'Fiddling while Rome burns'

12-07-2009

Guest blog by Jim Miller/Voice of San Diego

Recently in the "Schooled" blog a post entitled "Two Different Bids for More School Money" begins by observing that, "Almost everyone wants more money for schools right now. The debate is over how to get it." This "debate" is then framed as a battle between two competing camps: "Some San Diego parents are pushing California to change its laws for a shot at a second dose of stimulus money. ... The school board is also interested in more money, but it may push California in another direction, nudging the state to look at new or different taxes." This piece then goes on to present the two sides, parents versus union and school board leaders and ends by asking readers, "Should California be racing to the top with new laws - or balancing its books with new taxes? Or both? Or neither?" (more...)

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