Semanko: Idaho next recall battleground

Dear Idaho Republican,

Have your heard what's happening in Wisconsin today? Listen up. It's critical to Idaho's future too.

Governor Scott Walker’s career is on the line for doing the right thing, the responsible thing. He stood up to the unions and balanced his state's budget by returning local control to locally elected leaders. National labor unions are working hard to defeat these bold reforms. They think local control means union control. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Why is this important? What is happening in Wisconsin today has a huge impact on Idaho. As soon as this election is over, Idaho will become the next battleground. Idaho's teachers union has already hired a big-labor, union boss from back East to come to Idaho and overturn all the progress we’ve made through the Students Come First education reforms. These recalls and referendums are not about what’s best for children. They’re about who is going to run our schools: local leaders or national union bosses.

Like Governor Walker, we must defend our state from union control. We must protect our schools from returning to a status quo education system that is full of policies that do not put students first. We must vote yes for Idaho students in November!

Norm Semanko

Chairman, Idaho Republican Party

Source: idgop.org