No learning curve Dear Editor, Due to some selfish people on our school board, our taxes will be increased again. This means we will go from eight tax increases in 15 years to nine in 16 years. These people do not care what is best for all: only what is best for them. Student enrollment ...
It was not a debate. One prepared to debate policies. The other did not. The other shamelessly attacked with lies and misinformation, as much as 50 lies according to some accounts. There was no fact checking. The moderators only asked questions. There was no accountability. The debater ...
Hopefully others read the July 5 editorial regarding the voter I.D. bill that Kathy Rapp was quoted complaining about not being brought to the House floor for a vote so we can decide about the issue at hand in the November elections. Unfortunately she fails to see the irony in her complaint ...
Unfunded mandates, products of the federal and state governments, do not sit well with local-level units of government. Neither do those mandates sit well with school districts and institutions of higher learning, especially as they are trying to prepare and balance new budget ...
Yesterday I spent part of the morning picking red raspberries. My son had told me they were ready so I went down for some. They were not as nice as I hoped but I got about a quart of them. They reminded me of Don. He had a patch of red raspberries at his house before we got married. He would ...
In theory a proposal by Republicans in the state Senate that would allow families to use a tax credit to enroll their child in private schools makes a lot of sense. Senate Bill 1280 would establish the Child Learning Investment Tax Credit, worth up to $8,000 per student, that families could ...