SQ744

I sat through a presentation on State Question 744. You know what this does - it forces the state legislatures to delegate the public school budget before it delegates any other money to any other project and it provides a mechanism that brings our spending to the average of very state that touches our state. In other words - your public schools will be funded before prisons and before highways. If you have never had kids, don't like kids, don't want anyone's kids to have an education - please vote against it.

Personally my education K-12 was from the state funded public systems in many, many states too - because I was an Air Force brat. I also believe firmly that children deserve the very best we adults can offer - afterall, they have no vote, they have no say and they can't make us do anything we don't wish to do. I hope you wish your kids had it better than you did. Statistics say they won't live as long as you will - because more suffer from diseases caused by our bad eating habits. Maybe we can educate them to do better than we were taught.

This bill won't fix things overnight - sorry but reality TV shows seem to have everyone thinking that instant fixes are out there - but they are not. We need to put our children first for the first time in a damn long time. Moms and Dads- choose your kids - vote yes on this state question. Grandsparents - let's put our grandchildren ahead of our self-interest. This is a long haul issue. Politians have been mouthing the words that they care about education - but in all reality - it is in bad shape and will get much worse for a while - the economy that has hit the coasts is just waving itself over our part of the USA - bite the bullet - put the kids first - all else will take care of itself.