Sat
May 19 2012
11:40 pm
Column on Expanded Schools Budget
By: Mark Harmon

My community column supports the expanded schools budget.

Debate leads to one conclusion - more school funding

I've added one special feature for Knoxviews readers. Normally reading the online responses can be a dreary exercise in ad hominem, logical fallacies, and half-remembered talking points from talk radio. Let's jazz it up a bit with Bingo.

Here's a Bingo card in anticipation.

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R. Neal's picture

Your bingo card doesn't have

Submitted by R. Neal on Sun, 2012/05/20 - 6:42am.

Your bingo card doesn't have "twit." But I guess that's covered by "Professor?"

Factchecker's picture

Agenda 21

Submitted by Factchecker on Sun, 2012/05/20 - 10:50am.

Agenda 21

R. Neal's picture

I'm able to check off a few

Submitted by R. Neal on Sun, 2012/05/20 - 11:56am.

I'm able to check off a few squares so far.

Someone apparently isn't aware that Mark Harmon is no longer on county commission. Awesome.

michael kaplan's picture

maybe

Submitted by michael kaplan on Sun, 2012/05/20 - 4:34pm.

some of this money should be used for our schools

GSD's picture

You should add...

Submitted by GSD on Sun, 2012/05/20 - 4:38pm.

"upscale wig market".

That one always makes me laugh.

bizgrrl's picture

Can I substitute lefty for

Submitted by bizgrrl on Sun, 2012/05/20 - 5:18pm.

Can I substitute lefty for liberal?

alan swartz's picture

half a billion

Submitted by alan swartz on Mon, 2012/05/21 - 9:58am.

Heard Mayor Burchett on the radio today talk about the current half billion dollar Knox Schools budget.

Apparently the WATE story is making waves:

(link...)

"Once federal and state dollars are factored in, county finance department records show Knox County Schools spent $518.85 million."

So the schools get over half a billion dollars now and no one knew? Makes the old BW Commission look honest by comparison.

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