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Trillhaase: Luna Dares You

JEERS ... to Idaho schools Superintendent Tom Luna. Defending his LunaTech overhauls against a popular uprising, he has taken hostages. Don't forget how Luna staged a sneak attack on Idaho's voters, teachers and parents. Not until he was safely re-elected in 2010 did he unveil his plan to undermine teacher tenure and collective bargaining while shifting millions of dollars from classrooms to technology and for-profit providers of online instruction. So voters resorted to the only tool left - rounding up enough signatures to put three referendum measures on Luna's deceptive package - merit pay, rolling back collective bargaining and siphoning dollars into technology - on the Nov. 6 ballot.But Luna had one more heavy-handed maneuver up his sleeve/Marty Trillhaase, Lewiston Tribune. More of Cheers & Jeers column here.

Question: Did you vote for Tom Luna in 2010? Would you vote for him again? Why? Why not?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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