Of course it’s all lies.
The Independence Paper breaks down who supported what by donations.

$5,000 – Kansas City Federation of Teachers, Kansas City.

$2,500 – Blackwell Sanders, L.L.P., Kansas City.

$2,000 – Dan Cole, Lee’s Summit; Kansas City Missouri Federation of Teachers – Retired, Kansas City; the Missouri Federation of Teachers Solidarity Fund, Jefferson City.

$1,000 – Cosette Kelly, Independence; the Kansas City School Administrators Association, Kansas City.

$500 – Wickham and Wood, Kansas City; Judy Morgan, Kansas City; Citizens for John Burnett, Independence.

$250 – C.E. Morgan, Kansas City; the Greater Kansas City Coalition of Worker Justice, Kansas City.

$200 – Ingrid Burnett, Kansas City; Rex Hull, Gladstone, Mo.

$100 – Cecilia Green, Kansas City; Clive Clemen, St. Louis, Mo.; Donald Bell, Independence; Andrea Flinders, Kansas City; Louis Hiatt, Kansas City; Albert Mbaro, Kansas City; Judy Morgan, Kansas City.

And the say yes team?

$10,000 – Thomas Hoppe 11th Senatorial Leadership Committee, Kansas City.

$2,000 – Monte and Stacy Short, Independence; Robert Spradling, Lee’s Summit

$1,500 – Carpenter’s District Council, Kansas City.

$1,000 – Allen Lefko, Grain Valley; HiBoy Drive Inn No. 3, Independence; Dr. Robert and Carolyn Reich Weir, Independence.

$500 – Charles and Margaret Dumsky, Sugar Creek; Luva D. Vaughan, Independence; Bernard M. O’Donnell, Independence; John and Nancy Kimak, Blue Springs; Dennis Waits, Independence; Robert Spradling, Lee’s Summit

$400 – Lucia’s LaTaquera, Independence; Downey Construction, Independence.

$300 – Fred Mills, Independence.

$250 – Terry and Ellen Morris, Independence; Joe and Joanne Bolger, Independence.

$200 – DeLuccie and O’Hara Law Office, Independence; B-Vogue, Independence; Steven and Donna Luttrell, Sugar Creek.

$150 – Lee and Kathryn Pickering, Independence.

$100 – Melinda Boeh, Independence; Earl and Dorothy Brigham, Sugar Creek; Catherine Heegn, Sugar Creek; Catherine Decker, Independence; John and Shirley Hix, Sugar Creek; David and Patricia Renshaw, Independence; Ruby and Reuben Jamison, Independence; Thomas Reich and Eileen N. Weir, Independence; Rengel and Associates, Sugar Creek; Jane and Dennis Taylor, Independence; Lee Williams, Independence; William B. Bundschu, Independence; Gary White, Independence; DeLuccie and O’Hara Law Office, Independence; Robert and Nina Burnup, Independence; John and Antonette Thornton, Independence; David Titus, Independence; Paul and Debra Nelson, Independence; Bill McLeod, Independence; Earl and Joan Williamson, Independence; Farrel and Louis Douglas, Independence; Fred and Leah Burton, Independence; Raymond and Joanne Beebe, Independence; Dr. Ralph and Brenda Ruckman, Independence; Gloria Smith, Independence; Roger and Nancy Hershey, Independence; Mike Butler, Independence; Melinda Boeh, Independence.

Notice 10 grand off the top comes from Vic’s political players, and then notice this: From the article “Kids Are Our Future has raised $60,254.31 since the committee was formed in August. That total includes a $30,000 donation from the 11th Senatorial Leadership Committee, which is Sen. Victor Callahan’s election committee.”

Which means another 30 Grand came from Political hand shaking, isn’t it disgusting?

Here’s the link to the numbers article:

http://examiner.net/stories/110307/new_214689053.shtml

It’s not only lies, but misinformation, like people saying KC isn’t accredited, there is also the fact it just came out the schools are corporate owned, and of course there is the simple fact that they have no real numbers, no real plans, and no real reasoning aside from people irritated they bought in the KC district, rather than doing some research first and buying a few blocks over.

Truly.
Emotionally driven, webs of lies, race, and a land grab.

Makes me sick.

If those kids are from ISD, that is VERY inappropriate. The ISD School Board did not officially take any position on this measure. They would be very upset if this picture was taken at an ISD school.

My bet is that those kids are not from a ISD school at all – probably a Sunday school class from one of the churches that supported the measure.