Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Special Masters Get it Right
You may have been wondering, as have I, about the recent scolding administered by Special Masters Newborn and Jesson. The legislature probably did not do enough for public education, but maybe it was a close call. Maybe they tried?
The above headline takes you to a story in today's Morning News of Northwest Arkansas that sums things up well.
West Fork is the 14th. poorest district in the state. Building repairs have been needed for years. The state has given the local district a grant for $1..1 million but the zinger is that the local folk shave to make up a third of that. Part of the money will be used to deal with asbestos, a significant safety concern.
So, my question is this. While Arkansas is racking up a surplus which totals in the hundreds of millions of dollars AND builds football fields for towns that don't have a team, how is it that this basic need can not be met completely and immediately.
Two things. The General Assembly did NOT do enough. Governor Huckabee should sit down and shut up. Better yet, the Huckster should go back to Iowa and Let Alice Stewart run things.
The above headline takes you to a story in today's Morning News of Northwest Arkansas that sums things up well.
West Fork is the 14th. poorest district in the state. Building repairs have been needed for years. The state has given the local district a grant for $1..1 million but the zinger is that the local folk shave to make up a third of that. Part of the money will be used to deal with asbestos, a significant safety concern.
So, my question is this. While Arkansas is racking up a surplus which totals in the hundreds of millions of dollars AND builds football fields for towns that don't have a team, how is it that this basic need can not be met completely and immediately.
Two things. The General Assembly did NOT do enough. Governor Huckabee should sit down and shut up. Better yet, the Huckster should go back to Iowa and Let Alice Stewart run things.
