for passage of the school Voucher bill just this year.

If you have a problem with Joe Adams taking money from PROPONENTS OF SCHOOL VOUCHERS, please call him and ask why is he selling out our schools and community at 862-7877. Ask why the disguise Joe? It was always peculiar to me why Betty Thompson supported Joe this go round, yet had her son oppose him 8 years ago.

Also, to refer to all financial disclosures of All Children Matter-MO PAC, Ted Hoskins or the 80th legislative district please go to the Missouri Ethics web site at http://www.moethics.mo.gov/.

If Maria would stand up for U City kids, perhaps All Children Matter would
support her too.