"Somebody had to eat the first oyster." This 1998 excerpt from our archives reveals the lengthy, and messy history of the ongoing push for school #vouchers, whether the public wants it or not ... https://www.texasobserver.org/whos-paying-for-public-school-vouchers-1998/
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Archives: Who's Paying for Public School Vouchers? (1998)
"Somebody had to eat the first oyster." With that salty metaphor, Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock makes the argument that elected officials shouldn't be afraid to try new ideas—in this case, vouchers that would shift taxpayers' moneys from public to …Louis Dubose (The Texas Observer)