Montgomery County GOP Chairman Responds to Romney Protest
Uncapher: County school bus drivers 'should be embarrassed.'
Montgomery County Republican Party Chairman Mark Uncapher responded to a protest of Mitt Romney by school bus drivers by asking if bus drivers were willing to accept responsibility for failing schools. Uncapher made the comments in the Sept. 1 issue of the county GOP’s newsletter. The “Chairman’s Message” focused on a Patch report about a protest on Thursday over comments made by the Republican presidential nominee about school bus drivers. The drivers took issue with a message Romney has repeated on the campaign trail that bus drivers should not get credit when students make their school’s honor roll. Drivers carried signs along Crabbs Branch Way in Rockville on Thursday as part of a protest organized by the union that represents …
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G Hinson White
4:06 pm on Sunday, September 9, 2012
Ddad99 is correct re: the unions. That's what they do. Manipulate members to enrich the pockets of the union leaders. Romney was simply making a point. When kids make the honor roll, it is the kids and parents of those kids who deserve credit. Not the teachers, the bus drivers (the only group he mentioned) the cafeteria workers, the janitor, etc. Granted, there is in every school at least one … more ›