Pity the kids who cannot read: Mary Burke masters triangulation with Madison schools budget vote

Alan Talaga:

But voting down a bill with a relatively minor tax increase, one that was less than the maximum allowed by the district, makes it look like she might offer an austerity budget if she sat in the governor's chair. That's why Burke made sure to toss a little red meat to the deep blue crowd.

"My concern is that very little of it (the property tax increase) went into increasing pay for teachers," she said.

Ta-da! She voted against the budget because it wasn't paying teachers enough! There's another campaign slogan: "Mary Burke: She fights to pay teachers more!"

Yet, the same service tax, spending and curricular approach continues in Madison, despite long term disastrous reading results.

Rhetoric and vote parsing does nothing for the thousands of young people who cannot read.

Bread & circuses.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 10, 2013 12:51 AM
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