Again, this is being written under the influence of 70s Rock....Particularly, Led Zep....Kashmir, Lemon Song, Whole Lotta Love, Black Dog, D'yer Mak'er....." I don't know, but I've been told, a big legged woman ain't got no soul...."
If I may speak like Robin from the old campy Batman TV show from the 1960s......
I get up and take a look at the numbers readership on the blog, and I'm just stunned. Large reads.
As I was reminded yesterday, I can say stuff that most folks can't and there is a great fear of retaliation, by residents, especially against their kids in school. And don't tell me otherwise.
When you fear a government entity, well, things need to change.....And people somehow see a school district differently. It isn't a big warm fuzzy.
It is the largest taxing entity in the county. Near as I can tell,( I've not used that idiom ever in the blog) it is that way in all 254 Texas counties.
And somehow mentally, many see it as a benign agency.....And I am thinking it is because children are involved. People you sit with on the church pews.
But don't pay those taxes to the benign agency( the school district) and they'll take your home away.
The year I graduated from university, I got stuck in a 300 level class on local governments. It was a class offered in the Government Department ( Years ago, it was called "Government," not Political Science as it is today in most colleges)and I needed 3 hours to obtain my teacher's certificate in order to teach government. The guy who taught made us open our eyes at what local governments really were. Not all bad, of course, but we as citizens need to keep an eye on what is going on.
Yesterday, and last evening, my message box filled up with people writing me about the school. I even sent me the budget for Jasper County, Buna ISD for me to go over. I am going to send it on someone on "staff" who reads these things better than me to go over and tell me what I am missing.
Some people were shocked that I " went there."
So, Kerry, Kerry Don, Govteach, Mr. Thomas.....Where we going here?
I'm going to have to start looking at tax rates, budgets, spread sheets etc. for future blogs.
The blog is going to do some deep dive research over the next few weeks, months, talk to some folks, and see what I come up with.....
Who knows, I may have to leave the country........Make it Scotland.....Or Ireland....I'll go willingly, happily......
Okay, I am going to TRY and go back into a short sabbatical......Maybe look at buying a corduroy sports jacket. Maybe one with elbow patches. The Lord knows I try and dress like I taught school or sum-thin' one time or another...
On a side note, I may need to set up an email for the blog. I am getting so many messages they are messing up Facebook private messages. I think I have read them all at this point however. We'll let you know about the email. It might be something I need to put at the bottom of every blog I write. ( Please do not stop sending messages. I read every one and most have a lot of great information)
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