Pence's Players

Governor Pence is getting a good deal of "credit" for continuing the destruction of Public education in Indiana.  This credit is all well deserved; however, he should not be given sole credit for the continued efforts to destroy our Public schools for the good of his cronies in the private sector.  No, Covernor Pence is not alone in his efforts.  One need only look to the Indiana State Board of Education and the Indiana General Assembly to see the other players in this game.

We all know Representative Bob Behning(R-district 91) is a major "go-to" player in this game of keep away they are playing with our public school children.  Representative Behning made every effort to continue draining monies from our children and to take power away from the ELECTED Superintendent of Public Instruction, Glenda Ritz. It is up the the voters of District 91 to see that this type of nonsense is stopped.  Bob has been in the state house too long.  He needs to be sent to "retirement" where he can arrange flowers and leave our children's educations alone.

Now, Governor Pence has created a new "agency" to shadow the Department of Education.  He has appointed a leader of this agency who will be paid a salary greater than that of Elected Superintendent Gelnda Ritz, to basically assist in the sabatoage of the state agency and the will of the Hoosier voters.  Helping the governor push his agenda are his State Board of Education appointees.  Leading the charge of the Pence/Daniels/Bennett agenda is State Board member Dan Elsener.  Mr. Elsener has tried very hard in recent board meetings to highjack the meetings from the Department of Education's ELECTED official as chair of the board.  He has attempted to violate Indiana's open door laws, by maneuvering to add to the posted agenda after meetings have begun.  Mr. Elsener is a Private university president, and has no business making decisions for our PUBLIC school children.  His mission is to continue to pad the walletts of private sector cronies who will profit from the fleecing of our public schools.  Mr. Elsener has recently "cride foul" over negative emails and phone calls he has received.  He and other board members have even asked Superintendent Ritz to "call off her people".  Well, Mr. Elsener needs to know that Glenda does not "control" the voices of the Hoosier voters who elected her.  She represents those 1.3 million voters daily in her attempts to thwart the endless shenanigans of Pence and his "players". 

It is time for those Hoosier voters to once again exercise their rights as citizens.  Speak up against the continued efforts of these politicians make your voices heard.  Continue to email, call, and spread the word that these people must be stopped at every turn.  They need to know that our PUBLIC schools are valued by the majority of Hoosiers, and they must not be allowed to fund their private sector cronies any longer.  Make your voice heard.  Make your feelings known.  Email and call often, until those who have the opportunity to make things right again for our public schools are doing just that, or we demand their resignations or vote them out.

Here is contact information for Governor Pence, State Board of Education Memebers, and Representative Behning. 

Governor Pence

By Phone: 317-232-4567 By Mail:
Office of the Governor
Statehouse
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2797
http://www.in.gov/gov/2333.htm

Representative Bob Behning. - h91@iga.in.gov - 1-800-382-9841 - R

State Board Members

Chair	Glenda Ritz Superintendent of Public Instructiongritz@doe.in.gov	Room 229 State House Indianapolis, IN 46204
First Congressional District	Tony Walker tony@walkerlawgroup.biz	363 S. Lake Street Gary, IN 46403
Second Congressional District	David Freitas drdavidfreitas@comcast.net	1700 Mishawaka Avenue South Bend, IN 46634
Third Congressional District	Cari Whicker cwhicker@hccsc.k12.in.us	Riverview Middle School 2465 Waterworks Road Huntington, IN 46750
Fourth Congressional District	Sarah O’Brien smobrien@avon-schools.org	River Birch Elementary School 5456 East 75 North Avon, IN 46123
Fifth Congressional District	Andrea Neal aneal@inpolicy.org	7034 N. Park Ave Indianapolis, IN 46220
Sixth Congressional District	Brad Oliver brad4education@gmail.com	Star Buidling, Office 143-B Indiana Wesleyan University 1900 W 50th Street Marion, IN 46935
Seventh Congressional District	Daniel Elsener delsener@marian.edu	Marian University 3200 Cold Springs Road Indianapolis, IN 46222
Eighth Congressional District	B.J. Watts bj.watts@evsc.k12.in.us	11148 Saint Wendel Road Evansville, IN 47720
Ninth Congressional District	Troy Albert talbert@wclark.k12.in.us	Henryville Jr. Sr. High School 213 N Ferguson Street Henryville, IN 47126
At-Large	Gordon Hendry education@gordonhendry.com