Well, Jim Mork is right and M. G. Stinnett is wrong when it comes to what happened to school funding in the 2003 legislative session.
Jim Mork wrote: "Because of Pawlenty and Sviggum, you no longer have the financial equality to pull in teachers with better pay." and M. G. Stinnett wrote: "Hm. Last I heard, state funding for K-12 education wasn't really cut. They were pretty much protected in the budget, which meant much bigger cuts for other programs. So you can't blame Pawlenty and Sviggum." Don sez: What M. G. is doing here is just quoting the party line from Pawlenty, Sviggum and the other Republicans at the Capitol. The fact is that K-12 education WAS cut substantially, and that hurts Minneapolis greatly because the city has great needs (this has been well documented by other list members who have posted at length). My boss, Senator Ellen Anderson, was on the conference committee for K-12 education this year, and I can assure you that she and her Senate DFL colleagues were extremely displeased with the House and Gov. Pawlenty on this; these Republicans insisted on inadequate education funding, and the Senate DFL being only one out of three could not prevail on its proposal to hold K-12 education harmless. The final result was something like $170 million below the Senate K-12 bill. Don Jorovsky New Brighton REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
