Monday, January 12, 2015

Charlie Baker's Army

The Bay State’s new governor has a bold plan to bring fresh New Schools to Massachusetts…
charlie-baker-via-charliebaker2014-media-site-630x411It’s a new day in Massachusetts, reader. And the Bay State’s new captain, Charlie Baker, has a bold new plan to at last un-stifle our long-suffering schools: fresh New Schools. But there’s a hitch, or rather a cap. You see, Massachusetts has a cap on fresh New Schools that Governor Baker must figure out how to uncap in order to give the people New Schools, whether they want them or not. Now he could move to boldly seize another entire school district, a la Lawrence, as the state is said to be days from doing in Holyoke, and impose New Schools. Or Baker could go the legislative route, and use the bully pulpit to push lawmakers to uncap the cap. But democracy is soooooo old school, especially when it comes to a cause as fiercely urgent as replacing our old schools with fresh New Schools. 
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

We're gonna have a bad time.

Anonymous said...

Time to get the troops ready for combat .

Anonymous said...

What troops?? They won't even show up for their own contract ratification meeting!! Good Luck!

Anonymous said...

True. That's because they think the "union" should do something for them. Maybe no one told them that "they" are the union!