Florida Voters' Number One Political Issue- Stopping the Common Core Machine

April 23, 2014

Randy Osborne

The political tsunami has begun against those politicians who refuse to listen to Florida's voters (parents and grandparents of our children). In a landslide, "the outsider, Curt Clawson" beat the establishment's political machine in congressional district 19 's special election, Republican primary, with a simple but honest message. As The Shark Tank editoralized:

"The political newbie's genuine pro-life, anti-Common Core, and economic prosperity message,which garnered him the endorsement of the conservative Eagle Forum and Senator Rand Paul, proved too much for Lizbeth Benacquisto, Paige Kreegel, and Michael Dreikorn to collectively overcome."

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's endorsement along with those coming from various other conservative organizations, created the contrast between Curt Clawson and Lizbeth Benacquisto on the Common Core issue. Benaquisto was a major endorser of the Common Core standards and as a state senator, she sponsored several pro-Common Core bills in the last legislative session. In her congressional race she flipped to opposition of CC and actually sponsored Representative Mayfield's companion Senate bill, SB 1316.

However, the voters weren't buying the "re-package" and found a candidate that understood the issues of the federal overreach of Florida's education system. Clawson with 38% to Benacquisto's 26%, won by a statistical landslide.

THIS SHOULD BE A WAKE-UP CALL. TODAY,THE VOICES OF THE VOTERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR.

This should be a warning that Florida voters will not accept :

Changing the name of Common Core to deceive the public.
Changing less then 5% of the standards to call them "our standards"
Informing the public that the state is no longer accepting federal funding for Common Core. ( the "Race to the Top" grant is running out)
Choosing the American Institutes for Research (AIR) for the state's testing, which is a social engineering organization is not an academic testing organization. They have more expertise on how to "sell" the LGBT lifestyle then academic testing.
Deceiving the public by announcing that Florida is out of Common Core.
The House and Senate leadership blocking and preventing any bill to even be heard that would truly pause or stop Common Core in the state.

A CALL TO ACTION:

Call the Governor's Office at (850) 717-9337 and ask Governor Scott to:

Rrepeal the Common Core standards in the State of Florida.
Reinstate the previous Next Generation Sunshine State Standards until we are able to truly develop our own.
Cancel the contract with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and hold those accountable for contracting with this type of organization.

"WE, AS A FREE SOCIETY MUST HOLD THOSE ACCOUNTABLE WHO REPRESENT US"

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