Put off pain until now

12-04-2009

By Kelli Moors/Voice of San Diego

The catchphrase from the Laurel and Hardy movies comes to mind as I read about San Diego Unified's continuing financial problems - "Well, that's another fine mess you've gotten us into." School boards across the state made difficult and unpopular decisions in response to the state's yawning budget chasm, increasing class sizes and issuing notices of potential layoffs to teachers as Sacramento slashed school funding. Not San Diego Unified, though. The board majority declared teaching positions off-limits and trimmed around the edges of their budget, only to find that wasn't even close to solving their problem. That's a bit like a homeowner who finds himself upside down in an adjustable mortgage and thinks he can flip off a few lights and take shorter showers to make up the difference. Can you say "foreclosure?" (more...)

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