How do we expect kids to respect our constitution when those who are making decisions on the school board level disrespect it with their actions? School board members and wayward superintendents should be held accountable for this blatant waste and misuse of our tax dollars. Davy Crockett's final words of his famous speech can be applied directly to this situation. Read them again. I don't know how many times I've heard it said by these educrats, "But, it's for the children!" Poppycock! The overpriced roof jobs are not for the children. In fact, it takes away from real education. Money that could be spent on books and teachers are being wasted to line the pockets of lawyers, lobbyists, and an Ohio roofing manufacturer.
Better yet, the government should get out of the education business and turn it over to the private industry. Parents could keep their tax dollars and send their children to private schools where educational standards are much higher anyway. Property taxes could then be eliminated, and people who don't use the school system would not be forced to pay for it. Here's a novel idea from a worthy organization called Separation of School and State. I've already pledged my support.
Davy Crockett was right, and we should be shouting his sentiments from the rooftops of every superintendent's office in the state. If I were a betting woman, I would wager my last dollar that not one superintendent or school board member would spend their own money the careless and reckless way that they are spending ours. They need to be reminded, "It's not yours to give!" We, as taxpayers and parents, should adopt the attitude of Horatio Bunce. We should refuse to vote for any man or woman who abuses his or her power. It's time to start holding the mismanagers to account.
"Now, sir," concluded Crockett, "you know why I made that speech yesterday. "There is one thing which I will call your attention, "you remember that I proposed to give a week's pay. There are in that House many very wealthy men - men who think nothing of spending a week's pay, or a dozen of them, for a dinner or a wine party when they have something to accomplish by it. Some of those same men made beautiful speeches upon the great debt of gratitude which the country owed the deceased--a debt which could not be paid by money--and the insignificance and worthlessness of money, particularly so insignificant a sum as $20,000 when weighed against the honor of the nation. Yet not one of them responded to my proposition. Money with them is nothing but trash when it is to come out of the people. But it is the one great thing for which most of them are striving, and many of them sacrifice honor, integrity, and justice to obtain it."
From Welcome To My Tea Party
Sunday, February 10, 2008