Sammie -- You are right. Those magic words "it's for the children" are a proven method of mind control. Just say those words and you can get the liberal sheep to pay for anything. Others are "police and fire". No one is more supportive of police and fire than I am. But to evoke the name of these hard-working public servants as a ploy to squeeze the taxpayers for more of their hard-earned dollars is more than unseemly. But it happens all the time.

Mike -- Mrs.40 was replaced by some kid fresh out of college. It'll probably work out in the long run but I know her 35 years experience is sorely missed. Such is the natural order of things, out with the old and in with the new (don't tell her I said that). :-)

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