Bellying Up
By Mitch Berg
It’s time for the traditional feeding frenzy at the Capitol, as well as at legislators’ offices statewide.
It goes a little something like this:
- School districts represntatives swarm the various legislators, trying to convince them that…
- they’re going to have to put students down if they don’t get more money than the legislature is offering, and threatening to…
- jack up property tax levies to make up the difference.
Of course, it’s a little dodgier this year – for all the DFL’s apocalyptic yammering, the legislature actually is spending more money on eduation this year; in some districts, lots more money.
And yet some of those districts are still acting like they’re getting foreclosed.
We’ll be highlighting some of the more absurd entreaties in coming weeks. Stay tuned.
