Raking Muck in the Third Millenium

I used to have a sign over my desk in a newspaper office long ago, in Gothic script it read Rake Some Muck Today. In today's world, raking muck is something of a lost art. I may not be able to singlehandedly bring it back, but this is a start.

24 January 2010

More New Jersey embarrassments

I promised more New Jersey embarrassments and here they are: 3) The Highlands Act has a noble purpose in protecting water supplies, but the first priority should have been to make sure farmers would be fairly compensated for their land. Any state that puts any citizens before farmers has its priorities messed up. 4)School funding. We have way too many school districts. The state should force all schools to be regionalized by county and eliminate most administrators. The state should also amend the "least restrictive environment" clause in special education to say "least restrictive environment that doesn't cost more money than the taxpayers can afford. We spend too much money to "educate" people who aren't going to become productive members of society or informed voters. That is another backwards priority. The largest investment must be in those students who will pay society back.

I think that's enough for now.

No comments:

Post a Comment