"There are many things that government should fund, but not control. That having been said, bounds need to be placed to ensure that tax payer money is being used responsibly."
I think that was the original argument. Let the professors teach, but there needs to be bounds on what they can say. For example, in November of 2008, it is fine with me if a professor wears a button that says "Hillary 08". I would have a problem if the professor stood up in front of the class and told the students they all need to vote for John McCain, then proceed to give reason for the vote and reason for voting against Hillary without presenting the arguments for the other side, especially if it is a Calculus class. That is where the bounds come in to ensure tax payer money is being used responsibly. "This is what bugs me about "red light cameras" and their ilk. " the red light cameras are more about generating profit than enforcing laws. They are a cash cow. As evidence, do a google search on red light camera revenues. There are tons of law suits about how to divy up the profit. A huge percentage goes to the manufacturer of the lights usually (they give the lights to the juridiction for the percentage), then local groups fight like hell for the remainder. A recent lawsuit here was the school system against the county because the county had promised a certain percentage of the profits to the schools. Well, the county didn't live up to their end of the bargain. In the end, the school system won. The county had to fork over a large chunk of money that they didn't have (the proceeds were already spent of course). Probably means higher property taxes soon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:229070 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
