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Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures."
-- Daniel Webster
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Wednesday, May 05, 2004 :::
I just barely voted for Governor Romney a year and a half ago, but I've increasingly been a fan:Gov. Mitt Romney handed out licenses to new charter schools on Wednesday, defying a House-approved moratorium that would prevent most of the new schools from opening.
The House legislation, approved last week during budget deliberations and likely to win support in the Senate, would strip the charters from schools scheduled to open this year in Lynn, North Adams and Salem. Two other schools scheduled to open in 2005 -- in Cambridge and Marlboro -- would also lose their charters.
The Republican governor, however, remains a staunch supporter of charter schools and promised Wednesday to veto the charter moratorium if the Senate approves it in its budget debate later this month.
"Let there be no doubt, I will veto any charter school moratorium that reaches my desk," Romney said during a news conference at the Roxbury Preparatory Charter School in Boston.
Senators passed a similar charter school freeze last year, but it fell short in the House. It's not clear whether there would be enough votes in the Legislature to override Romney's veto.
::: posted by Steven at 1:16 PM
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