Progressives Leverage Dolly Parton Love Against Missouri Republicans

The fundamental problem for conservatives with this story . . . 

The public ADORES Dolly Parton far more than any politician.  

 And so . . .  

This story is really about leveraging pop culture sentiment for political gain with very little concern about reading, youngsters or the value of free books and encouragement of guided reading. 

Check-it . . .  

"The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education recently announced it would freeze enrollment in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a literacy initiative that offers one free book per month for children from birth until five years old. More than 20 states provide full or partial funding for the program, which claims to have donated over 300 million books to kids in the U.S. and elsewhere. The beneficiaries includes 170,000 Missouri children, but the state’s Republican-dominated legislature decided to cut the program’s funding from $6 million to $2 million."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Opinion | Missouri Republicans are taking an ax to Dolly Parton's signature initiative

The state's decision to freeze enrollment in Parton's Imagination Library, which offers free books to kids, comes at a perilous time for children's literacy.