The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

sleepyjeff · 11-17-2006, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I strongly suspect that most of these women vote against the occasional property tax increase that gets floated to help the school district because god forbid the schools should be properly funded; they'd have nothing to do.

The 30 or so women who tend to do all the volunteering at my Sons school not only voted for the last property tax increase; they went door to door for weeks prior to the election campaigning for it....

Antedote; for what it's worth

Strangler Lewis · 11-17-2006, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

The 30 or so women who tend to do all the volunteering at my Sons school not only voted for the last property tax increase; they went door to door for weeks prior to the election campaigning for it....

Antedote; for what it's worth

Not so here. The principal supported it apologetically, and we got a mailer from the separate 501(c)(3) that supports the school district. Maybe it was talked about at bingo night, but we don't go to bingo night. Right now our school is being run on a church model with too many people building their social life around penny ante fundraisers. The teachers send out notices, "We need glue sticks," and half the moms run to Staples in their SUVs.

I don't envy our principal. When I was in elementary school in New York, the principal was a beast to the children and a civil servant to the parents. Here, he has to be pastor--everybody's best friend and always with his hand out.

sleepyjeff · 11-17-2006, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

When I was in elementary school in New York, the principal was a beast to the children and a civil servant to the parents. Here, he has to be pastor--everybody's best friend and always with his hand out.

That is very well put.