Dick Says ...

 				Dick Says...
 
				"We are all
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				in this together."
 
 
 
How's Dick helping YOU?
 
With your help Dick's working to empower
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local schools and their boards every hour
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to make decisions for parents with power 
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How's Dick doing this?
 
Raising standards for that really dumb kid*
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Dumping teacher's jobs all into a skid
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Spending cents, new dollars [sic] for our own squid
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Upgrade all computers in my kid's school**
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Build more schools -- not north of town; I'm no fool! 
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Repair old schools -- yes north of town; Dick's not cruel!
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And wait! Dick loves our local university too!
 
Keeping a [sic] higher education cheap
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Our local (corporate kick-back, 
technology-driven, sports-crazed, 
SAVE THE CHIEF, 
go back to where you came from) 
economy doesn't lose sleep
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If Dick loses we are all sure to weep.
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* Recent outside audit reports indicate that schools in Champaign-Urbana
are working well for a whopping 30% of students!
**Researchers at OSU report that increased access to technology DOES NOT
necessarily help close gaps in learning or student performance.