Stop, Stop, Stop... Please

Reported in the Ledger

State taxpayers, who have already paid $6billion for a court-ordered overhaul of public schools in needy communities, would have to spend about $13billion more to finish the job, state officials say.

The Department of Education yesterday gave the Legislature its estimate of what it would cost to complete all 313 school construction and renovation projects awaiting work under a state Supreme Court mandate.

We must stand up to the State Supreme Court and the education community in this state before they bledd us any further. They had their chance with 6 billion, they blew it. Enough is enough.