Capps to kick off Education tour of South Carolina
Summerville resident and blogger Earl Capps, announced his plans to kick-off a "Will Someone PLEASE do Something about our Schools?" tour of South Carolina on Friday, August 4.
This tour is Capps' reponse to the "46 counties in 46 days" tour being held by Democratic state Superintendent of Education candidate Jim Rex: "I plan to cover more ground faster. Given the state of our schools, where progress is just about nil, can we really afford a reform agenda that takes so long to travel across South Carolina."
His tour will take him to THIRTEEN counties in just two days. At each stop, he will stop his car, get out and announce his education agenda:
1) Finish his Masters' degree in 2008,
2) South Carolina schools really suck,
3) Will someone PLEASE do something? ... and
3) Ask for directions to the next county.
Capps was disappointed at the slow progress of Rex's tour: "If it takes THAT long for him to cover that much ground, maybe he needs to find a faster lawnmower. Or he could call William Bell and ask to borrow his horse."
GOP sources were skeptical that Bell would loan his horse to a Democratic party nominee.
An analysis showed that Capps could, at that rate, cover all 46 of South Carolina's counties in just 7.07 days, moving approximately six times as fast as Rex's tour.
"Talk about likkity-split", said GOP chairman Katon Dawson. "Quintipilicate-copy forms could never move that fast in the Department of Education."
One Democratic observer suggested that Capps was aided by "outside" elements: "Perhaps the Enterprise is beaming him around the state."
"I graduated high school with a GED," said Capps. "It wasn't Inez' programs that got me to go to college and continue to grad school - it was ME. A little motivation and initiative can take someone farther than any government program ever will."
His "Will Someone PLEASE do Something about our Schools?" tour will visit the following counties:
Friday's stops:
Dorchester, Charleston, Berkeley, Orangeburg, Calhoun, Lexington, Richland, Newberry, Laurens, and Spartanburg Counties.
Saturday's stops:
Greenville, Pickens, and Anderson Counties ... and if he wants really good fresh peaches and strawberries to take back to the Lowcountry, add Cherokee County.
This tour is Capps' reponse to the "46 counties in 46 days" tour being held by Democratic state Superintendent of Education candidate Jim Rex: "I plan to cover more ground faster. Given the state of our schools, where progress is just about nil, can we really afford a reform agenda that takes so long to travel across South Carolina."
His tour will take him to THIRTEEN counties in just two days. At each stop, he will stop his car, get out and announce his education agenda:
1) Finish his Masters' degree in 2008,
2) South Carolina schools really suck,
3) Will someone PLEASE do something? ... and
3) Ask for directions to the next county.
Capps was disappointed at the slow progress of Rex's tour: "If it takes THAT long for him to cover that much ground, maybe he needs to find a faster lawnmower. Or he could call William Bell and ask to borrow his horse."
GOP sources were skeptical that Bell would loan his horse to a Democratic party nominee.
An analysis showed that Capps could, at that rate, cover all 46 of South Carolina's counties in just 7.07 days, moving approximately six times as fast as Rex's tour.
"Talk about likkity-split", said GOP chairman Katon Dawson. "Quintipilicate-copy forms could never move that fast in the Department of Education."
One Democratic observer suggested that Capps was aided by "outside" elements: "Perhaps the Enterprise is beaming him around the state."
"I graduated high school with a GED," said Capps. "It wasn't Inez' programs that got me to go to college and continue to grad school - it was ME. A little motivation and initiative can take someone farther than any government program ever will."
His "Will Someone PLEASE do Something about our Schools?" tour will visit the following counties:
Friday's stops:
Dorchester, Charleston, Berkeley, Orangeburg, Calhoun, Lexington, Richland, Newberry, Laurens, and Spartanburg Counties.
Saturday's stops:
Greenville, Pickens, and Anderson Counties ... and if he wants really good fresh peaches and strawberries to take back to the Lowcountry, add Cherokee County.
Nonetheless, I thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Just a few weeks ago, I was getting called a RINO for backing Bob Staton in the primary. Don't ya'll remember that?!?!?
Earl, are we having fun yet?
SC Superintendent of Education Race
Write-In Candidate: Earl Capps
I'll be in charleston this weekend, Il'l give you a call tomorrow
The DVD is entitled "Earl Gone Boring" ... which is the story of my life. Brainy, geeky, academic, but I still "don't got no PHD in edducashen, even teh bubba Nazis hate (my) pale white butt".
Anon - where is your town, and if you buy me lunch, the freeloading type that I am, I might even add a stop (and county) to my South Carolina tour. It's a beautiful state, so any opportunity I get to take a sidetrip, I do so eagerly.
In any event, lunch or no lunch, side trip or not, I'm glad you enjoy my blog :)
Can't do write-ins on a primary ballot. Just the general election.