RANT
Ok, its Sunday night and I am entitled to a little rant. Has anyone taken a good look at the news these days? Washington is standing tall and taking no personal accountability for helping to fix the mess we are in. Earmarks, once a hot topic of the election trail, are now the new pork fat. Even our neat little guy Steve Kagen has mastered the quest. President Obama, put an end to it, use your veto.
The mess in Madison is the newest game of smoke and mirrors. Take the pork from Washington, fill some holes so that they don't look so bad today, and keep looking for new sources of dollars that can be squandered. The tobacco money is gone, the transportation cookie jar has a useless IOU in it, and the state budget is still a mess. Governor Doyle, don't ask for more taxes, figure out how we can get by with less services.
Now I will get a little closer to home. The school budget process is broke. If you happen to live in a traditionally growing district in WI, you probably aren't in bad shape. However, if you are just holding your own or shrinking in overall enrollment then you had better hold on. Madison has used the Fed money to shore up the ugly mess they have made of the state budget. Only problem with that is (1) strings are attached and (2) it has a short life of usefullness. Some will get sucked into the bait and switch game of public finance, hopefully the list will be short.
Will it end? I don't know. I hope so.
There are a number of elections to vote on this week. Please, if you haven't gotten involved in a while, please vote. At least it will be your voice trying to be heard.
Have a great week. We didn't get the snow. Hopefully we can get this train back on the tracks by next week.
Bill
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