Tuesday Open Thread
Another week and no budget from the Legislature . Disgraceful. (I'm marching in the Pride Parade on Sunday in support of Leslie Harris and Jill Geary for School Board and if I see any legislators there, I'm going to give them a cheerful earful.) If the state shuts down - even partially - it will have real effects on the population. For one, the state parks will close and that will be terrible for those planning their 4th of July. Naturally, the bigger issue, especially for school districts, is the inability to clearly plan spending without knowing how many dollars are coming in. At the last Board meeting, the Board voted to name the two new buildings at the Wilson-Pacific site. The middle school will be the Robert Eagle Staff Middle School and the elementary school will be named Cascadia Elementary . (It was explained at the Board meeting that the spelling of Eagle Staff's name was corrected by the family and this is the correct spelling.) Th...