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LD10 House Members Show GOP-Dem Differences on Education
By Howard Levine
GOPUSA News
October 5, 2008

Republicans like Jim Weiers think that parents are best able to assess the needs of their children and choose the education best suited for them -- especially so for special education students who may have more particular needs than most students for achieving a good education. Democrats like Jackie Thrasher think that government education officials are better qualified than parents to make these decisions.

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For Schweikert, honesty is best policy
Paul Giblin, Tribune
East Valley Tribune
October 4, 2008 - 5:48PM

David Schweikert, the former Maricopa County treasurer, gained a lifelong appreciation for clean government during one of Arizona's dirtiest eras of political corruption.As a 28-year-old Republican who had just been elected to the state Legislature in 1990, he watched as the AzScam political scandal spilled across the state Capitol."Let's face it - all hell broke loose," said Schweikert, now 46 and running for Congress. "I was a brand-new freshman, and they were indicting people all around me. I realized ego and greed are very dangerous things."Schweikert is attempting to unseat incumbent Rep. Harry Mitchell, D-Ariz., in the 5th Congressional District, which takes in Scottsdale, Tempe, Fountain Hills, Ahwatukee Foothills and west Mesa.

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