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Posted on March 26 at 12:42 p.m.

Like Dear Abby - your picture makes you look young! I remember the mustache - bring it back so you'll look old and wise.

On Congressional endorsements

Posted on March 5 at 12:22 p.m.

Dean - The system you're toiling in does not work and hasn't worked for generations.

Every year we see teachers revolt against the EBR school system - they leave teaching, go work in other school systems or go teach in private schools FOR LESS MONEY.

Why do you and others defend gross failure? When will you revolt and say changes need to be made?

On The case against EBR's school tax: More innovation, not more money

Posted on February 26 at 5:29 p.m.

P.S. I guess you can tell how I will vote.

On Vote ‘no’ on school taxes

Posted on February 26 at 5:23 p.m.

Let's see: fewer students (10,000 fewer than 10 years ago); more spent per student than ever before; poor student performance (compare BR to other cities our size from around the country - we don't just compete against Monroe and Bunkie); high drop-out rate; multiple schools that have been failing for years and years; and a budget surplus (someone thinks CDs are a better investment than our current system). Who can defend this failing system and why bother? Maybe only those who are on their payroll or don't have to perform in their daily life!

Few will admit in public my next observation: Look what the failed New Orleans school system created during and after Katrina. People incapable of doing and thinking for themselves without government directions (which wasn't there). Excluding the elderly and infirm we had tens of thousands of NO public school alumni waiting for someone else to think and act. Oh sure they were poor - but why – it couldn’t be because they aren’t educated enough to get a decent paying job? I didn’t see any rocket scientists or brain surgeons standing around waiting for someone else to lead. NOs education system has been allowed for years to fail in preparing its citizens for their adult life. Is that the type of product BR public schools should be allowed to continue to put out in today's society? Only a well-educated public, which comes from a responsive, competitive education system, can save us from disasters like Katrina and our government bureaucracy.

On Vote ‘no’ on school taxes

Posted on January 18 at 3:18 p.m.

So the secret to making LSU a better flagship institution is to spend more! I seem to hear that same old line every time teachers, bureaucrats and local school boards have meetings. The answer is always give me more money. LSU needs money but without those attached political strings (you know - keep tuition low, keep teaching my favorite irrelevant courses, don’t offer courses similar to my compass school’s programs, give me 4 good season tickets, hire my brother’s construction company, etc, etc). Otherwise we would need to radically increase spending to outspend what other states are spending on their flagship schools (assuming they won’t respond) to make LSU not just better relative to itself, but compared to other states’ schools. And ain’t that what is needed to make real progress?

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