"I didn't want to do anything to be perceived as against fully funding MAEP."That's what Jeff Smith said earlier this year about his voting record on education. Hardly a surprise, Smith has cast many votes that did not support education at all levels in Mississippi. And when he wanted to protect the voters "perception" of him, he just just didn't vote for a bill at all.
(Check out HB 238 & 241 in 2007; SB 3019, 3021, 3022 in 2006 for a sample of his poor record.)
Politically maneuvering his way through the votes in the House, Smith frequently votes against bringing up MAEP bills. A critical piece to the education-funding nightmare Mississippi finds itself in every year, fully-funding MAEP is vital to Mississippi public schools.
Smith, however, is more concerned about his "perception" than our future. These are the lives of our children, and he treats it all like a political game.
Speaker McCoy has kept Mississippi first, not his political career!
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