WEAC Rapidly Responds to Critical Newspaper Editorial

An editorial published Friday (October 29, 2004) by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel charged that WEAC and Democratic legislators are “fanning upstate resentment of Milwaukee and Racine for the sake of short-term political gain” through the use of campaign literature that discusses charter schools.

WEAC quickly responded to the attack by publishing an "advertorial" in the newspaper, which points out that the editorial bases its criticism on a WEAC mailing from nearly a year ago.

“The editorial diverts attention from what should be everyone’s concern: how to help all Milwaukee children succeed,” WEAC President Stan Johnson said in the advertorial. “Instead of turning their backs on public education and parroting the empty promises of those who seek to destroy our public schools, this newspaper’s editorial writers could help generate the debate this state needs to make sure that every kid in every community in Wisconsin, including Milwaukee and Racine, attends a great school. Supporting simplistic solutions to complex educational problems does a disservice to all residents of Wisconsin, no matter where they live.”

View WEAC's advertorial

Posted November 1, 2004