Even though I get no response when I sent the MAYOR the warnings about CHUCK'S intention to go all commando solo on the budget, evidently after witnessing her response to the proposed fantasy budget she must have been reading them. So this BUDGET on the BLINDSIDE was not only DOA it never even got started.
I almost feel kind of sorry for ole CHUCK. I warned about the members of the LSC not having the fortitude to fight along side him for full funding of the schools. The MAYOR was successful again to intimidate most of the other members to go along with her WRONG interpretation of the law. Now it's not me who's saying she's wrong, it's the DESE.
However I believe the culture of state government, while they might agree she is technically wrong, there will not be any prosecution (which is an executive action). I challenged the other members tonight to stick to their guns but except for MARIA the others wimped out.
Sorry charlie! i tried to warn you. That's just not how the system works.
Where's all the outrage about this? When it comes to topics such as immigration, immigrant rights, ESL classes at Ford and Gordon College, certain individuals and groups come out of the woodwork with nonstop comments and demonstrations. Yet when it comes to the actual education of their own kids, not a peep or a care.
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain just not some of your sickness. All of those groups are parents of kids too. However let's get back to the problem at hand. The MAYOR tries to distract you by telling you how UNFAIR the school spending formula is. I agree with her it is WRONG and convoluted. We differ however on our interpretation of the word UNFAIR. It would be so if LYNN had a different formula than everyone else. No one else comes close to the magnitude of the shortfall we do. In fact very few even violate the formula. Sorry honey, LYNN is not THAT unique. Everybody has problems of their own. The extent of the devastation to the school budget has not been outlined yet. The reason most of the LSC is not saying anything about it and this goes with those groups is that everyone realizes how painful a fix would be, resulting in either a BOND with an ongoing, escalating hike in taxes or a drastic hike in taxes. EVERYONE IS AFRAID TO DRAW ATTENTION TO IT, except me.
DeleteMake that a DRASTIC cut in services!
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