MORE JIGGERY-POKERY

How appropriate a term used by the late Supreme Court Justice ANTONIN SCALIA applies here. Now remember I have been pointing out that there were some thinking out there that the big reason we got a new MARSHALL first instead of a new PICKERING

had less to do with the condition of the school and more to do with the condition of the voters. I would like to thank the ITEM for digging that fact out for me.

PARKLAND, SUMMER IN MIDDLE OF SCHOOL SEARCH

This quote says it all, "Kennedy said building a second school off Parkland Avenue also makes sense for what she termed political reasons. Building new schools requires bond financing approval by voters and Kennedy said Ward 1 residents who now look to Pickering as their middle school will “think they are going to get a new middle school.”