Political Quotes

“I think we are dealing with perception and reality. The teachers in my district and State have told me that the best use of the resources rests with the Governors. That is why the Governors support it. Again, it does not matter if it is a Republican Governor or a Democratic Governor. What I would like to get across is that the schools are not able to handle the additional responsibility. I know the schools in my district and other districts in the State of California. They are just surviving, with the staff they have, to manage education programs. To put this down at the local level would be disastrous, I think, in the State of California, and Governor Wilson is doing a good job. Each State has got a check-and-balance system. It not only has a Governor, but it has a State senate and a State assembly. In California that is Willie Brown, a Democrat, as is the Senate and the House in the assembly. We have a Republican Governor, Pete Wilson; they work together and support antidrug programs. Yet in the State of California, the DARE function operates, and it operates very well. The term is, 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it.' The programs are not broke in the State of California. The schools are not able to handle the additional weight. And I would ask that we support the Barrett-Roehmer amendment.”