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Education priority in Salt Lake City race

when will the deseret news start INCLUDING JP HUGHES in the mayoral race??? Why did they take it upon themselves to hold a primary before the primary??? When will polling actually INCLUDE JP HUGHES as an option...he has yet to be! You have to specifically say you are voting for Hughes and the typical response you get by the pollster is "oh, he's not an option" Go to jphughesformayor.com to see what you are missing out on.

I hope that the new Salt Lake City mayor can accomplish what former Mayor Corridini and Mayor Anderson could not. Mayor Corridini derailed an attempt by the Salt Lake City School District and the Salt Lake City Council to work together in developing a joint City-District program funded by property taxes to create coordinated school-community programs and facilities. Mayor Anderson had a falling out with the former Salt Lake City School District superintendent and cooperation between the City and District remained icy. It is with great hope and expectation that the apparently pro-education candidates will finally allow a Mayor would has both the interest in education and personality to be able to form a strong cooperative relationship in improving education for the City's children, through after school programs, through closer efforts between City and District libraries and cooperative use of parks and recreation facilities as well as school auditoriums and meeting rooms and educational facilities.

Our childrens education should be a huge priority to our mayoral canidates. The solutions given by them were not good enough. It is sad that they are steering clear for the most part from mentioning educational vouchers. Vouchers are a viable solution to a program that is failing our Utah communities. With vouchers class sizes will be reduced and there will be more money left in the public schools. It's a win/win for everyone especially our kids!

They are steering clear of vouchers because most people who actually live in the city, as well as a majority of folks in the whole state, want nothing to do with this giveaway to fundies and the wealthy.