The headline in the local newspaper was “State Department of Education will go after BP” (British Petroleum) to recover revenues because of the oil spill.  The rationale was state sales tax will be down because of the oil spill and therefore the school system will have less revenue.  The irony is that the education budget is a perpetual problem.

The top shelf at the education department ought to exercise themselves so they may discover the reason for budget shortfalls.  If they were honest...
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