Two years after their first rally, Save Texas Schools will again descend on the capitol this weekend. Let’s take a look at what the establishment media failed to report in 2011:
We suspect the media will use this event to put pressure on lawmakers to expand funding to education. This tactic didn’t work last time. If funding is increased this time, it won’t be because of this rally.
For instance, Texans will continue to be falsely told that lawmakers cut funding to education in 2011. The Economist, reporting on Texas’ current fiscal status, notes this wasn’t the case:
‘The rapidly growing public-school system, for example, was allocated about $5 billion less than expected, given previous funding commitments.’
The truth is the majority of Texans have longstanding misgivings about how their tax dollars are being spent in education. The recent discovery of CSCOPE, a controversial curriculum development tool, is a particularly obvious example of why people feel this way.
One thing is sure, this crowd will not provide a welcome environment for conservatives.
Despite this, some conservatives are set to hold their own press event pushing against the funding increase that rally-goers are seeking. This is quite a show of commitment and adventure from these conservatives. Really, any more than one conservative showing up to a rally like this is downright impressive.
Of course, the media may prefer to do an apples-to-apples numbers comparison, with the rally on one side and and press conference on the other, as if the rally were for both sides. This is a big government rally that a few conservatives are resourcefully using to get an opposing message out.
We do hope the media doesn’t take this route, and in the spirit of fairness, we will post a follow up story one way or the other after the news cycle for this rally exhausts itself.