Tice is Right for Calvert County

[residentofcre (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Mikeinsmd

I'm not cutting anyone any slack!!! If you say you're going to run for office & create laws, you better answer constituents questions and have solutions!!! Why don't you tell me .... which kid gets left off of a full bus??

It's easy to say we need this or we need that but without solutions, you're no better than what's in office now!

You may accept 50% as acceptable but I don't.

And if you consider those answers "well thought out" thank gawd you're not running either.

I'll NEVER cut ANY politician slack!!



And like JPC even has a chance.

You are so right... I agree that you should not accept 50%. I am so happy that this forum gives me the opportunity to clear up the matters.

Bus overcrowding should never happen in Calvert County. The population explosion is leveling off. Calvert County currently contracts with private companies for school bus drivers. Based on the school census at the end of one school year, those companies should be forcasting the next school year need. The Board of Education should be including this in their budget for the next fiscal year. It is up to the BOCC to fully fund the transportation section of the education budget. Let me go one more step... if our students are going to have a chance to pass the High Stakes Test for graduation, we should also be fully funding extra curricular busses, allow students the opportunity to stay after school for tutoring along with other after school activities.... Before the first bus rolls out on the first day of the new school year, it is up to the BOCC to fund a seat on a safe bus for each and every student.

The Calvert County Board must fund the transportation needs... but not at the expense of classroom size or classroom budget. That means that we may need to find more money for transportation. I would search for that the funding from State grants. Another alternative may be the use of public transportation as a temporary back up until the transportation reschedules buses and routes in the event of an incorrect census. [I would not be opposed to backcharging the contractors for transportation costs if the census was incorrect due to their error]

One more thing... I would also require the busses to be safe and the drivers to operate them within the law... I am tired of hearing that the reason a bus is doing 55 in a 40 MPH zone is because the speedometer is not working correctly. That excuse wouldn't work for me... and it shouldn't be acceptable for a company or a driver responsible for the safety of our children.

Better?

[Mikeinsmd]

Originally Posted by residentofcre

You are so right... I agree that you should not accept 50%. I am so happy that this forum gives me the opportunity to clear up the matters.

Better?

Yes!! Thank you very much.

I wasn't trying to be confrontational. My questions were legitimate. bcp is obviously a fan of yours. He just needs to raise his bar a little. Being a staunch Republican, maybe I will become one too.

[residentofcre (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Mikeinsmd

Yes!! Thank you very much.

I wasn't trying to be confrontational. My questions were legitimate. bcp is obviously a fan of yours. He just needs to raise his bar a little. Being a staunch Republican, maybe I will become one too.

While I am sure the Party would love to have one more member... I would hope to win votes because I am the best for the job..

[Mikeinsmd]

Originally Posted by residentofcre

While I am sure the Party would love to have one more member... I would hope to win votes because I am the best for the job..

No, I meant I am already a repub. and maybe I will become a fan of yours.

[residentofcre (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Mikeinsmd

No, I meant I am already a repub. and maybe I will become a fan of yours.

Awesome....

[2ndAmendment (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Ken King

If that is so, Becky, then why the clandestine userid and talking in the third person?

Wow, same question I asked, but you asked first.

She even cross posted the thread in Politics.

I think we have a candidate that is less than candid.

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by residentofcre

and I wasn't sure if I could speak in the first person here... some places won't let a candidate speake candidly....

Dishonesty. Yeah, you're a politician.

[residentofcre (Premo)]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

Dishonesty. Yeah, you're a politician.

As I stated over in the other thread... I tried to put my name in as Becky Tice, BeckyTice, and Candidate... but it would not allow me to do so...

As I stated over in the other thread I was not sure if I could speak as myself [basically because it would not let me put in my name]

As I stated in the other thread my entries have all been friendly and true

I started 2 threads because I wasn't sure where I should start one... and I wanted to make sure I gave everyone a chance to speak their mind...

I am not a politician... that is why I put these threads on the SoMd On Line forum... I consider those who participate in the forums to be some of the most knowledgeable people around... willing to give advice and ask questions...

Education is a good thing....

[berserkerinn]

So will Becky keep on working to make Lusby look like Rt. 1's all over the country, such as in Fredericksburg VA.
How did we let this ugly 'progress' happen?
And note, it's do-nuts, liquor, tanning, banking, but doesn't anyone think we deserve a bookstore? Can we read?????

[berserkerinn]

But Becky, if you can do something for these poor cruelly tied-up dogs, who have no acceptable quality of life, then you get my vote!!!!!!